Philipos C. Loizou Explained

Philipos C. Loizou
Birth Place:	Patriki, Cyprus
Death Place:	Plano, Texas, U.S.
Fields:	Speech enhancement Cochlear implant
Workplaces:	The University of Texas at Dallas University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Alma Mater:	Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Arizona
Doctoral Advisor:	Andreas Spanias
Known For:	Research in speech enhancement & cochlear implants

Philipos (Philip) C. Loizou (November 10, 1965  - July 22, 2012^[1]) was Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science^[2] at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

Career

Loizou was an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock (1996 to 1999) prior to joining the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, where he helped co-found the Center of Robust Speech Systems (CRSS). He established the Speech Processing and Cochlear Implant Laboratories at the University of Texas at Dallas and held the Cecil and Ida Green Chair in the Department of Electrical Engineering since 2009. Loizou developed a noisy speech corpus known as NOIZEUS.^[3]

External links

• Philipos Loizou's Homepage
• CI lab
• Speech Processing lab

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cochlear Implant Pioneer, Professor Lost to Cancer. University of Texas at Dallas. 2012-11-27.
2. Web site: Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science. University of Texas at Dallas. 2012-11-27.
3. Web site: NOIZEUS: A noisy speech corpus for evaluation of speech enhancement algorithms. University of Texas at Dallas. 2012-11-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120630180754/http://www.utdallas.edu/~loizou/speech/noizeus/. 2012-06-30.