I'm a music technologist with a master's degree from NYU. I have expertise in Music Production, Audio Engineering, and Machine Learning for Audio.

Mehmet Atilay Kucukoglu

I'm a music technologist with a master's degree from NYU. I have expertise in Music Production, Audio Engineering, and Machine Learning for Audio.

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I’m a music technologist with a master’s degree from NYU. I have expertise in Music Production, Audio Engineering, and Machine Learning for Audio.

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Language

Turkish
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Audio Engineer, Music Producer & Game Composer at Freelance & MIAM Studios
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered five commercial music releases across genres; led recording for Bosphoroots at MIAM Studios. Managed full audio production workflow: tracking, editing, mixing, mastering, restoration, QA. Composed and implemented game audio for TEGV Algo Dijital (educational product): original music, sound design, asset preparation, and integration. Proficient in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Ableton Live; spatial audio mixing, field and studio recording, waveform editing.
Graduate Research Assistant, Audio Analysis & Dataset Engineering at NYU Music and Audio Research Lab (MARL)
March 1, 2025 - Present
Audio dataset preparation and QA for a structured benchmark; ran inference on multiple audio models to generate, evaluate, and clean ground truth captions and metadata. Designed Rewardio, an open-source Python audio analysis toolbox. Built and deployed a continuous Spotify playback tracking service for a NIH clinical trial; protocol published in BMJ Open (2025). Code: github.com/intentional-music-listening/SpotifyTrackerOpen.

Education

M.M., Music Technology at New York University, Steinhardt
September 1, 2024 - May 1, 2026
M.Sc., Sound Engineering & Design at Istanbul Technical University (MIAM)
October 1, 2022 - June 1, 2024
B.A., Music at Istanbul Bilgi University
October 1, 2016 - June 1, 2022

Qualifications

Academic Achievement Award, NYU Steinhardt
January 1, 2026 - June 14, 2026
Sony Audio Institute Scholarship
January 1, 2025 - June 14, 2026
Alumni Scholarship, NYU Steinhardt
January 1, 2025 - June 14, 2026
Global Citizen Scholarship, NYU Steinhardt
January 1, 2024 - June 14, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education