Jan Berg is Associate Professor of Audio Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, where he is active in research and education in sound production, with a special emphasis on sound quality assessment. Much of his research is conducted in collaboration with other disciplines and enterprises, involving tests of sound coding systems, loudness measurements, the development of listening tests and methods for the assessment of sound quality, as well as studies on the influence of acoustics and audio systems on musical quality. He is active in the Audio Engineering Society (AES), in technical committees, as a lecturer and reviewer, and as chair of scientific conferences.