Randy Cogill

Randy Cogill is a Senior Research Scientist at Amazon, based in Cambridge, MA.23 He has a background in optimization, control, and stochastic modeling.4 Cogill's current work focuses on Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for conversational voice assistants, particularly in detecting significant ASR errors that can affect the semantic understanding of user requests.1

Cogill has experience working at other notable companies, including Staples and IBM.3 He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University.2 His research interests extend to areas such as optimization, control systems, and data science.4

At Amazon, Cogill has been involved in significant research projects. He co-authored a paper on "Significant ASR error detection for conversational voice assistants," which won the Best Student Paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) in 2024.15