Matthew H. Aldrich

maldrich[@]specificity[.]org

I enjoy solving hard problems, building product, and building teams.

I currently lead the Hardware team at tulip.co. We build hardware, write firmware, and develop the operating system for our edge hardware. I joined at the seed stage in 2015.

I also work on strategy. My thesis on building hardware at Tulip is here.

Previously, I was at the MIT Media Lab (MS 2010, PhD 2014) and afterwards, worked as a technologist at a family office.

Before all that, I designed the first closed-loop control systems for solid-state lighting and built innovative ways for people to control them (2004-2008).

Coordinates

• Resume
• www.github.com/mhaldrich
• Google Scholar (Papers & Patents)
• MIT Media Lab Research Page (2008-2014)

Selected Projects

Online College Basketball Score Forecasting (2010 - Present)

• Researched and developed low-error methods for online (live) score estimation
• Automated speculation in prediction markets at scale (via a additional bot)
• Programmed a custom engine to visualize the live results and estimation (video)

Fourier Lighting Control (2010 - 2012)

• Imperceptible to humans: measurements occur in frequency domain or in NIR spectrum
• Designed and built compact DSP/sensor board
• Online optimization (linear program) maintains lighting conditions

auroramixer (2008)

• Imagined and created an open hardware MIDI controller for DJs and the DIY Ableton/MaxMSP controllerism scene
• Influenced the market and guided open source DJ hardware (featured in Hackaday, Create Digital Music)