AES and Audio Precision announce Tom Kite scholarship
Published: WORLD
WORLD: Audio Precision is sponsoring a new AES Educational Foundation scholarship to honour the legacy of Tom Kite. Advancing Audio – The Tom Kite Scholarship is offered to graduate student AES members who have a passion for advancing audio through innovation and technology development.
Dr Kite participated for many years in the AES Standards working group on Digital Audio Measurement Techniques and was a substantial contributor to the revision of AES-6id, Personal computer audio quality measurements, published in 2006. He also chaired SC-02-01 in order to drive to conclusion a major revision of AES17, Measurement of digital audio equipment. Dr Kite completed the project but did not live to see its publication later in September 2015.
‘Tom was devoted to innovation in audio test and measurement, as well as to the advancement of education,’ stated Dave Schmoldt, Audio Precision CEO. ‘Sponsoring an Audio Engineering Society scholarship in his name is a natural way for AP to honour Tom’s legacy and benefit future generations in a field that Tom so deeply cared about.’
‘The AES Educational Foundation is honoured to offer this Audio Precision Scholarship named for Tom Kite, a much admired and respected member of AES,’ added Don Puluse, president of the AES Educational Foundation. ‘This grant will preserve Tom’s legacy and support innovative AES graduate students interested in advancing research in audio measurement, analysis, or perception.’
Advancing Audio – The Tom Kite Scholarship will be offered annually to graduate students in the field of audio engineering who are AES members and who have a passion for advancing audio through innovation and technology development. Applications must be received at AES Headquarters by May 15.