Signal Processing Researcher Honored by International Association
Dr. Carlos Busso, professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been named a fellow of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) for his “contributions to speech and multimodal affective signal processing and their technology applications.”
The fellows program honors outstanding ISCA members who have made significant contributions to the science and technology of speech communication.
Busso began working on the area of affective computing with a focus on speech and facial analysis in 2003. At that time, it was uncommon to work on affective computing and the dependencies between speech and facial expressions. Affective computing aims to develop systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process and simulate human emotional states.
“At that time, there were very few research groups working on computational models to understand, recognize and synthesize emotions,” Busso said. “It is rewarding to see how my laboratory’s contributions have helped this area to evolve over the years, which is now a very well-established area in machine learning-based conferences and journals.”
“Professor Busso isn’t just a top researcher; he also is heavily engaged in teaching fundamental undergraduate courses. ECE students have the opportunity to learn from him and other true experts in the field.”
— Dr. Dinesh Bhatia
Professor and head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
The ISCA will honor Busso at its conference, Interspeech 2024, which will be held Sept. 1-5, 2024, on Kos Island, Greece.
“Being elevated to ISCA fellow for my contributions in this area gives evidence of the impact of my research vision and motivates us to continue bringing solutions to affective computing problems with high societal impact,” said Busso, who directs the Multimodal Signal Processing Lab.
“I am thankful for my students here at UT Dallas,” Busso said. “You will find that many of my technical articles are led by current and former students whom I have mentored. Working with them has been extremely rewarding.”
Dinesh Bhatia MS’87, PhD’90, professor and head department head of ECE, said: “Professor Busso isn’t just a top researcher; he also is heavily engaged in teaching fundamental undergraduate courses. ECE students have the opportunity to learn from him and other true experts in the field.”