Leslie Collins

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Leslie M. Collins is an American electrical engineer specializing in signal processing, and known for her research on topics including the use of ground-penetrating radar to detect land mines, and the performance of cochlear implants. [1] [2] [3] She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, where she also holds an appointment in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, [4] and directs the Applied Machine Learning Lab. [5]

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Education and career

Collins studied electrical engineering at the University of Kentucky, earning a bachelor's degree in 1985, and went on for a master's degree at the University of Michigan in 1986. After working for five years as an engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, she returned to the University of Michigan for a Ph.D., completed in 1995. [4]

She has been a faculty member at Duke University since 1995, initially as an assistant professor. She was tenured as an associate professor in 2002 and promoted to full professor in 2007. [4]

Recognition

Collins was named an IEEE Fellow, in the 2024 class of fellows, "for contributions to signal processing algorithms for auditory applications and to buried threat detection". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 2024 Fellow Class (PDF), IEEE, retrieved 2023-12-11
  2. Wagner, Jason (September 9, 1998), "Duke professors participate in world-wide land mine project", Duke Chronicle , retrieved 2023-12-11
  3. Malakoff, David (October 17, 2005), "Software may improve utility of implants for deaf", Morning Edition, NPR, retrieved 2023-12-11
  4. 1 2 3 "Leslie M. Collins", Faculty, Duke Electrical & Computer Engineering, retrieved 2023-12-11
  5. "Current members", Applied Machine Learning Lab, Duke University, retrieved 2023-12-11