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Manfred Robert Schröder (born 12 July, 1926) is a German physicist, most known for his contributions to acoustics
Acoustics

Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of sound, ultrasound and infrasound . A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician....
 and computer graphics
Computer graphics

Computer graphics are graphics created by computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of pictorial data by a computer....
. He has written three books and published over 150 articles in his field.

Born in Ahlen
Ahlen

Ahlen is a Town#Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the Warendorf and is economically the most important town in the Districts_of_Germany....
, he studied at the University of Göttingen (1947-52), earning a vordiplom in mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
 (1951) and Dr. rer. nat. (1954) in physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
. His thesis showed how small regular cavities in concert halls cause unfortunate resonances.

He joined the technical staff at Bell Labs
Bell Labs

Bell Laboratories is the research organization of Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company .Bell Laboratories has had its headquarters at Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, and it has research and development facilities throughout the world....
 in New Jersey
New Jersey

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 (1954-) researching speech and graphics, securing forty-five patents.






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Manfred Robert Schröder (born 12 July, 1926) is a German physicist, most known for his contributions to acoustics
Acoustics

Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of sound, ultrasound and infrasound . A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician....
 and computer graphics
Computer graphics

Computer graphics are graphics created by computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of pictorial data by a computer....
. He has written three books and published over 150 articles in his field.

Born in Ahlen
Ahlen

Ahlen is a Town#Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the Warendorf and is economically the most important town in the Districts_of_Germany....
, he studied at the University of Göttingen (1947-52), earning a vordiplom in mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
 (1951) and Dr. rer. nat. (1954) in physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
. His thesis showed how small regular cavities in concert halls cause unfortunate resonances.

He joined the technical staff at Bell Labs
Bell Labs

Bell Laboratories is the research organization of Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company .Bell Laboratories has had its headquarters at Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, and it has research and development facilities throughout the world....
 in New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
 (1954-) researching speech and graphics, securing forty-five patents. With Bishnu Atal he was a promotor of linear predictive coding
Linear predictive coding

Linear predictive coding is a tool used mostly in audio signal processing and speech processing for representing the spectral envelope of a digital signal of Speech communication in data compression form, using the information of a linear prediction model....
 (1967). Still affiliated with Bell, he rejoined University of Göttingen as Universitätsprofessor Physik (1969) becoming professor emeritus (1991).

With Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

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 he developed code excited linear prediction
Code Excited Linear Prediction

Code excited linear prediction is a speech coding algorithm originally proposed by M.R. Schroeder and B.S. Atal in 1985. At the time, it provided significantly better quality than existing low bit-rate algorithms, such as RELP and Linear predictive coding vocoders ....
 (1972).

He led a famed study of 22 concert halls worldwide, leading to a comparison method requiring no travel.

He was visiting professor at University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo

The , abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculty with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign....
 (1979).

Books

  • Number Theory
    Number theory

    Number theory is the branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of numbers in general, and integers in particular, as well as the wider classes of problems that arise from their study....
     in Science and Communication: With Applications in Cryptography, Physics, Biology, Digital Information, and Computing     (Springer-Verlag, 1983).
  • Fractals, Chaos
    Chaos

    Chaos typically refers to unpredictability, and is the antithesis of cosmos.The word did not mean "disorder" in classical-period ancient Greece....
    , Power Law
    Power law

    A power law is a special kind of mathematical relationship between two quantities. If one quantity is the frequency of an event, the relationship is a power-law distribution, and the frequencies decrease very slowly as the size of the event increases....
    s: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise     (Freeman
    Freeman

    Freeman can mean any of the following:...
    , 1991)
  • Computer speech recognition, compression, synthesis (Springer-Verlag, 1985). With H. Quast and H. W. Strube
  • Hundert Jahre Friedrich Hund
    Friedrich Hund

    Friedrich Hund was a Germany physicist from Karlsruhe known for his work on atoms and molecules.Hund worked at the Universities of University of Rostock, University of Leipzig, University of Jena, University of Frankfurt am Main, and University of G?ttingen....
    : Ein Rückblick auf das Wirken eines bedeutenden Physikers     (1996)

Awards

  • 1969 First Prize at the International Computer Art Competition for his application of concepts from mathematics and physics to the creation of artistic works.
  • fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
  • IEEE Fellow 1971, fellow of Audio Engineering Society
    Audio Engineering Society

    Established in 1948, the Audio Engineering Society draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, manufacturers and other organizations and individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry....
  • Audio Engineering Society
    Audio Engineering Society

    Established in 1948, the Audio Engineering Society draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, manufacturers and other organizations and individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry....
     fellow and Gold medalist (1972)
  • National Academy of Engineering
    National Academy of Engineering

    The United States National Academy of Engineering is a private, non-profit institution which was founded in 1964, under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the United States National Academy of Sciences, signed by Abraham Lincoln, in 1863....
     member
  • fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning. It serves as a nationwide honor society for the United States....
     for "founding the statistical theory of wave propagation in multi-mode media and contributions to speech coding and acoustics".
  • Helmholtz Medal of the German Acoustical Society
  • 1975 Max Planck Society
    Max Planck Society

    The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur F?rderung der Wissenschaften e. V. is an independent non-profit association of Germany research institutes funded by the federal and state governments....
     appointed foreign scientific member
  • New York Academy of Sciences
    New York Academy of Sciences

    The New York Academy of Sciences is the third oldest scientific society in the United States. An independent, non-profit organization with more than 25,000 members in 140 countries, the Academy?s mission is to advance understanding of science and technology....
     member 1978
  • Rayleigh Medal
    Rayleigh Medal

    The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John William Strutt or ....
     1984 and 1987
  • ASA Gold Medal
    ASA Gold Medal

    The ASA Gold Medal is an annual award presented by the Acoustical Society of America to individuals in recognition of outstanding contributions to acoustics....
     1991 "for theoretical and practical contributions to human communication through innovative application of mathematics to speech, hearing, and concert hall acoustics".
  • International Speech Communication Association Medal for Scientic Achievement 2004.