The National Science Foundation has selected Vishal Patel, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the Center for Language and Speech Processing, for its Early CAREER Award, which recognizes early stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence. Using the $500,000, five-year award, Patel and his team aim to […]
More than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lifetimes, and one in five will experience mental health challenges, such as anxiety and depression, in any given year. Left untreated, mental illness results in everything from lost productivity and bad relationships to substance use disorders and suicide. […]
The Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP) enjoyed a boost to its ranks recently with the additions of two Bloomberg Distinguished Professors: Alan Yuille, who holds joint primary appointments with the departments of Computer Science, and Cognitive Science, and Rama Chellappa, who holds joint primary appointments with the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, […]
Najim Dehak, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently received the Whiting School of Engineering’s (WSE) William H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is given in recognition of outstanding teaching in WSE at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and a demonstrated dedication to students. Faculty, teaching assistants, […]
Raman Arora, CLSP member and assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Award, which recognizes early stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence. Raman’s five-year CAREER award will support his project, “Understanding Inductive Biases in Modern Machine Learning,” which will focus on developing […]
Hynek Hermansky, the Julian S. Smith Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), has been named the recipient of the 2020 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. Administered through IEEE’s Technical Field Council, this award is given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions […]
