Harald Popp

Harald Popp
Born (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 68)
Erlangen, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Known forMP3
AwardsGerman Future Prize
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsFraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS-A), Erlangen

Harald Popp (born 30 September, 1956 in Erlangen)[1] is a German electrical engineer. Together with Karlheinz Brandenburg, Ernst Eberlein, Heinz Gerhäuser (former Institutes Director of Fraunhofer IIS), Bernhard Grill, Jürgen Herre (all Fraunhofer IIS), he developed the widespread MP3 method for audio data compression.[1][2]

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