Thomas Sporer

Thomas Sporer holds key academic and research positions:

• Honorary Professor at Berlin Career College, Berlin University of the Arts, lecturing in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts (M.A.)
• Faculty member at Technical University of Ilmenau since 1999
• Vice-Director of Fraunhofer IDMT since co-founding the institute in 2000

Educational background:

• M.Sc. in Computer Science (Diplom-Informatiker), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 1988
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 1998

Research focuses on audio technology evolution:

• Pioneering work in audio coding standards (OCF, MP3, AAC)
• Multimedia security including watermarking and scrambling techniques
• Current specialization in subjective/objective evaluation of spatial audio systems

Professional leadership:

• Audio Engineering Society (AES): VP Central Europe, TC co-chair for Perception Evaluation, JAES associate editor
• Standards contributor to ITU-R and MPEG
• Member of ASA, DEGA, and SMPTE