Karlheinz Brandenburg

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Karlheinz Brandenburg
Brandenburg in May 2010
Born	(1954-06-20) 20 June 1954 (age 69) Erlangen, Bavaria, West Germany
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]