DURHAM, N.H.—He doesn't have a hit record, but a University of New Hampshire math professor has a Grammy Award, thanks to his work applying mathematics to restoring and repackaging sound.
Kevin Short won the award Sunday for his role as a mastering engineer in the restoration of a 1949 bootleg wire recording of a Woody Guthrie concert. It's the only known recording of the legendary folk singer performing before an audience.
Short worked with other audio-restoration specialists to use math algorithms to correct sound imperfections in the recording.
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