Dr. Barry Blesser

Radio World Engineering Extra article “The Human Wonderland of System Complexity”

Here are the references Blesser makes in “The Human Wonderland of System Complexity”, published in the April 15, 2010 edition of Radio World Engineering Extra as part of his ongoing series, “The Last Word”:

• The December 2, 2009 hearing of the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, titled "Will Arbitron's Personal People Meter Silence Minority Owned Radio Stations?"
  • Committee information: oversight.house.gov
  • Hearing information: oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=4695
  • Streaming video of the hearing: groc.edgeboss.net/wmedia/groc/fullcommittee/12.02.09.fc.arbitron.wvx
    
    
• Blesser's white paper, “Technical Properties of Arbitron's PPM System”:
  www.25-seven.com/257/publications/25-Seven_Tech_Paper_Arbitron_PPM.pdf
   

More of The Last Word

Blesser writes a regular Radio World Engineering Extra column called "The Last Word". These recent pieces are reproduced here with the author's permission, and copyrighted by the author.

February 17, 2010 : Who Pays for Past Sins?
October 14, 2009 : Free But Fragile
August 19, 2009 : Broadcasters: Head-Space Farmers in a New Ant Hill
June 10, 2009 : The Biological Cost of Stress in Broadcasting
April 15, 2009 : A System Model for Human Interactions
February 18, 2009 : Soft-Skills Predict Professional Success

Even more of The Last Word can be found on Radio World's The Last Word page, or on Blesser's website blesser.net.

Biography

Former MIT professor Dr. Barry Blesser is recognized for his contributions to a wide variety of professional disciplines, including audio signal processing, auditory perception, pattern recognition, aural architecture, career development and engineering management. He is a globally recognized authority on audio technology, both as an inventor and an expert witness. Over the last 40 years, he has provided technical and management consulting services to more than 50 high-technology companies.

As one of the leading pioneers of digitized audio in the 1970s, Blesser developed the first commercial digital reverb for EMT, organized the first AES conference on digital signal processing and helped found Lexicon. He was the principal engineer of Orban’s Audicy workstation, which was designed explicitly for the radio industry.

Presently, Blesser is Director of Engineering for 25-Seven Systems, which specializes in time management of audio program material. For the past several years he has written a regular column for Radio World Engineering Extra. Blesser is a past president of the Audio Engineering Society, a consulting technical editor of its journal and a recipient of its Silver, Governors and Publication medals. MIT Press recently published his book Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? Experiencing Aural Architecture. During the last 3 years, Blesser has delivered more than a dozen keynote lectures on sound in space. He recently published a paper, “Technical Properties of Arbitron’s PPM System.”

Further information on Blesser, including additional articles and columns, can be found on his website: blesser.net.