Faculty
Stephen E. Levinson
Professor
2009 Beckman Institute, MC-251
405 N. Mathews
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 244-1262
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering University of Rhode Island 1974
Research Statement:
See Speech and Language Engineering Group
Research Interests:
- Speech processing, Language acquisition, Natural language understanding, Speech synthesis
Undergraduate Research Opportunities:
My lab is engaged in research intended to design and test anthropomorphic robots that learn as children do by experience with the environment. We are especially interested in language acquisition. Most undergraduates do not have the necessary background to do independent work in this area. However, there have been a few successful undergraduate projects related to the control hardware and software of the robots. Students who have an interest in this area are encouraged to discuss potential projects with me.
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements
- Summer Appointment at Brown University, 1999
- AT&T Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, 1990
- IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer, 1986
- Fellow, IEEE, 1986
- Fellow, Acoustical Society of America, 1983
- Sigma Xi Research Prize, 1974
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching
- New Course CHP 396A Campus Honors Program
- Incomplete List of Excellence in Teaching, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research
- CAS Steering committee for the Memory Project, Fall 2004
- Center for Advanced Study Associate, Fall 2002