TIKTOK / BYTEDANCE (字节跳动)SEPT 2020–JANUARY 2025

SENIOR AI RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Foundation Model R&D for Doubao 豆包 AI Agent (SEED)

Core developer to the SEED-MUSIC system which powers Doubao’s music and audio generation feature

Speech Audio and Music Intelligence Team (SAMI)

Developed AI-powered audio processing for multiple platforms including TikTok, CapCut and SoundOn.
Co-inventor of the realtime audio ML algorithm in Mawf and TikTok on-device vocal effects. 5 company patents.
Point of contact for cross-functional projects combining music, technology, business and product strategy e.g. Ripple App

Mountain View, USA
Bangkok, Thailand
Shanghai, China

GOOGLE
JUNE 2018–SEPTEMBER 2020

AI RESIDENT

Co-author of Google Magenta’s open-source Differentiable Digital Signal Processing (DDSP) library
Tech lead behind audio synthesis stack used in Tone Transfer and Sounds of India Google products.
Published papers on neural audio synthesis in ICLR, ICML, ISMIR

San Francisco, USA

SMARTEARAUGUST 2017–JUNE 2018

AUDIO DEEP LEARNING ENGINEER

Implemented company’s core technology for ML-based Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA)

San Francisco, USA

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE (MUSIC)

YABOI HANOIMAY 2021–Present

COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER
Music Commissioned by Renowned Thai and International Artists:

Pichet Klunchun (Taiwan International Arts Festival 2024)
Saran Yen Panya (Cartier Collection 2023)
Pinaree Sanpitak (Bangkok Arts Biennale 2022)
Goethe Institute (Common Tonalities 2021)

Creative Director

Commissions by the Thai Ministry of Commerce (Thailand Gems and Jewels International Convention 2022)

Remote

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

DIFFERENTIABLE WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS.Shan S., Hantrakul L., Chen J., Trevleyan D., Avent M. ICASSP 2022
DIFFERENTIABLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING.Engel J., Hantrakul L., Gu C., Roberts A. ICLR 2020
FAST AND FLEXIBLE NEURAL AUDIO SYNTHESIS.Hantrakul L., Engel J., Roberts A., Gu C. ISMIR 2019
INTERACTIVE NEURAL AUDIO SYNTHESIS.Hantrakul L., Engel J., Gu C., Roberts A. ICML Workshop 2019

PATENTS (SELECTED)

CN Patent 202211289254.0“BI-DIRECTIONAL MUSIC PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT ASSISTED COMPOSITION”
US Patent 17/748,882“METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME AND LOW LATENCY SYNTHESIS OF AUDIO USING NEURAL NETWORKS AND DIFFERENTIABLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS”
US Patent 11,735,197“MACHINE LEARNED DIFFERENTIABLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING”
US Patent 17/525,814“DIFFERENTIABLE WAVETABLE SYNTHESIZER”

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS (SELECTED)

AI Song Contest 20221st Place Winner for Enter Demons and Gods
A'Design Competition 2017Musical Instruments category: Silver Award (Top 5%) for fidular

Core77 Design Competition 2017Open Design category: Student Runner Up for fidular

EDUCATION

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYAUGUST 2016–MAY 2018

M.S Music Technology (ML and DSP for audio processing)

Graduate Research Assistant in Robotic Musicianship Group
Thesis: Regressing finger flexions using machine learning and single-element transducers. Advisors: G. Weinberg, A. Lerch, B. Boots

Atlanta, USA

YALE UNIVERSITYAUGUST 2011—MAY 2015, Cum Laude (Top 15%)

B.S Applied Physics (Distinction in the Major)

Thesis: Surrogate Soundboards for novel transmission of instrumental audio. Advisors: R. Kuc, L. Willen

B.A Music (Distinction in the Major)

Thesis: The arrangement of Thai Traditional music for non-Thai ensembles. Advisors: D. Harrison

New Haven, USA

LANGUAGES
English (Native)
Thai (Native)
French (Business proficiency. TCF B2 Level.)
Mandarin (Business proficiency. HSK5)

Python (Pytorch, Tensorflow | ML frameworks)
C++ (JUCE | Realtime audio frameworks)

Comprehensive Academic CV available upon request.