DeLiang Wang recognized as 2014 Distinguished Scholar
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Wang, professor of computer science and engineering, has become one of the most prominent researchers in the field of speech and hearing technology, making groundbreaking contributions to oscillatory correlation theory and solving the speech segregation problem.
Wang’s analysis of neural oscillator networks and his more recent endeavor in segregating the target speech from its acoustic inference is one of his best known works. Algorithms developed by Wang and his research team on pitch tracking, dereverberation, singing voice separation, mask estimation and localization-based separation are widely used in the research community and have generated state-of-the-art performance.
His innovation attracts the respect and admiration of peers.
“His pioneering contributions in advancing oscillatory correlation theory and speech segregation put him at the forefront of his field, rivaled by few in his generation,” said one colleague.
Wang’s scholarly work includes more than 100 articles in leading journals and numerous papers in conference proceedings and edited books. His papers are widely quoted in the literature and he currently leads a multimillion dollar National Institutes of Health effort to help listeners with hearing loss better understand speech in noise.
A Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Wang is also recipient of the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and the Helmholtz Award from the International Neural Network Society. He currently serves as co-editor-in-chief of Neural Networks, a premier journal in his field.
“Professor Wang has built an extraordinary record of research accomplishments. Whether in terms of publication, impact or recognition, he has few peers,” another colleague said.
Wang received his doctorate from the University of Southern California and has been teaching at Ohio State since 1991.
Recipients of the University Distinguished Scholar Award are nominated by departmental committees convened by the department chair. Winners receive a $20,000 research grant and a $3,000 honorarium to pursue further scholarly activity. Recipients are publicly honored during a faculty awards ceremony held in the spring.
