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Amazon Alexa scientist Yang Liu named an ISCA Fellow

Recognition matters. Amazon's Alexa principal scientist Yang Liu just became an ISCA Fellow—signaling Amazon's deep AI talent bench.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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This recognition highlights Amazon's continued investment in top-tier AI research talent, particularly in speech and language processing that powers Alexa's capabilities.

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  1. Yang Liu is a Principal Scientist at Amazon Alexa

  2. Recognition at Interspeech 2021

  3. ISCA Fellowship awarded

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