Stuff I’ve worked on¶
- matplotlib: Scientific plotting package.
- astrolib: A collection of Python-based packages for astronomical software.
- Gamera: A document image analysis framework.
- VectorWorks: A full-featured and easy-to-use CAD system.
- Linksys Conductor: A wireless digital music center.
- Kodak HD Theater: An IPTV set-top-box.
Stuff I like¶
Published Papers¶
Document image analysis¶
Droettboom, M. 2005. From Roman de la Rose to the Star Spangled Banner: Document Image Analysis at the Digital Knowledge Center. Presentation given at the Space Science and Technology Institute, Baltimore, MD.
Droettboom, M. 2004. Beyond transcription: Case studies in special document analysis requirements. Document Image Analysis for Libraries. PARC, Palo Alto, CA.
Droettboom, M. 2003. Correcting broken characters in the recognition of historical printed documents. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. Houston, TX.
Droettboom, M., K. MacMillan and I. Fujinaga. 2003. The Gamera framework for building custom recognition systems. Symposium on Document Image Understanding Technologies. Greenbelt, MD.
Optical Music Recognition (OMR)¶
Droettboom, M. and I. Fujinaga. 2004. Symbol-level groundtruthing environment for OMR. International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval. Barcelona, Spain.
Droettboom, M., K. MacMillan and I. Fujinaga. 2002. Optical music interpretation. Syntactical, structural and statistical pattern recognition. Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Droettboom, M, MacMillan, K, Fujinaga, I, Choudhury, G, DiLauro, T, Patton, M, and Anderson, T. 2002. Using the Gamera Framework for the Recognition of Cultural Heritage Materials. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries.
Droettboom, M., Fujinaga, I., MacMillan, K., Patton, M., Warner, J., Choudhury, G., and DiLauro, T. 2002. Expressive and efficient retrieval of symbolic musical data. International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval. Bloomington, IN.
Droettboom, M., and Fujinaga, I. 2001. Interpreting the semantics of music notation using an extensible and object-oriented system. International Python Conference, Long Beach, CA.
My Master’s Thesis¶
Droettboom, M. 2002. Selected research in computer music. The Johns Hopkins University, Master’s Thesis.
Papers written about my work¶
Hunter, J. 2009. Matplotlib: State of the Software. Presented at SciPy ‘09.
Donnely, M. 2005. Gamera. Chapter in Core technologies for the Cultural Heritage Sector. DigiCULT Journal.
Dalitz, C, and Karsten, T. 2005. Using the Gamera framework for building a lute tablature recognition system. International Conference on Music Information Retrieval. London, England.
Music¶
In a former life, I did a lot of choral and electro-acoustic composition, though I haven’t in years.
You can hear some of it on archive.org.