AES Los Angeles 2016 Presenter or Author
Sean Olive
Primary Affiliation: Harman International - Northridge, CA, USA
AES Member Type: Fellow
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Sean is Acoustic Research Fellow for Harman International, a major manufacturer of audio products for consumer, professional and automotive spaces. He directs the Corporate R&D group, and oversees the subjective evaluation of new audio products. Prior to 1993, he was a research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada where his research focused on the perception and measurement of loudspeakers, listening rooms, and microphones. Sean received a Bachelors in Music from the University of Toronto, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Sound Recording from McGill University in Montreal. He has written over 40 research papers on the perception and measurement of audio for which he was awarded the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Fellowship Award in 1996, and two Publication Awards (1990 and 1995). In 2013 he was awarded the ALMA Titanium Driver Award for scientific contributions to the loudspeaker and headphone industry. Sean is the AES Past President.
Session List
Sep 29:
W3: Subjective Versus Objective Measurements in Sound Reproduction: How Accurately Can We Predict Perceived Sound Quality Based on Objective Measurements? (Chair)
Oct 1:
P18: Perception—Part 2
Validation of a Virtual In-Ear Headphone Listening Test Method (Author)
Oct 1:
P20: Perception—Part 3 (Chair)
Oct 2:
W10: Critical Listening: Ear Training in Audio Education (Panelist)