Yuqing Gao

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Yuqing Gao
Alma mater Southeast University
Known for speech-to-speech translation
AwardsIEEE Fellow (2009)
Scientific career
Fields Computer Science
Institutions Microsoft
IBM
Apple Computer

Yuqing Gao is a Computer Scientist noted for her research on middleware and speech-to-speech translation.

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Biography

Gao received a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Southeast University in Jiangsu, China in 1989.

She worked at Apple Computer from 1993-1995. She had a long career at IBM as a manager and researcher from 1995-2014, and was an IBM Distinguished Engineer in 2013. Between 2015 and 2020, she was with Microsoft. As of 2020, she is with Amazon.

Awards

Her notable awards include:

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References

  1. "Introducing The New Class of Fellows". IEEE. March 6, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. "ABIE Award winner 2009". Anita Borg Institute. Retrieved December 17, 2018.