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Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Pages 73-77

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... , a global organization that conducts R&D in a wide range of technology areas. Recent scientific contributions and technology innovations from NExT include advances in deep neural networks for computer vision, as well as the simultaneous language translation feature in Skype; new silicon and postsilicon computing technologies; experimental undersea data centers; next-generation augmented-reality experiences for HoloLens and virtual reality devices; and large-scale sociotechnological experiments such as XiaoIce and Tay.
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... in computer and communication sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computer sciences, also from the Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor. MARK DEAN is the John Fisher Distinguished Professor at the University of Tennes see (UT)
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... in computer science from CMU. YANN LeCUN is director of artificial intelligence research at Facebook and Silver Professor of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
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... He has published more than 180 technical papers and book chapters on machine learning, computer vision, robotics, pattern recog nition, neural networks, handwriting recognition, image compression, document under standing, image processing, VLSI design, and information theory. His handwriting-recog nition technology is used by several banks around the world, and his image compression technology, called DjVu, is used by hundreds of websites and publishers and millions of users to access scanned documents on the web.
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... Themes in her research include supporting informal collaboration and awareness in office environments, enabling creative work and visual communication, and augmenting social processes for managing personal information. She is also one of the principal researchers in the Aware Home Research Initiative; investigating the design of future home technologies, especially those that enable older adults to continue living independently as opposed to moving to an institutional care setting.
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