siao-Wuen HON

   

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Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group, Microsoft Research Asia

Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is corporate vice president of Microsoft, chairman of Microsoft’s Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and managing director of Microsoft Research Asia. He drives Microsoft’s strategy for research and development activities in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as collaborations with academia. Dr. Hon is an internationally recognized expert in speech technology, an IEEE Fellow and a Distinguished Scientist of Microsoft. He holds three dozen patents in several technical areas. Dr. Hon joined Microsoft Research as a senior researcher in 1995 and has been a key contributor to Microsoft's SAPI and speech engine technologies. He previously worked at Apple Computer, where he led research and development for Apple's Chinese Dictation Kit. Dr. Hon received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Taiwan University.