Kenneth N. Stevens

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Kenneth N. Stevens was a pioneering acoustician and speech scientist renowned for his foundational work on the acoustic theory of speech production and perception.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
acoustician ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
speech scientist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Applied Science ⓘ
ScD in Electrical Engineering ⓘ
academicDiscipline electrical engineering ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
authorOf Acoustic Phonetics ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America ⓘ
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Silver Medal in Speech Communication of the Acoustical Society of America ⓘ
birthDate 1924-03-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2013-08-19 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Leo Beranek ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
familyName Stevens ⓘ
fieldOfWork acoustics ⓘ
phonetics ⓘ
signal processing ⓘ
speech perception ⓘ
speech production ⓘ
speech science ⓘ
givenName Kenneth ⓘ
knownFor development of quantal theory of speech ⓘ
foundational work on acoustic theory of speech production ⓘ
foundational work on speech perception ⓘ
pioneering research in acoustic phonetics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Acoustical Society of America ⓘ
American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Kenneth Noble Stevens ⓘ
notableWork Acoustic Phonetics ⓘ
Acoustic theory of speech production ⓘ
Quantal theory of speech ⓘ
placeOfDeath Newton, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering ⓘ
Institute Professor at MIT ⓘ
publicationYearOfWork 1998 ⓘ
workplace Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT ⓘ

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