洪小文

　　微软全球资深副总裁

　　微软亚太研发集团主席

　　微软亚洲研究院院长

　　洪小文博士现任微软全球资深副总裁，微软亚太研发集团主席兼微软亚洲研究院院长，全面负责微软在亚太地区的科研及产品开发工作，以及与中国及亚太地区学术界的合作。

　　洪小文博士是电气电子工程师学会院士(IEEE Fellow)，微软杰出首席科学家和国际公认的语音识别专家。洪博士现任《美国计算机协会通讯》(Communications of the ACM) 的编委，并在国际著名学术刊物及大会上发表过百余篇学术论文。他参与合著的《语音技术处理》(Spoken Language Processing)一书被全世界多所大学采用为语音技术教学课本。另外，洪博士在多个技术领域拥有36项专利发明。

　　洪小文博士已在微软公司工作了20年。他于2004年加入微软亚洲研究院担任副院长，与此同时，洪博士于2005年至2007年间创立并领导了搜索技术中心(STC)，该中心负责微软搜索产品(必应)在亚太的开发工作。2007年升任微软亚洲研究院院长，2014年兼任微软亚太研发集团主席。

　　在加入微软亚洲研究院之前，洪博士是微软公司自然交互服务部门的创始成员和架构师，除了全面负责屡获殊荣的微软语音服务器产品、自然用户界面平台以及微软协助平台的架构及技术工作，他还负责管理和交付统计学习技术和高级搜索。洪博士于1995年加入微软研究院美国总部任高级研究员，并为微软的SAPI和语音引擎技术做出了突出贡献。此前，洪博士曾任职于苹果公司，带领团队研发出了苹果中文译写器。

　　洪小文博士毕业于台湾大学，获电机工程学士学位，之后在卡内基梅隆大学深造，先后获得计算机硕士及博士学位。

　　Hsiao-Wuen Hon

　　Corporate Vice President,

　　Chairman, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group

　　Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia

　　Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is the Corporate Vice President, Chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia. Dr. Hon oversees Microsoft’s research and development activities as well as collaborations with academia in Asia Pacific.

　　An IEEE Fellow and a Distinguished Scientist of Microsoft, Dr. Hon is an internationally recognized expert in speech technology. He serves on the editorial board of the international journal Communications of the ACM. Dr. Hon has published more than 100 technical papers in international journals and at conferences. He co-authored a book, Spoken Language Processing, which is a graduate-level textbook and reference book in the area of speech technology used in many universities all over the world. Dr. Hon holds three dozen patents in several technical areas.

　　Dr. Hon has been with Microsoft since 1995. He joined Microsoft Research Asia in 2004 as a Deputy Managing Director, and was promoted as Managing Director in 2007. In 2014, Dr. Hon was appointed as Chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group. In addition, he founded and managed the Microsoft Search Technology Center (STC) from 2005 to 2007 and led development of the Microsoft internet Search product (Bing) in Asia Pacific.

　　Prior to joining Microsoft Research Asia, Dr. Hon was the founding member and architect of the Natural Interactive Services Division at Microsoft Corporation. Besides overseeing all architectural and technical aspects of the award winning Microsoft® Speech Server product, Natural User Interface Platform and Microsoft Assistance Platform, he is also responsible for managing and delivering statistical learning technologies and advanced search. Dr. Hon joined Microsoft Research as a senior researcher in 1995 and has been a key contributor to Microsoft's SAPI and speech engine technologies. He previously worked at Apple Computer, where he led research and development for Apple's Chinese Dictation Kit.

　　Dr. Hon received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.