Chris Kyriakakis
| Chris Kyriakakis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1963 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Occupation | Audio Technologist and Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Nationality | American |
Chris Kyriakakis (born 1963) is a professor of electrical engineering, author, and inventor of audio technologies. Notably he is the co-inventor of the Audyssey MultEQ digital room correction system.[1]
Education
Kyriakakis attended high school at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech in 1985 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1993.
Career
Chris Kyriakakis teaches audio signal processing and psychoacoustics at the University of Southern California.
Faculty Experience
Kyriakakis was appointed to the EE Systems faculty at USC in 1996 where he became the founding director of the USC Immersive Audio Laboratory. He was part of the original team of researchers that founded the Integrated Media Systems Center, a National Science Foundation engineering research center that was awarded to USC in 1996. He later served as the Director of the Computer Interfaces group. He became Deputy Director of IMSC in 2003 and worked closely with the IMSC Director, Adam Clayton Powell III, to achieve the research vision of the center.
Research
Kyriakakis has authored and co-authored nearly 100 peer reviewed technical papers. In 2006 he co-authored the book Immersive Audio Signal Processing.[2]
His first notable contribution in the field of audio was the introduction of the concept of Virtual Microphones. [3]
Kyriakakis' research has received funding from the National Science Foundation, DARPA, the United States Army, as well as several industry sponsors.
Recent Work
Together with Prof. Sharon Gerstel (UCLA), Kyriakakis is part of an interdisciplinary group that is studying the role that the acoustics of Byzantine churches played on the evolution of ritual chant.[4]
Audio Industry
In 2004 he co-founded Audyssey Laboratories.
Publicity and Awards
In 2006 he was awarded the World Technology Award in Media and Journalism.[5]
In 2011 his research was featured in the New York Times.[6]
In 2012 his research was featured in NPR All Things Considered.[7]
Research
Kyriakakis' research has focused on the intersection of acoustics, psychoacoustics and audio signal processing. Together with his students he published papers on virtual microphones, immersive audio rendering and the characterization and correction of room acoustics.
See also
References
- ↑ "Breakthrough audio signal processing technology makes any place in the room an acoustic ‘sweet spot’"
- ↑ "Springer: Immersive Audio Signal Processing"
- ↑ "Virtual mic carries concert hall sound over 'net"
- ↑ "Of Bodies and Spirits: Soundscapes of Byzantine Thessaloniki
- ↑ "Immersive Sound Wizard Wins 2006 World Technology Award"
- ↑ "NY Times: Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It"
- ↑ "NPR: He'll Retune Your Living Room"