Elizabeth Cohen (engineer)
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Elizabeth Ann ("Betsy") Cohen is a Brooklyn-born California-based acoustician and engineer for the arts. She is known as a scholar of music perception, digital archiving, and advocate for music therapy.
Education
Cohen received her B.A. in Music and Physics from Bennington College studying instrument building with Gunnar Schonbeck and composition with Otto Luening. She then moved to Stanford University where she earned an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Acoustics.[1]
after graduate school she worked at Bell Laboratories[2] and started her own company (Acoustical Inc. of Palo Alto)[2]
NYT[3]
During in college and early years in graduate school she interned and subsequently worked with Max Mathews and John R. Pierce in the Acoustical and Behavioral Research Center at Murray Hill.
She was not only the first female president of the Audio Engineering Society,[4] but also the first woman to serve on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Technology Council. [5]
was acting assistant professor at Stanford (1985) [2]
was professor of Film and Information studies at UCLA
Work
As an acoustician, Cohen has made fundamental contributions to architectural acoustics and pitch perception.[6] She led Cohen Acoustical Inc. for over 25 years providing acoustical design and technology assessment for clients including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, CBS Television, Dolby Laboratories, Fraunhofer Labs, The Grateful Dead, NASA-Ames, Paramount, Sony, and Walt Disney Imagineering.[7][8] She served for 5 years as the acoustician for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl[9][10] and as the lead acoustician for the Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, Colorado.[11][12]
spacial reverberation, (acoustical consultant on the Twilight Zone sound)[2]
Organizations and Board Contributions
She served on the Sound Preservation Board of the Library of Congress since its inception, the Rhythm for Life Foundation, and the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function.[13][14] In addition, she was the Vice Chair of Education for the AMPAS Science and Technology Council, a member of its Digital Motion Picture Archive Committee, and was the co-chair of The Academy Archive Digital Content project.[15] Cohen served on the National Science Foundation Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access and the Sloan Foundation Stewardship Gap Advisory Group.
Cohen has collaborated with Nobel Laureate, George Smoot, on outreach efforts to expand student understanding of the role of science and technology in the creative arts.[16] (also attended the Oscars together)[17]
Awards and honors
Cohen received the Touchstone Women in Music Award in 1998.[18] She was elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America for “For application of acoustic science to the entertainment industry”[19] and the Audio Engineering Society in 1995 for “contributions to understanding the acoustics and psychoacoustics of sound in rooms”.[20] In 2001, Cohen was presented with the AES Citation Award for “pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet”.[21]
She was elected as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1996 and the Television Academy in 2016.[22]
She was selected to serve as the ASA Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow 1993-94[23] and was assigned to the White House Economic Council where she pioneered Arts and Culture and Humanities outreach on the Internet and also focused on accessibility issues.[24]
Notes:
Details in LA Times (interview)[25]; NY Times article[26] concert hall[27] lengthy article on her[28]
Selected publications
- Cohen, Elizabeth; Weir, Robert H.; Hasselberger, Jeff (1982-04-01). "The influence of signal processing devices on the timbre perception of electric guitars". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 71 (S1): S26–S27. doi:10.1121/1.2019303. ISSN 0001-4966.
References
- ↑ Traiman, Steve. "AES Head Elizabeth Cohen Has Sound Advice For The Future" (PDF). WorldRadioHistory. Studio Action.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Paull, Linda (1985-11-20). "Picture if you will Twilight Zone's new 'spacial reverberation'". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 89. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Fabricant, Florence. "STYLE MAKERS; Elizabeth Cohen: Acoustical Engineer". The New York Times.
- ↑ Traiman, Steve (November 9, 1996). "President Liz". Billboard; New York. 108 (45). p. 40 – via Proquest.
- ↑ "10 Incredible Women in AV History". Avixa Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ↑ Cariaga, Daniel. "Sound Improvements for Bowl's Acoustics". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Cohen, Elizabeth, selected to serve as Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 94 (6): 3523. 1993. doi:10.1121/1.407168.
- ↑ "Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen Collection". OAC. Online Archive of California.
- ↑ Epstein, Robert (1992-07-07). "The Bowl's Sentinel of Sound". The Los Angeles Times. pp. [1], [2], [3]. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Cariaga, Daniel (1988-07-11). "Sounds improvements for Bowl's acoustics". The Los Angeles Times. pp. [4], [5]. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Shulgold, Marc. "Pleasing Opening for Aspen's Concert Hall: Music: Some 500 concert-goers descend 40 feet underground to hear Beethoven and Barber in a bright, high-ceilinged room that is an acoustic marvel". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Christiansen, Richard (1993-08-24). "It's truly a grand opening for Aspen's Harris Hall". Chicago Tribune. p. 56. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Edison, T. A. "The State of Recored Sound Preservation in the United States" (PDF). LOC.GOV. Council on Library and Information Resources and The Library of Congress.
- ↑ "Keynote Speakers". ICAD. International Conference of Auditory Display Sound in Learning.
- ↑ "AES Technical Committee". AES. Audio Engineering Society.
- ↑ "Mickey Hart and George Smoot Talk Rhythms of The Universe". MickeyHart. Mickey Hart News.
- ↑ Mason, Betsy (2007-02-25). "Nobel scientist to attend Oscars". The Bellingham Herald. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis" (PDF). CLIR. Council on Library and Information Resources.
- ↑ "Fellows of the Society - Acoustical Society of America". web.archive.org. 2018-06-13. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2022-09-08.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "AES Citation Award » Elizabeth Cohen". www.aes.org. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ↑ "AES Awards". AES. Audio Engineering Society.
- ↑ "Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen Collection". OAC. Online Archive of California.
- ↑ "Cohen, Elizabeth, selected to serve as Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 94 (6): 3523–3523. 1993-12-01. doi:10.1121/1.407168. ISSN 0001-4966.
- ↑ "Fellows of the Society". AcousticalSociety. ASA.
- ↑ Kaplan, Karen (1997-07-14). "The Sounds Inside Our Heads". Los Angeles Times. pp. [6]. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Flynn, Laurie J. (1997-10-06). "Over the Din of New Media, a Voice for the Audio Arts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Oestreich, James R. (1993-08-24). "Review/Music; A Tuneful Inauguration for a New Concert Hall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Santo, Brian (September 22, 1997). "Audio Engineering Society chief sounds off on quality". Electronic Engineering Times; Cambridge (972). p. 147 – via Proquest.
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