Resume
Tristan Jehan
Ph.D.Co-founder
The Echo Nest Corporation
Academic Education
| 2005 | Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the direction of Professor Tod Machover |
| 2001 | Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the direction of Professor Tod Machover |
| 1997 | 'Diplôme d'Ingénieur en Informatique et téléCommunications', a post-graduate engineering degree in Information Technology at the 'Institut de Formation Supérieure en Informatique et Communication' of University of Rennes 1, France |
| 1994 | 'Diplôme d'Etudes Universitaires Générales', an intermediate degree delivered after 2 years of study in Maths, Physics and Computer science, at the University of Rennes 1, France |
| 1992 | Baccalauréat C, majoring in Maths and Physics |
Professional Experience
| 2005-now | Co-founder (with Brian Whitman) and development of The Echo Nest Corporation. |
| 1999- 2005 | Researcher in the Hyperinstruments Group at the Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the direction of Professor Tod Machover |
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1997, 1999 |
Research Engineer at CNMAT, the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, University of California Berkeley, under the direction of Research Director Adrian Freed and Professor David Wessel |
| 1998 | Software Designer at CELAR, the 'Centre d'ELectronique de l'Armement', France, under the direction of Research Scientist Denis Martin |
| 1996 | Hardware Engineer at the Laboratory of Antennae and Arrays, University of Rennes 1, France, under the direction of Professor J.P. Daniel |
| 1995 | Hardware Quality Controller at CANON, France |
Awards
| 2002- 2003 | Named Media Lab Europe Fellow. Spent the first semester in the Palpable Machines group, under the direction of Sile O' Modhrain. Spent the second semester in the Story Networks group, under the direction of Glorianna Davenport. |
| 2006 | National Science Foundation SBIR grant for The Echo Nest. |