My research focuses on wave digital filters, virtual analog modeling, artificial reverb, sound synthesis, and the history of music technology. I am a member of IEEE, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the International Computer Music Association (ICMA).
I was awarded best student paper by the IEEE WASPAA (2015) for "A general and explicit formulation for wave digital filters with multiple/multiport nonlinearities and complicated topologies" and second best paper by DAFx (2020) for "Energy-preserving time-varying Schroeder allpass filters."
As co-author, I was also awarded best paper by DAFx (2018) for "Modeling Time-Varying Reactances using Wave Digital Filters" (first author: Ólafur Bogason), best student paper by the AES (2017) for "Joint parameter optimization of differentiated discretization schemes for audio circuits" (first author: François Germain), best paper no. 3 by DAFx (2016) for "The Fender Bassman 5F6-A family of preamplifier circuits—A wave digital filter case study" (first author: Ross Dunkel), and a best paper honorable mention by DAFx (2015) for "Digitizing the Ibanez Weeping Demon wah pedal" (first author: Chet Gnengy) .
Kurt James Werner received his Bachelor of Science (2011) in General Engineering (with a secondary field in Acoustics) and Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He earned a Ph.D. (2017) in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics from Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Since 2022, I have been a Senior Research Scientist at Soundtoys, Inc. From 2019—2022, I was a Research Engineer at iZotope, Inc. I was a Lecturer in Audio (U.K. assistant professor) at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) of Queen's University Belfast, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Arts, English and Languages, from 2017--2019. Before that, I was a Research and Teaching Assistant at Stanford University from 2012—2016.
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