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Karlheinz Brandenburg | |
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![]() Brandenburg in May 2010 | |
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Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Known for | MP3 |
Awards | IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Fraunhofer Society, Technische Universität Ilmenau |
Karlheinz Brandenburg (born 20 June 1954) is a German electrical engineer and mathematician.[1] Together with Ernst Eberlein, Heinz Gerhäuser (former Institutes Director of Fraunhofer IIS), Bernhard Grill, Jürgen Herre and Harald Popp (all Fraunhofer IIS), he developed the widespread MP3 method for audio data compression. He is also known for his elementary work in the field of audio coding, the perception measurement, the wave field synthesis and psychoacoustics. Brandenburg has received numerous national and international research awards, prizes and honors for his work. Since 2000 he has been a professor of electronic media technology at the Technical University Ilmenau. Brandenburg was significantly involved in the founding of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) and currently serves as its director.
Brandenburg has been called the "father of the MP3" format.[2][3]