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Singapore Joins ICSI Visitor Program

July 25, 2012
Researchers from Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore will visit ICSI's Speech Group over the next two years through a research training program established by a recently signed agreement. Beginning September 1, NTU will send researchers from its Temasek Laboratories to visit ICSI in order to collaborate on speech research techniques.

ICSI to Collaborate with Microsoft on Conversational Human-Machine Interaction

July 24, 2012
Researchers at ICSI will work with Microsoft Corp. to advance the state of the art in human-computer interaction relying on speech and other modalities. The collaboration takes advantage of ICSI’s history of excellence in speech processing research and Microsoft’s wealth of data, technology, and experience in deploying natural speech interfaces in its services and applications.

Faculty Associate Receives 2012 Goedel Prize

July 12, 2012
ICSI Faculty Associate Christos Papadimitriou and his collaborator are one of three teams sharing the 2012 Gödel Prize. The prize is awarded for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science by ACM's Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory and the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science.

FrameNet Director Charles Fillmore Receives ACL Lifetime Achievement Award

July 11, 2012
Professor Charles Fillmore, director of ICSI's FrameNet Project, has received the Association for Computational Linguistics's Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given for widely recognized, sustained, and enduring contributions to the field of computational linguistics over a long period.

Director Roberto Pieraccini Named 'Speech Luminary' by Speech Tech Magazine

July 1, 2012
Director Roberto Pieraccini has been named a 2012 speech luminary by Speech Technology magazine. The speech luminary awards are given each year to honor those whose creativity and drive have significantly influenced the speech technology industry.

University of Utah Investigating Bro Network Monitor Installation

June 26, 2012

Alumni Receive IEEE Hamming Medal

June 30, 2012
Michael Luby, a long-time collaborator and the former leader of ICSI's Algorithms Group, has received the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal. Luby shares the award with ICSI alum Amin Shokrollahi. They are recognized for developing efficient and flexible data coding methods that have enabled the success of information distribution applications such as video streaming and delivery of data to mobile devices.

Research Project Seeks to Identify Underlying Challenges to Current ASR Technology

June 12, 2012
A new research project at ICSI is focused on exploring automatic speech recognition (ASR) to understand the limitations and challenges from current technologies. Sponsored by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) via the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the research aims to use its conclusions to lead to new methods for improving ASR technology.

FrameNet Members Win Antonio Zampolli Prize

May 25, 2012
Professor Charles Fillmore and Collin Baker of ICSI's FrameNet Project are co-winners of the Antonio Zampolli Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of language resources and language technology evaluation.

Algorithms Leader Richard Karp to Be Director of Simons Institute

May 2, 2012
Professor Richard Karp, leader of the ICSI Algorithms Group, will be the founding director of a theoretical computer science institute to be established at UC Berkeley with a $60 million gift from the Simons Foundation.

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