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Karlheinz Brandenburg

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Senior Professor at Technische Universität Ilmenau
📍 Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany

Karlheinz Brandenburg is the CEO of Brandenburg Labs and a Senior Professor at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. With a Dr. -Ing. in Electrical Engineering, he is globally recognized as a primary inventor of the MP3 audio format, which revolutionized the music industry. His career is distinguished by numerous awards for his pioneering work in audio engineering.

Public information focuses on his extensive professional achievements, with few details available about his personal life or hobbies outside of his core passion for audio technology and innovation.

He famously used Suzanne Vegas a cappella song "Toms Diner" to test and refine the MP3 compression algorithm, listening to it thousands of times to perfect the technology.

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Senior Professor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany
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Audio Compression
Globally celebrated as the "father of the MP3, " his work on perceptual audio codecs like MP3 and AAC fundamentally changed how digital music is stored and consumed.
Immersive Audio
His current company, Brandenburg Labs, is focused on developing the next generation of audio technology, aiming to create perfect, lifelike auditory illusions over headphones.
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Career

Work history

4-2020
Senior Professor
Technische Universität Ilmenau
9-2019
Chief Executive Officer
Brandenburg Labs GmbH
1-2000 - 3-2020
Professor
Technische Universitaet Ilmenau
1-2000 - 6-2019
Director
Fraunhofer IDMT
1993 - 1999
Department Head
Fraunhofer IIS
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Education
1974 - 1989
Dr.-Ing. Electrical Engineering
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
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