AES New York 2017 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
Oct 18:
P05: Perception—Part 1 (Chair)
Oct 19:
P07: Perception—Part 2
A Statistical Model that Predicts Listeners’ Preference Ratings of In-Ear Headphones: Part 1—Listening Test Results and Acoustic Measurements (Author)
Oct 20:
P14: Perception—Part 3
A Statistical Model that Predicts Listeners’ Preference Ratings of In-Ear Headphones: Part 2—Development and Validation of the Model (Author)
Oct 20:
GA13: VR Analytics Developed from Perceptual Audio Research to Improve Tools and Processes for Developers (Panelist)
Oct 21:
TW10: Towards the New Horizon of Technical Ear Training (Panelist)