David Rowland, PhD

PhD in Biophysics (University of Michigan) and UCLA French Horn alumnus. Building zero-latency on-device neural audio systems, zero-bloat edge platforms for community sports, first-principles physics curricula, and documentary photojournalism for Bay Area civic movements.

PhD Biophysics

5 Disciplines

17 Curated Works

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Discipline 01 4 Compositions

Music & Audio Compositions

Polyphonic French horn counterpoint, generative synthesizer etudes, and biophysical microtonal acoustic explorations composed and produced by David Rowland.

Modular Ambient

Polyphonic Prelude in D Minor

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David Rowland — Featured Compositions

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Discipline 02 3 Projects

Software Engineering

On-device neural pitch inference engines (Godot 4.7 + Spotify Basic Pitch), zero-overhead serverless civic platforms (Pages + D1 SQLite), and AudioWorklet DSP synthesizers.

Discipline 03 3 Essays

Written Work & Essays

Essays on sample-accurate audio scheduling, decade-proof vanilla web standards, and radical digital accessibility in grassroots community recreation.

Discipline 04 4 Artworks

Visual Art & Imagery

Algorithmic Fourier spectrograms, Darktable documentary photojournalism, single-molecule biophysical fluorescence, and harmonic Lissajous geometries.

Discipline 05 3 Video Works

Video & Motion Works

Live demonstrations of on-device neural instrument tracking, Applied Physics wave mechanics lectures, and community baseball documentary shorts.

Demonstration

Polyphonic AudioWorklet Architecture Demonstration

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A comprehensive 10-minute deep dive demonstrating real-time audio thread scheduling, zero-garbage-collection ring buffers, and sub-millisecond browser latency.

Production Credits: David Rowland (Presenter & Sound Design), Recorded in San Francisco, CA