Royal recognition for tech start-up entrepreneur and QMUL researcher

A scientist from Queen Mary University of London attended a prestigious reception hosted by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Monday 9 June to recognise the growing potential of UK tech start-ups. Dr Joshua Reiss from Queen Mary's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship and co-founded a music software company called MixGenius. The company uses computer algorithms created at the School's Centre for Digital Music that work in real-time to distinguish between multiple sounds either from a live gig or during post-production, and creates a professional quality mix with an optimised blend of the sounds. The Royal reception showcased products from companies and organisations like Raspberry pi, Bristol OC Robotics and Intelligent Textiles - over 350 of the UK's most successful and promising technologists were invited to attend. Dr Reiss said: "I was honoured to be invited to Buckingham Palace. It was thrilling and inspiring to meet Her Majesty the Queen, HRH Prince Philip, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. I was especially impressed by the Royal Family's keen interest in, and support for, the UK technology industry." MixGenius secured 1.5million Canadian dollars (around £1M) in September 2013 to accelerate its capacity to support musicians to achieve professional sound quality without using a sound engineer.