Chris Pike
Principal Research Scientist at Sonos, Inc.
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Pike is a Principal Research Scientist and spatial audio specialist with 12+ years advancing immersive audio for broadcasting and consumer products, now leading research at Sonos after a long tenure at the BBC. He holds a PhD from the University of York and has steered teams and industry groups—formerly leading BBC R&D’s audio team and chairing the EBU’s immersive audio group—bridging academic research, standards work, and production practice. His work spans R&D, interactive systems, and computer vision/graphics integration, helping translate cutting-edge audio research into real-world creative experiences. A committed leader and mentor, he builds inclusive cultures that foster innovation and collaboration, and continues to pursue novel ideas through interdisciplinary partnerships.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electronic Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electronic Engineering at University of York
English, Spanish, French, Romanian
Github Skills (33)
ear9
web-audio-api8
audio8
clap8
lv28
computer-music7
vst7
audiounit7
codec7
juce7
audio-effect7
renderer6
api5
javascript4
monitoring4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/bbcrd-brirs
May 2017 - Sep 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 5 months
bbc/webMUSHRA
Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
a MUSHRA compliant web audio API based experiment software
Contributions:32 pushes, 3 branches, 2 tags in 9 months
apicompliantaudio-apiaudioweb-audio
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