Steve Young

Steve Young is a prominent figure in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on speech and language processing for conversational agents.

He has made significant contributions to the advancement of large vocabulary speech recognition and the use of statistical modeling in spoken dialogue management.

Steve Young served as Head of the School of Technology and later as Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor in a distinguished academic career spanning from 2001 to 2015.

As a tech entrepreneur, he founded Entropic Inc, which was acquired by Microsoft in 1999, and VocalIQ Ltd, acquired by Apple in 2015, showcasing his leadership and innovation in the industry.

With his expertise recognized globally, Steve Young has been a Senior Member of the Siri Development team at Apple in Cambridge from 2015 to 2019, contributing significantly to AI advancements.

He is affiliated with prestigious engineering institutions, being a Fellow and Trustee of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the IET, and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Steve Young has a strong academic background, having pursued his MA and PhD in Information Engineering at the Cambridge University Engineering Department, where he excelled with a 1st class with Distinction.

His accolades include notable awards such as the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award, the ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement, the European Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award, and the IEEE James L Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award, illustrating his exceptional contributions to the field.