Telelogue Announces Appointment to Advisory Board.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Telelogue, Inc., a leading provider of directory assistance automation, today announced Dr. Lawrence R. Rabiner has joined its Advisory Board. Dr. Rabiner received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , Cambridge Massachusetts. During his distinguished career of almost 40 years at AT&T Bell Labs and AT&T Labs he held prominent positions, including Functional Vice President, Director of the Speech and Image Processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished Services Research Lab, and Vice President of Research, where he managed a broad research program in communications, computing, and information sciences technologies. Dr. Rabiner retired from AT&T at the end of March 2002. Dr. Rabiner is co-author of the books 'Theory and Application of Digital Signal Processing' (1975), 'Digital Processing of Speech Signals' (1978), 'Multi-rate Digital Signal Processing' (1983), and 'Fundamentals of Speech Recognition' (1993), all published by Prentice-Hall. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. History The ASA was instigated by Wallace Waterfall, Floyd Watson, and Vern Oliver Knudsen. , the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. , Bell Laboratories, and AT&T, he is also a former President of the IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing See DSP. Society, a former Vice-President of the Acoustical Society of America, a former editor of the ASSP (Application Specific Standard Part) An ASIC chip that is designed as a generic device for a particular market. Whereas an ASIC is typically used only by its creator, ASSPs are used by many different companies in the design of their products. See ASIC. Transactions, and a former member of the IEEE Proceedings Editorial Board. "I'm excited about working with Telelogue," remarked Dr. Rabiner. "I have a long history with key speech scientists at the Company, whom I hold in the highest regard. Their collective success in automating 86% of directory assistance requests, as audited by The Paisley Group, is remarkable, and I look forward to helping to spark further innovation." "We're delighted to add Larry to the Telelogue team," commented Robert W. Burke, Telelogue's Chief Executive Officer. "Larry's expertise in speech technology for service providers, especially within the Bell Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , is unparalleled. Our ability to attract someone of his caliber and prominence validates Telelogue's capabilities. With Larry, our industry leading technology team is unparalleled." About Telelogue, Inc. Spun out from Telcordia Technologies, Inc. in October 2000, Telelogue offers Voice Directory Service(TM), the only Telco-grade directory assistance service bureau. The Voice Directory Service(TM) is the highest quality, lowest cost directory assistance service available to telecommunications carriers, and the only automated service that includes every listing in the United States. It combines the highest automation rates ever achieved, with the best telephone operator services in the United States, to offer a complete directory assistance solution. Telelogue is located in Iselin, New Jersey Iselin (pronounced IZ-lin) is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 16,698. and backed by PequotVentures. For more information about Telelogue visit www.telelogue.com or call us at 732/326-5400. |
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