A Short Biography
I was born in 1970 in Brussels, Belgium, and trained as an electrical engineer at UCLouvain, specializing in signal processing (M.Eng., 1994). From 1995 to 1999, I worked at the university’s Telecommunications Laboratory on European research projects, including scanning-format evaluation for MPEG-2 optimization (HAMLET) and multimodal biometric person authentication (M2VTS). I completed my PhD in 1999 on multimodal biometric authentication.
I later joined the Royal Military Academy, the Belgian Defence university, as a part-time researcher. My work covered computer-assisted identification, data fusion, channel coding, and audio processing, with my later years focused on speech segmentation and language identification.
In parallel, I consulted for Roland Corporation in the musical instrument market, which aligned with a lifelong passion for music and sound design.
In 2015, I transitioned to independent work, dedicating my efforts to developing myNoise, an audio platform I created. myNoise offers interactive soundscapes and customizable noise generators designed to promote focus, sleep, relaxation, and effective sound masking. Every day, over 15,000 people use myNoise. Thanks to the incredible support from this community, I am able to work full-time on maintaining and growing the project.
Although my time is limited, I remain open to collaborations that closely match what I do: audio processing, especially projects linked to healthcare applications and music instrument sound design.
Current Positions
| 2014–… | Owner and lead developer • myNoise |
| 2010–… | Consultant • Varied clients |
Past Experiences
| 1999–2015 | Researcher • Royal Military Academy • Belgian Defense |
| 1999–2015 | Belgian Representative • Speech and Language Technology Research Group • NATO |
| 1998–2014 | Exclusive Sound Designer • Roland Corporation |
| 2010 | Expert • Agence Nationale de la Recherche • France |
| 2010 | Invited Professor • Collège Belgique • Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique |
| 2004–2009 | Reviewer • Pattern Recognition Letters • Elsevier |
| 1994–1999 | Research Assistant • Laboratoire de Télécommunications et Télédétection • UCLouvain |
Education
| 1999 | PhD in Applied Science • Université Catholique de Louvain |
| 1994 | MSc in Engineering • Université Catholique de Louvain |
Compatibility Test
Signals oscillating between 20 and 20,000 times per second are my favorite. I often team up with Nyquist and Shannon when a project needs to be discrete, or with Fourier when time doesn’t matter. My lucky numbers are 44,100 and 65,535.
If this all makes sense to you, you’ve just confirmed we speak the same language. If not, don’t worry. It just means I may look like I’m listening to music when I’m actually working—or, quite possibly, doing both…
Computer Skills
For scientific work, I moved from MATLAB to Julia over the years. And I’m impressed by how far modern PHP and JavaScript has come: it is now realistic to run research-grade projects entirely in the browser. I often deliver browser-based prototypes to clients that work immediately, without installing anything on their side. So, these days, I spend most of my time with JavaScript, HTML, and PHP.