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‘Watch Bro’

January 18, 2016

Zhifei Li (PhD ’10) believes that computers should be able to see, hear, feel, and move. But, he adds, mostly they need to be able to speak to us and respond intelligently to what we say.

Scientists, educators present research on all aspects of how we learn

January 14, 2016

Distinguished scientists and educators gathered at Johns Hopkins University this week to highlight cutting-edge research on human learning, from pioneering neuroscience to novel pedagogical approaches.

Startup Co-founded by Xuchen Yao, Guoguo Chen Receives Funding from Amazon and Founders’ Co-op

January 8, 2016

KITT.AI, a Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup, has received funding from Amazon’s Alexa Fund and Founders’ Co-op. Xuchen Yao, a CLSP alumnus, and Guoguo Chen, a CLSP graduate student, are two of the company’s co-founders.

On Sabbatical: Hynek Hermansky, WSE

November 5, 2015

The Julian S. Smith Professor in Electrical Engineering and director of the Center for Language and Speech Processing returns to his alma mater in the Czech Republic.

Startup Founded by CLSP Alumnus Receives Funding from Google

October 21, 2015

Google’s services are not available in China, but that isn’t stopping it from making a significant investment in a company based on Chinese soil. The U.S. search giant is backing Mobvoi, a three-year-old company specializing in mobile voice technology.

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Kavli Neuroscience Institute Builds a Bridge between Whiting School of Engineering and School of Medicine

October 6, 2015

Professor Andreas G. Andreou (ECE, BME) and graduate students; Daniel Mendat and Kate Fischl, attended a National BRAIN initiative event at the U.S. Capitol where the official announcement was made for the funding of a Kavli Neuroscience Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Rockefeller University and UCSF.