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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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He is the youngest person to be an executive vice president at the company. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Seoul National University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He is a regular attendee at the annual IEEE Conference for Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. MB of data. Clones, in a sense, are marvelous….it

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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In 2001 she realized her goal of working on a satellite mission. They reinforced the perception that Dresselhaus was a truly amazing person as well as a trailblazer.” Then there is growth in terms of understanding the importance of going to conferences and not only hearing presentations of research but also engaging with people.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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The professor is the recipient of this year’s IEEE John von Neumann Medal for “leadership in mobile and wireless sensing systems technologies and applications, including personal health management.” IEEE is a place for setting intellectual standards for publications, and it creates a place for a lot of open dialogue through conferences.”.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. But now, Cerf sat alone in the lobby of San Francisco’s Jack Tar Hotel , on a break from a computing conference. It is rare for someone to be as capable as he is and as wonderful a person.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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Twenty-six editions of his book Digital Speech Processing, Synthesis, and Recognition were published between 1985 and 2001. Furui was a member of several IEEE committees and served as general co-chair of this year’s IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing , held in May in Singapore.