Eric Scheirer 

Media technology researcher and consultant, formerly of Forrester Research and the MIT Media Lab Scheirer, Eric

Dr. Eric Scheirer is a prominent researcher and business analyst with a broad perspective on the world of multimedia. His technical research on the compression, synthesis, perception, and retrieval of sound is internationally recognized, and he also has detailed understanding of business and technology trends in the media industry.

Dr. Scheirer received B.A. degrees from Cornell University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab. While at MIT, he served as an Editor of the MPEG-4 Audio International Standard and led the technical development of the groundbreaking MPEG-4 Structured Audio and MPEG-4 AudioBIFS standards.

Dr. Scheirer has a broad range of interests. He has published dozens of technical papers centering around the general theme of applying perceptual and signal-processing models to problems in musical multimedia. Two of his current interests include the development of the new technique of generalized audio coding, and the use of novel psychoacoustic methods to create musically intelligent search and retrieval algorithms.

From 2000 until early 2002, Dr. Scheirer was a media-industry analyst at Forrester Research, a leading market research and technology consulting firm. In that position, he studied technology trends in the entertainment industry, wrote in-depth reports assessing opportunities and making business recommendations, and assisted Forrester's media-industry clients in developing technology strategies.