Chris Kyriakakis Wins 2006 World Technology Award

November 29, 2006

The World Technology Network (WTN) announced today that Chris Kyriakakis, Prof. of Audio Signal Processing at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and co-founder and CTO of Audyssey Laboratories, has been named as the recipient of a 2006 World Technology Award, presented by the World Technology Network, in association with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Dow Chemical, TIME magazine and CNN, among others. Winners were announced on November 3rd, 2006, in San Francisco, at the World Technology Awards gala ceremony at San Francisco City Hall at the conclusion of the two-day World Technology Summit. The World Technology Awards honor individuals and corporations from twenty (20) technology-related sectors viewed by their peers as being the most innovative and doing the work of the greatest likely long-term significance. Award categories range from biotechnology, space and energy through to ethics, design and entertainment. “It is a great honor to receive this award, particularly because it is decided on by a group of peers,” said Kyriakakis. Nominees for the 2006 World Technology Awards were identified based on an intensive, global process over a period of many months in which current individual WTN members (primarily elected WTN Fellows from previous Awards cycles), who now number over 800, spread out over 60 countries) made their nominations based on who they think is doing the innovative work in their field of the greatest likely long-term significance. After the WTN gathers further information from and about nominees, WTN individual members then vote on their preferences within their category. James P. Clark, founder and Chairman of the World Technology Network, added: “ The World Technology Awards program is not only a very inspiring way to identify and honor the most innovative people and organizations in the technology world, but it also is a truly disciplined way for the WTN membership to identify those who will formally join them, as WTN Fellows, as part of our global community. By working to make useful connections among our members, we look forward to assisting Prof. Kyriakakis continue to help create our collective future and change our world.” About Chris Kyriakakis Dr. Kyriakakis is Associate Professor of Audio Signal Processing at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering, and he is Deputy Director of the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. He is also Chief Technology Officer/Founder of Audyssey Laboratories, Inc. a cutting-edge audio company that delivers algorithms for improving sound in homes, theaters, portable devices, and automobiles. Prof. Kyriakakis’ research over the past 10 years has focused on novel algorithms for capturing and rendering multichannel sound to create environments that are indistinguishable from reality. His work intersects the boundaries of audio signal processing, acoustics, and psychoacoustics. He pioneered the development of virtual microphones to synthesize acoustical signals that can convert mono or stereo recordings to multichannel versions. His group also developed methods for fixing the acoustical problems in rooms and cars for a large listening area. This has resulted in a technology called Audyssey MultEQ that is now being used by several major consumer electronics companies. About The World Technology Network (www.wtn.net) The World Technology Network is a New York-headquartered organization that was created to “encourage serendipity” - happy accidents - amongst those individuals and companies deemed by their peers to be the most innovative in the science and technology world. The WTN’s areas of interest range from IT and communications to biotech, energy, materials, space, as well as related fields such as finance, marketing, policy, law, design, and ethics. Each year, WTN members are brought together through an ongoing global series of regional roundtables, global Summits, and other events. The WTN also convened the World Energy Technologies Summit at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The WTN also publishes “The WTN Update”, a monthly collection of news items covering the innovative work of the WTN members. The central events in the WTN calendar include the annual World Technology Summit and World Technology Awards - the culmination of a global judging program through which new members are nominated and selected and by which the network grows and is refreshed.

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