Noah Jaffe

I am a PhD researcher and engineer developing new sensing, measurement, and computational tools for complex physical systems, with a particular focus on historical keyboard instruments.
I am part of the Music Cognition Group, within the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam.
Within MIR and audio, my work includes instrument sensing systems, source separation, hyperinstruments, human listening studies, and the evaluation of machine learning models against human perception.

Before beginning my PhD, I worked at Apple on iPhone RF front-end systems and the Python-based tooling used to model, validate, and debug them from prototyping through production bring-up. That engineering background continues to shape my approach to musical and cultural problems that demand precision, robustness, and close attention to the behavior of real physical systems.

Current work includes PHOTON, a non-invasive optical sensing platform for historical keyboard instruments, klavecimbel.com, and AmsterdamEarlyMusic.com, as well as other projects involving historical keyboards, musical interfaces, and instrument-centered technology. If you are working on related problems or think we might collaborate, I would be glad to hear from you. The best way to reach me is by email: my first name @ noahjaffe.org Alternatively, you can use this contact form: https://www.klavecimbel.com/contact