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Pedro A. Silva

2815 College Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705

Cel. (510) 316-1451
Email: mail@pedrosilva.info
Web: http://www.pedrosilva.info

Education

San Francisco State University, CA. August 2006 - present

  • Master of Arts with major in Radio and Television and minor in Computer Science coursework
  • Relevant courses: Media Theory and Research, Media Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Sound, Media Ethics, Software Development in C++, Java, Fundamentals of Computer Science, Computational Ethics, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Middlesex University, London, UK and SAE Byron Bay, Australia. June 2001 - October 2005

  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) with major in Recording Arts
  • Relevant courses: Media Computing, Acoustics, Studio Technology, Musicianship and Theory Studies, Industry Research, Cultural Perspectives, Business and Legal Studies

Teaching

San Francisco State University, USA. February 2007 - present

  • Graduate Teaching Associate for Audio Production Laboratory
  • Duties and responsibilities typically involve providing classroom and/or laboratory instruction, making assignments to students, preparing materials, administering examinations, assessing student performance, tutoring students and determining grades, assisting with field work as necessary, and other work as assigned.

Instituto do Som, Audiovisuais e Multimédia (ISAM), Portugal. August 2002 - August 2004

  • Lecturer and Coordinator for Audio Production Stream
  • Lectured recording techniques, computer audio and acoustics courses, coordinated audio production diploma, maintained ISAM’s technical facilities, set-up, configured, and calibrated systems.

Professional

Audio post-production freelancing in San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
January 2007 - Present

  • Sound designer for Rhinomotion, on BSG contest short
  • Sound designer for EKW Associates, LLC., on Delusion feature
  • Audio editor for Striking Pictures, Inc., on Working Hands documentary
  • Audio editor for Striking Pictures, Inc., on FedEx documentary

Location sound freelancing in Northern California. June 2006 - Present

  • Production sound mixer for Rhinomotion, on BSG contest short
  • Production sound recordist for Striking Pictures, Inc., on Working Hands documentary
  • Production sound recordist for Striking Pictures, Inc., on FedEx documentary
  • Production sound mixer for EKW Associates, LLC., on Delusion feature
  • Production sound mixer for Rhinomotion, on Homeworld feature
  • Boom operator for Aunt Colony, LLC., on Our Feature Presentation feature

Projects

Music

  • Late Baroque Interpretation of Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now, with performance by a chamber string ensemble and harpsichord. April 2005 Byron Bay, Australia.
  • Recorded and co-mastered EP for world and folk Sons de Cá in studio Monte Azul at the Instituto do Som, Audiovisuais e Multimédia. February 2003 Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.
  • Recorded and mixed EP for brit pop Menu Band in Studios 1 and 2 at the School of Audio Engineering. January 2002, London, England.

Web

Community website. August 2006 - present

  • Implemented on-line web logging platform for a community website for Portuguese graduate students studying abroad and their circles at http://www.heptahedron.net
  • Administer respective website

Education Applications. August 2005 - present

Personal website. October 2004 - present

Research

San Francisco State University, CA. August 2006 - present

Middlesex University, UK. October 2004 - October 2005

School of Audio Engineering, Australia. June - August 2005

Instituto do Som, Audioviduais e Multimédia, Montemor-o-Novo. June 2003

  • Characterized a theatre (Teatro Curvo-Semedo, in Montemor-o-Novo) through impulse response recordings. This work was part of a project with ISAM and a group of its audio production students

Certifications

Certified educator

Ministry for Labor and Social Solidarity, Portugal. September 2002 - July 2003

  • Certificate of professional aptitude: Training for professional educators and trainers

SIM System II Operator

Meyer Sound and Lourisom, Portugal. September 2003

  • No certification

Skills

Test and analysis

  • SIM System II, Spectra Lab, EASERA
  • Electro-acoustic measurement tools
  • Signal flow and routing proficiency

Audio production

  • Pro Tools, Nuendo and Cubase, Ardour, Wavelab, Logic
  • Studio technology in general

Operating systems, programming languages

  • Unix and GNU/Linux, WinNT/XP, and Mac OSX
  • C++, Java, MatLab/Octave, Unix shell scripting languages (C-shell and BASH)

Productivity

  • MS Office, Visio, and Project, Open Office
  • IHMC CmapTools, Freemind, and kdissert
  • LaTeX, Scribus, Inkscape, and GIMP/Photoshop

References and affiliations

References

Affiliations

  • Member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES)