Experience 💼

General Information

Full Name Saurjya Sarkar
Date of Birth 25th July 1994
Languages English, Hindi, Bengali

Education

  • 2024
    Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Music
    Queen Mary University of London, UK
    • Time-domain Music Source Separation for Choirs and Ensembles
  • 2017
    M.Sc. (Hons.) Physics
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  • 2017
    B.Eng. (Hons.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Experience

  • 2024 - 2025
    Postdoctoral Research Assistant
    Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
    • Music Source Separation
    • Lyrics Transcription
    • Missing credits discovery
  • 2017-2019
    Engineer
    Qualcomm, India
    • Automation of audio performance analysis tools
    • Audio Subsystem PoC for level testing of Snapdragon 855, 865 and 765
  • 2016
    Research Assistant
    Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
    • Cross-adaptive audio effects for live music
  • 2015
    Research Assistant
    National Central University, Taiwan
    • Computational derivation of period-luminosity relationship for extra-galactic Cepheids
  • 2014
    Marketing Intern
    Power Engineering Ltd., Goa, India
    • Market survey for grid-tied photovoltaic solutions

EnsembleSet

  • 2020-now
    EnsembleSet
    • A multi-track multi-mic dataset of high-quality chamber ensemble renders.

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • IEEE WASPAA - Best Student Paper Award
  • 2024
    • Exceptional Promise - Royal Academy of Engineering Global Talent Endorsement

Academic Interests

  • Music Source Separation
    • Vocal Harmony Separation
    • 6-stem Music Source Separation
  • Music Information Retrieval
    • Instrument Detection
    • Sample Detection
    • Lyrics Transcription
  • Audio Engineering
    • Spatial Audio upmixing
    • Automatic Music Production

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Cooking, Guitars, Bass, etc.