Senior Scientist at AudioLabs-IIS, Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS

Andreas Silzle studied electrical engineering with specialization in acoustics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

He worked for 5 years at the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) and for 3 years for TC Electronic in Denmark. From 2002 onwards he was a research assistant at the Institut für Kommunikationsakustik (IKA) of Prof. Blauert in Bochum and did his PhD about quality evaluation of auditory virtual environments.

He continued at Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen, where he is currently a senior scientist. He is actively involved in standardization work in ITU R. He is the technical coordinator of the EU project Orpheus about object-based audio.