John H.L. Hansen | |
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Born |
Plainfield, NJ |
November 17, 1959
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater |
Georgia Institute of Technology Rutgers University |
Known for | Fundamental Research in Robust Speech & Speaker Recognition under Stress and Noise |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Speech Processing Language Technology |
Institutions |
The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Colorado at Boulder Duke University |
Doctoral advisor | Mark A. Clements |
John H.L. Hansen (born November 17, 1959 in Plainfield, NJ) is Professor of Electrical Engineering (EE) and Associate Dean for Research in Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He is also the University Distinguished Chair in Telecommunications Engineering, and holds a joint appointment as Professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He is the son of Henrik Hansen (wrestler), Danish wrestling champion who won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, welterweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Hansen received the B.S.E.E. degree with highest honors from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1982. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in 1983 and 1988, respectively.
He started his academic career as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, in 1988, where he established the Robust Speech Processing Laboratory, (RSPL) and worked closely with the Duke Medical Center and corporations in Research Triangle Park, NC.