Kiyohiro Shikano

Graduate of Information Science;Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Kiyohiro Shikano received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Nagoya University in 1970, 1972, and 1980, respectively. He is currently a Professor of Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), where he is directing Speech and Acoustics Laboratory. From 1972, he worked at NTT Laboratories, where he was engaged in Speech Recognition Research. During 1986–1990, he was the Head of Speech Processing Department at ATR Interpreting Telephony Research Laboratories. During 1984–1986, he was a Visiting Scientist in Carnegie Mellon University.He received the IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan) Yonezawa Prize in 1975, IEEE Signal Processing Society 1990 Senior Award in 1991, the Technical Development Award from ASJ (Acoustical Society of Japan) in 1994, IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan) Yamashita SIG Research Award in 2000, Paper Award from the Virtual Reality Society of Japan in 2001, IEICE Paper Award in 2005 and 2006, and IEICE Inose Best Paper Award in 2005. He is a Fellow Member of IEICE and IPSJ. He is a Member of ASJ, Japan VR Society, IEEE, and International Speech Communication Association.

Biography Updated on 22 June 2006

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