Jens Peter Blauert (born 20 June 1938 in Hamburg[1]) is a German scientist specializing in psychoacoustics and an emeritus professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he founded the Institute of Communication Acoustics. His major scientific fields of interest are spatial hearing, binaural technology, aural architecture, perceptual quality, speech technology, virtual environments and tele-presence.
Blauert was born in Hamburg on June 20, 1938 to Werner, a university lecturer and Hedwig.[1] He received his elementary and secondary education in Dresden and Hamburg and later received a doctorate in engineering after studying communication engineering in Aachen in 1969.[1][2] Since 1974 he has been an important figure in electrical engineering and acoustics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he established the Institute of Communication Acoustics (IKA) and chaired it until 2003.[2] After this he was honored as an emeritus professor.
He has provided his professional expertise to the science community in several countries and has been asked to lecture at many universities worldwide, including Cardiff University.[2][6] He served as chairman of the ITG committee on electroacoustics, cofounder and chairman of the European Acoustics Association, president and vice president of the German Acoustical Society,[4] an associate board member of the International Commission for Acoustics, member of the Environmental-Protection Council of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, board member and cofounder of the European Speech-Communication Association, and board member and cofounder of the section on noise and vibration, of the German Standard Association.[2]
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An Introduction to Binaural Technology. In: Robert H. Gilkey, Timothy R. Anderson (Hrsg.): Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments. Lawrence Erlbaum, USA-Mahwah NJ 1996, S. 593-609, ISBN0-8058-1654-2
(Hrsg.): Communication Acoustics. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York 2005, ISBN3-540-22162-X
(Ed.): The Technology of Binaural Listening. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London 2013, ISBN978-3-642-37761-7
