Philipos (Philip) C. Loizou (November 10, 1965 – July 22, 2012[1]) was Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science[2] at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).
Philipos C. Loizou | |
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| Born | November 10, 1965 Patriki, Cyprus |
| Died | July 22, 2012 (aged 46) Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Arizona |
| Known for | Research in speech enhancement & cochlear implants |
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| Fields | Speech enhancement Cochlear implant |
| Institutions | The University of Texas at Dallas University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| Doctoral advisor | Andreas Spanias |
Career
editLoizou was an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock (1996 to 1999) prior to joining the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, where he helped co-found the Center of Robust Speech Systems (CRSS). He established the Speech Processing and Cochlear Implant Laboratories at the University of Texas at Dallas and held the Cecil and Ida Green Chair in the Department of Electrical Engineering since 2009. Loizou developed a noisy speech corpus known as NOIZEUS.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Cochlear Implant Pioneer, Professor Lost to Cancer". University of Texas at Dallas. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science". University of Texas at Dallas. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "NOIZEUS: A noisy speech corpus for evaluation of speech enhancement algorithms". University of Texas at Dallas. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-11-27.