Hsiao-Wuen HON

Chairman, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group
Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia

Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is the Chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia. He oversees Microsoft’s research and development activities as well as collaborations with academia in Asia Pacific. 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 National Taiwan University.