Academic Lecture: Blauert, Jens Abstracts of Seminars Beijing -- April 2008　　

Jens Blauert was born in 1938. He studied communication engineering at Aachen, where he received a Doctor-of-Engineering degree in 1969. In 1973, he delivered an inaugural dissertation to the Technical University of Berlin (habilitation), and in 1994 he was awarded an honorary degree (Dr. Tech.) by the University of Aalborg (DK). Since 1974 he held a chair in electrical engineering and acoustics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he founded the Institute of Communication Acoustics (IKA) and headed it until 2003, Subsequently, he was assigned emeritus professor.

Prof. Blauert has been a visiting professor in various countries worldwide. Currently, he is a distinguished visiting professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY -- adjunct to its program on architectural acoustics. He is a professional acoustical consultant, chartered in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany.

The author/coauthor of more than 150 scientific articles and books, and supervisor of 52 successful PhD projects, has been awarded several patents. His major scientific fields of interest are spatial hearing, binaural technology, aural architecture, perceptual quality, speech technology, virtual environments and telepresence.

He has provided services to the science community in positions such as chairman of the ITG committee on electroacoustics, dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering & Information Technologies at Bochum, senator of the Ruhr-Universität, chairman of the board (and cofounder) of the European Acoustics Association, EAA, president and vice president of the German Acoustical Society, DEGA, associate board member of the International Commission for Acoustics, ICA, member of the Environmental-Protection Council of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia, board member (and cofounder) of the European Speech-Communication Association, now ISCA, and board member (and cofounder) of the section on noise and vibration, NALS, of the German Standard Association, DIN.

Prof. Blauert has received various scientific medals and awards and was elected Fellow of ASA, IEEE, IoA, and AES, as well as honorary member of the German audiological society, DGA, and the Polish acoustical society, PAS.

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