Guest Lecture: S.R.M Prasanna
October 27, 2021
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CAT
Virtual
Potential of spoken language processing for the digital transformation of Africa
Abstract: Spoken language is an effortless medium for human-human communication. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has made inroads into all fields of science and engineering. The advancements in these fields due to AI can be used for societal benefits. Spoken language processing is one area that has made rapid progress in the last decade by exploiting the power of AI. This talk will highlight how this benefit can be exploited for the digital transformation of Africa by taking some case studies done for other languages, especially Indian spoken languages.
Bio: Dr. S.R.M. Prasanna is Dean (Faculty Welfare, Research and Development) and Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Dharwad since July 2017. He was a faculty member at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at IIT Guwahati from August 2004 to July 2017. He was also Dean (Research and Development) from July 2015 to July 2017 at IIT Guwahati. He obtained his PhD in CSE from IIT Madras in 2004, MTech in Industrial Electronics from NITK Surathkal in 1997 and BE in Electronics from SSIT Tumakuru in 1994. He has guided 21 PhD theses and 11 ongoing in the areas of speech and handwriting processing. He has published over 250 research articles in reputed Indian and international journals and conferences. He has executed large volume funded projects and also provided consultancy to many public sector and private limited companies in the areas of speech processing.
Host: Professor Timothy X. Brown