Expert Details
Acoustics, Audio Signal Processing, Microphone Arrays, Echo Cancellation, Noise Cancellation, Loudspeakers, Microphones, Headphones, Spatial Audio, Surround Sound, Automotive Sound
ID: 735348
California, USA
Measurement, characterization, and acoustical tuning of loudspeakers and headphones for optimized performance
Research Areas:
Immersive audio signal processing, machine learning for audio and acoustics, room equalization, room acoustics, headphone acoustics, multichannel audio streaming, microphone array processing, head-related transfer function modeling, adaptive algorithms for virtual microphones, virtual loudspeakers, multichannel audio rendering, archaeoacoustics.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1993 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: USC |
| Year: 1987 | Degree: MS | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: USC |
| Year: 1985 | Degree: BS | Subject: Engineering and Applied Science | Institution: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Chief Audio Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities: |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2018 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: CTO | Department: |
Responsibilities:Founder and Chief Technology Officer |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 2019 | Employer: University of Southern California (USC) | Title: Associate Professor | Department: Electrical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Teaching and Research |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| - Member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) - Senior Member of the IEEE - Member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) - Member IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia - Member of AES Technical Committee on Multichannel and Binaural Audio - Member of AES Technical Committee on Audio for Games |
| Professional Appointments |
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| National Academy of Engineering: Frontiers of Engineering Session Chairman Reviewer: - National Science Foundation - IEEE Transactions on Multimedia - IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing - IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing - European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) - IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) - IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio (WASPAA) - IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing - ACM Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) - European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) - Audio Engineering Society - Acoustical Society of America |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| - Senior Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - World Technology Network Award - National Academy of Engineering: Frontiers of Engineering Session Chairman - Best Paper Award: IEEE 37th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, & Computers |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Patents: 15 Journal Publications: 20 Technical Conference Publications: 80 Books: 2 |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| IPR: Expert for Samsung, Apple, Poly, Daimler AG, Hyundai-Kia INVALIDITY: Expert for Samsung, Google, Apple, Hyundai-Kia NON-INFRINGEMENT: Expert for Navistar, Samsung, Subaru, Apple, Hyundai-Kia DEPOSITIONS: Expert for Samsung, Google, Apple COURT TESTIMONY: Expert for Samsung, Google, Apple OTHER: Expert for Public Defender's Office Total cases to date: 34 |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Selected Press Coverage: BBC World Service, National Herald, USC Trojan Family Magazine, Open Culture, CBC Radio, The Atlantic UCLA Newsroom, Gizmodo, IEEE Spectrum, NPR All Things Considered, New York Times, Widescreen Review, USC News |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | Bilingual |
| Greek | Bilingual |
| Italian | Fluent |