Homepage for Dirk Padfield Here is my LinkedIn profile I am currently working as a Staff Software Engineering at Google in the Research and Machine Intelligence organization. I am designing machine learning speech recognition and language translation algorithms for on-device applications including seamless multi-lingual conversations, speech diarization, and continuous text transcription ![]() I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2009 in the research group of Professor Badrinath Roysam at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I earned my Master's in Electrical Engineering in 2002 in the research group of Professor William Higgins at the Pennsylvania State University. I earned Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and International Studies in 2000 at the Pennsylvania State University. Professional Service: I am currently serving on the Steering Committee of the Transactions on Medical Imaging journal. I am also serving on the organizing committee of the ISBI 2019 conference. I also served on the organizing committees of ISBI 2015 and ISBI 2016. I serve as a reviewer for a range of journals and conferences. Personal: I was born in Alaska and moved with my family to Norway when I was a year old. We moved back to PA 12 years later to be closer to extended family. I completed a year of voluntary religious service at the Baha'i World Center in Israel before starting my undergraduate degree at Penn State. For my second year of undergraduate work, I studied abroad in Egypt at the American University in Cairo where I focused on learning Arabic. During the summer after completing my Master's degree in Electrical Engineering in 2002, I worked as a research scientist in Taiwan. I currently live and work in Seattle, Washington. I am a member of the Baha'i Faith. Here are links to the international and national (US) Baha'i websites. |