Dirk Schröder, PhD

Tech Lead / Engineering Manager - Room Sensing / Acoustics ML @ Apple

About

Spatial Audio Veteran with 25+ years of experience, Team Leader, Aural Architect & Passionate Coder.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Team Management, Project Management, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Audio Post Production, CD Mastering, Java, User Interface Design, Virtual Reality, Scientific Writing, Architectural Acoustics, Auralization, Signal Processing, Real-time Simulation, Immersive Environments, Room Acoustics, Acoustics, Audio Engineering, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

Experience

Tech Lead / Engineering Manager - Room Sensing / Acoustics ML

Apple

2024-4 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

 Apple Vision Pro

Tech Lead / Senior Staff Engineer - Room Sensing / Acoustics ML

Apple

2016-12 - 2024-4 · 7 yrs 5 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

 Apple Vision Pro

CEO + Founder

audioborn

2015-12 - 2016-12 · 1 yr 1 mo

Cologne Area, Germany

Real-time room acoustics simulation and 3D-audio auralization software for research, architecture, sound/music production and AR/MR/VR.

Senior Lecturer

EPFL

2012-10 - 2016-10 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Audiovisual Communications (LCAV), lcav.epfl.ch * Audio Signal Processing and Virtual Acoustics (Fall semester) Digital Humanities * Visualizing Future Cities (Spring semester)

Postdoctoral Research

EPFL

2012-10 - 2015-3 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

@ Audiovisual Communications (LCAV), lcav.epfl.ch Spatial Audio, Immersive Audio, Immersive Art, Virtual Acoustics, Virtual Reality, Real-time Systems, Room Acoustics, Auralization, Simulation of Sound Diffraction, Geometrical Acoustics

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

2011-5 - 2012-6 · 1 yr 2 mos

Trondheim Area, Norway

@ Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems (Q2S), Norwegian Centre of Excellence, NTNU Trondheim, Norway 12-Month ERCIM "Alain Bensoussan" Fellowship Programme (www.ercim.eu) Spatial Audio, Immersive Audio, Immersive Art, Virtual Acoustics, Virtual Reality, Real-time Systems, Room Acoustics, Auralization, Simulation of Sound Diffraction, Geometrical Acoustics

Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant

RWTH Aachen University

2005-1 - 2011-3 · 6 yrs 3 mos

Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen Area, Germany

@ Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Germany Spatial Audio, Immersive Audio, Virtual Acoustics, Virtual Reality, Real-time Simulation, Room Acoustics, Auralization, Geometrical Acoustics, Binaural Rendering, Psychacoustics

Visiting Graduate Researcher

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

2009-7 - 2009-12 · 6 mos

@ Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems (Q2S), Norwegian Centre of Excellence, NTNU Trondheim, Norway Physical modeling, simulation, auralization and measurement of sound diffraction.

Internship

Philips Research Labs

2003-10 - 2004-2 · 5 mos

@ X-ray Imaging Systems Department Medical Imaging, Physics, Image Processing, Computer Vision

Internship

Queen's University Belfast

2003-6 - 2003-9 · 4 mos

Belfast, United Kingdom

@ Intelligent Systems and Research Group Generic Algorithms

Audio Engineer

Panteon

2001-1 - 2001-8 · 8 mos

Alsdorf, Germany

Mastering of commercial audio productions.

Education

RWTH Aachen University

Virtual Acoustics

2005 - 2011 · 6 yrs

PhD Thesis: Physically based real-time auralization of interactive virtual environments @ Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University

Information- and Communication Technology

1997 - 2004 · 7 yrs

Master Thesis: Integration of Real-Time Room Acoustical Simulations in VR Environments @ Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University