Karlheinz Brandenburg
Birth: June 20, 1954
Death: None
Karlheinz Brandenburg earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He earned this for his work on digital audio coding and perceptual measurement techniques. He also earned an honorary PhD for his research in audio coding.
Karlheinz Brandenburg's research formed the basis for the mp3, MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding, and many other modern audio compression devices. While working at AT&T Bell Laboratories, he worked on ASPEC which is the basis for the mp3. Afterwards, he continued his research in audio coding back in Germany. He is also acclaimed for work on Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) and psycho-acoustics.
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https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/karlheinz-brandenburg,,
https://ethw.org/Karlheinz_Brandenburg