Qualifications:
• Ph.D., Linguistics
• M.S., Electrical Engineering
• Speech Technology Industry Experience
Specialization Focus:
• Speech Synthesis
• Speech Technology
• Speech Recognition
• Machine Translation
• User Interfaces
• Speech Coding
• Audio Digital Coding & Transmission
• Mobile Devices
• Signal Processing
• Natural Language Processing
• Speech Compression
• Speech to Speech Translation
• Speech Morphing
• Telecommunications
Number of years as an expert:15
Number of times retained, deposed and/or testimony: 12
• Ph.D., Linguistics
• M.S., Electrical Engineering
• Speech Technology Industry Experience
Specialization Focus:
• Speech Synthesis
• Speech Technology
• Speech Recognition
• Machine Translation
• User Interfaces
• Speech Coding
• Audio Digital Coding & Transmission
• Mobile Devices
• Signal Processing
• Natural Language Processing
• Speech Compression
• Speech to Speech Translation
• Speech Morphing
• Telecommunications
Number of years as an expert:15
Number of times retained, deposed and/or testimony: 12
Dr. Cohen is a recognized professor of linguistics, certified electrical engineer, speech technologist, consultant, entrepreneur and expert witness. He consults in all aspects of speech technology, recognition, coding.compression, translation, morphing, as well as, telecommunications, mobile devices and signal/language processing related litigation.
Dr. Cohen provides his unbiased expert opinions, assessments, research, depositions, and testimony for both plaintiff and defense attorneys, in State and Federal courts. He bases his opinions on professional experience, academic expertise, research, and the evidence-based facts of each case.
Dr. Cohen is an invaluable asset to attorneys while navigating complex speech technology, linguistics , coding and telecommunications investigations/litigation. His diverse experience as speech technologist, electrical engineer, researcher, consultant and expert witness enables him to deliver clear & concise opinions to ensure that complex technical terminology and data can be understood by any audience. As a multi-subject matter expert, he is highly proficient in evaluating the accuracy, appropriateness, and reliability of other opposing experts' data & opinions, which increases efficiency and positive case outcomes.
Education:
• University of Connecticut Storrs, CT PhD, Linguistics (1975-1982)
• University of Illinois Urbana, IL MSEE, Electrical Engineering (1968-1970)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst BSEE, Electrical Engineering (1964-1968)
Recent Professional Experience:
• SPELAMODE, Founder, Technologist, Independent Consultant (2009-Present)
• SRI International, Senior Scientist (2006-2009)
• Voice Signal Technology, Chief Technology Officer (2000-2006)
• Dragon Systems, Business Relations Director (1999-2000)
• Institute for Defense Analyses CCR, Technical Staff Member (1985-2016)
• International Business Machines, Technical Staff Member (1982-1985)
• National Security Agency, Research Engineer (1974-1982)
• U.S. Air Force-Chanute Air Force Base, Fort Meade MD, Captain (1970-1974)
Select Publications:
• “Embedded Speech Recognition Applications in Mobile Phones: Status, Trends and Challenges”, in Proceedings of
the International Conference on Acoustic Speech and Signal Processing 2008, April, 2008, p. 5352 – 5355.
• “Is Embedded Speech Recognition Disruptive Technology?” in Information Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 5,
2004, p. 14-17
• “Some musings on systematic variability and speech recognition”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 105, Issue 2, pp.
1158-1158 (1999)
• IEEE, “The Challenge of Spoken Language Systems: Research Directions for the Nineties” Co-Author
"Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing", Vol 3, No. 1 1-20 (1995)
Select Patents:
• 8,019,324 Extendable voice commands September 13, 2011 Roth; Daniel L., Reiner; Chris, Furnari; Mark, Cohen; Jordan
• 7,873,390 Provider-activated software for mobile communication devices January 18, 2011 Cohen; Jordan, Roth; Daniel L.
• 7,809,574 Word recognition using choice lists October 5, 2010 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F. , Porter; Edward W.
• 7,797,157 Automatic speech recognition channel normalization based on measured statistics from initial portions of speech utterances September 14, 2010 Zlokarnik; Igor, Gillick; Laurence S., Cohen; Jordan
• 7,716,058 Speech recognition using automatic recognition turn off May 11, 2010 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F.
• 7,634,403 Word recognition using word transformation commands December 15, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F.
• 7,577,569 Combined speech recognition and text-to-speech generation August 18, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Grabherr; Manfred G., Porter; Edward W.
• 7,562,019 Automated testing of voice recognition software July 14, 2009 Cohen; Jordan, Barton; William, Ploumis; John, Ely; Douglas J.
• 7,526,431 Speech recognition using ambiguous or phone key spelling and/or filtering April 28, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F.
• 7,505,911 Combined speech recognition and sound recording March 17, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Porter; Edward W.
• 7,444,286 Speech recognition using re-utterance recognition October 28, 2008 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R.
• 7,313,526 Speech recognition using selectable recognition modes December 25, 2007 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Grabherr; Manfred G.
• 7,225,130 Methods, systems, and programming for performing speech recognition May 29, 200 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Grabherr; Manfred G.
• 8,880,396 Spectrum reconstruction for automatic speech recognition, Nov 4, 2014 Cohen: Jordan, Laroche:Jean
Select Presentations & Speaking Engagements:
• Brandeis University-Boston Chapter of AVIOS, “Simple Speech Morphing: A Story” (2013)
• Johns Hopkins University, “OUCH (Outing Unfortunate Characteristics of HiddenMarkovModels). or What's Wrong with Speech Recognition and What Can We Do About it?” (2012)
• IEEE Workshop, Proceedings of Automatic Speech Recognition & Understanding “The GALE Project: A Description
and an Update” (2007)
• Proceedings of the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, "The summers of our Discontent." (1996)
• Proceedings of the 1994 Human Language Technology Workshop, “The Hub and Spoke Paradigm for CSR Evaluation” (co-author), (1994)
• Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, “Handheld Multimodal Interfaces Technology, Markets, and Opportunities” (2005)
• UCLA, Los Angeles, CA,“Practical Manipulation of Local Data An Update”, At Wireless Internet Data and
Enterprise Applications (2003)
• LangTech, “Putting Speech Technologies in your Hands”, (2003)
• Kelsey Group, San Francisco, “Voice Signal Overview: The Case for Embedded Speech Recognition”, VOX (2002)
Johns Hopkins-Center for Language and Speech Processing Workshop “Speech recognition in the real world: An Embedded Viewpoint” (2001)
• Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Harriman, New York, Jordan Cohen: “Robust speech processing”, “The Summers of our Discontent”, a talk In Speech and Natural Language (1992)
• IEEE International Conference, ICASSP, “A Pitch Measurement Algorithm for Speech” Acoustics, Speech,
and Signal Processing (1982)
Professional Associations:
• Acoustical Society of America, Member
• ISCA, Member
• IEEE, Senior Life Member
Dr. Cohen provides his unbiased expert opinions, assessments, research, depositions, and testimony for both plaintiff and defense attorneys, in State and Federal courts. He bases his opinions on professional experience, academic expertise, research, and the evidence-based facts of each case.
Dr. Cohen is an invaluable asset to attorneys while navigating complex speech technology, linguistics , coding and telecommunications investigations/litigation. His diverse experience as speech technologist, electrical engineer, researcher, consultant and expert witness enables him to deliver clear & concise opinions to ensure that complex technical terminology and data can be understood by any audience. As a multi-subject matter expert, he is highly proficient in evaluating the accuracy, appropriateness, and reliability of other opposing experts' data & opinions, which increases efficiency and positive case outcomes.
Education:
• University of Connecticut Storrs, CT PhD, Linguistics (1975-1982)
• University of Illinois Urbana, IL MSEE, Electrical Engineering (1968-1970)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst BSEE, Electrical Engineering (1964-1968)
Recent Professional Experience:
• SPELAMODE, Founder, Technologist, Independent Consultant (2009-Present)
• SRI International, Senior Scientist (2006-2009)
• Voice Signal Technology, Chief Technology Officer (2000-2006)
• Dragon Systems, Business Relations Director (1999-2000)
• Institute for Defense Analyses CCR, Technical Staff Member (1985-2016)
• International Business Machines, Technical Staff Member (1982-1985)
• National Security Agency, Research Engineer (1974-1982)
• U.S. Air Force-Chanute Air Force Base, Fort Meade MD, Captain (1970-1974)
Select Publications:
• “Embedded Speech Recognition Applications in Mobile Phones: Status, Trends and Challenges”, in Proceedings of
the International Conference on Acoustic Speech and Signal Processing 2008, April, 2008, p. 5352 – 5355.
• “Is Embedded Speech Recognition Disruptive Technology?” in Information Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 5,
2004, p. 14-17
• “Some musings on systematic variability and speech recognition”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 105, Issue 2, pp.
1158-1158 (1999)
• IEEE, “The Challenge of Spoken Language Systems: Research Directions for the Nineties” Co-Author
"Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing", Vol 3, No. 1 1-20 (1995)
Select Patents:
• 8,019,324 Extendable voice commands September 13, 2011 Roth; Daniel L., Reiner; Chris, Furnari; Mark, Cohen; Jordan
• 7,873,390 Provider-activated software for mobile communication devices January 18, 2011 Cohen; Jordan, Roth; Daniel L.
• 7,809,574 Word recognition using choice lists October 5, 2010 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F. , Porter; Edward W.
• 7,797,157 Automatic speech recognition channel normalization based on measured statistics from initial portions of speech utterances September 14, 2010 Zlokarnik; Igor, Gillick; Laurence S., Cohen; Jordan
• 7,716,058 Speech recognition using automatic recognition turn off May 11, 2010 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F.
• 7,634,403 Word recognition using word transformation commands December 15, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F.
• 7,577,569 Combined speech recognition and text-to-speech generation August 18, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Grabherr; Manfred G., Porter; Edward W.
• 7,562,019 Automated testing of voice recognition software July 14, 2009 Cohen; Jordan, Barton; William, Ploumis; John, Ely; Douglas J.
• 7,526,431 Speech recognition using ambiguous or phone key spelling and/or filtering April 28, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F.
• 7,505,911 Combined speech recognition and sound recording March 17, 2009 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Porter; Edward W.
• 7,444,286 Speech recognition using re-utterance recognition October 28, 2008 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R.
• 7,313,526 Speech recognition using selectable recognition modes December 25, 2007 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Grabherr; Manfred G.
• 7,225,130 Methods, systems, and programming for performing speech recognition May 29, 200 Roth; Daniel L., Cohen; Jordan R., Johnston; David F., Grabherr; Manfred G.
• 8,880,396 Spectrum reconstruction for automatic speech recognition, Nov 4, 2014 Cohen: Jordan, Laroche:Jean
Select Presentations & Speaking Engagements:
• Brandeis University-Boston Chapter of AVIOS, “Simple Speech Morphing: A Story” (2013)
• Johns Hopkins University, “OUCH (Outing Unfortunate Characteristics of HiddenMarkovModels). or What's Wrong with Speech Recognition and What Can We Do About it?” (2012)
• IEEE Workshop, Proceedings of Automatic Speech Recognition & Understanding “The GALE Project: A Description
and an Update” (2007)
• Proceedings of the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, "The summers of our Discontent." (1996)
• Proceedings of the 1994 Human Language Technology Workshop, “The Hub and Spoke Paradigm for CSR Evaluation” (co-author), (1994)
• Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, “Handheld Multimodal Interfaces Technology, Markets, and Opportunities” (2005)
• UCLA, Los Angeles, CA,“Practical Manipulation of Local Data An Update”, At Wireless Internet Data and
Enterprise Applications (2003)
• LangTech, “Putting Speech Technologies in your Hands”, (2003)
• Kelsey Group, San Francisco, “Voice Signal Overview: The Case for Embedded Speech Recognition”, VOX (2002)
Johns Hopkins-Center for Language and Speech Processing Workshop “Speech recognition in the real world: An Embedded Viewpoint” (2001)
• Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Harriman, New York, Jordan Cohen: “Robust speech processing”, “The Summers of our Discontent”, a talk In Speech and Natural Language (1992)
• IEEE International Conference, ICASSP, “A Pitch Measurement Algorithm for Speech” Acoustics, Speech,
and Signal Processing (1982)
Professional Associations:
• Acoustical Society of America, Member
• ISCA, Member
• IEEE, Senior Life Member
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