Andrew (Andy) W. Schmeder (born, 1978) is a research scientist and inventor working on new technologies for human-computer interaction with applications in the arts and sciences. His expertise includes high-bandwidth gesture sensing interfaces, audio control protocols, many-channel array audio systems and the theory of auditory and visual sensory perception.
Andy is a staff member at UC Berkeley where he works with the research group at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). He received the BA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 2002 and has more than 15 years of professional experience in computer programming, electronics design and research. He has co-authored one US and international patent and 19 technical publications appearing at conferences worldwide. He is also co-inventor of a new medical device for computer-adaptive screening and diagnosis of color vision anomalies including genetic deficiencies and tetrachromatic hyper-sensitivity.
His musical life began at age eight with training in the Suzuki method for piano. His talent for computer technologies also began at a young age--his first experiments with computer-generated music were implemented in BASIC on the 8086 XT computer. By age 16 he was working professionally in web development, systems administration and computer-game graphic design.
Andy also has a great passion for movement--he enjoys rock climbing, trail running, aerial dance and acrobatics, ballet and modern dance, and physical theatre. His movement is informed by study of movement theories including Laban effort states. He is a member of the AscenDance Project dance/climb-fusion performance company.
His favorite programming language is Mathematica, he is a Dvorak typist, and his favorite fruit is the avocado. His heros are Spiderman and Marvin the Paranoid Depressed Android.
---For a shorter, professional bio see my CV.