Dr. Rob Maher, a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Illinois-Urbana, all in the field of electrical engineering. His research and teaching interests are in the area of digital signal processing, with particular emphasis on applications in digital audio, audio forensic analysis, digital music synthesis, and acoustics. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the AES Publications Policy Committee, and serves as an Associate Technical Editor of the AES Journal.