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Frederick Jelinek

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Czech linguist (1932-2010)

United StatesEducatorsLived 1932 to 2010 · aged 77
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Frederick Jelinek was a Czech-American researcher in information theory, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing. He is well known for his oft-quoted statement, "Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech recognizer goes up".

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IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2010 · aged 77
Wikipedia
6 languages

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