Summary
Taemin Cho is a Principal Engineer and Machine Learning lead based in Singapore with 14 years of experience building music and audio AI systems and cross-platform real-time audio engines. Trained as a guitarist with advanced music technology degrees from Berklee and NYU, he uniquely blends professional musicianship with deep expertise in signal processing, ML (PyTorch/TensorFlow), and low-level C++/assembly optimization for mobile and plugin environments. At BandLab he leads development of audio and symbolic music generation, source separation, voice enhancement, and MIR solutions that ship in consumer-facing products. His background includes leading Samsung’s mobile DAW Soundcamp and presenting high-performance audio work at Google I/O and Samsung Developer Conferences, reflecting both product and research credibility. Comfortable across Python, C/C++, Swift/Objective-C, Java/Kotlin, and containerized backends, he focuses on turning cutting-edge ML research into real-time, high-quality audio features. Notably, his career demonstrates rare fluency across musical creativity, academic research, and production-grade engineering for constrained platforms.
15 years of coding experience