Dr. Mari Ostendorf

Professor

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Biography

Mari Ostendorf joined the University of Washington's Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering in 1999. She holds the position of Endowed Professor focusing on System Design Methodologies and is also an Adjunct Professor in Computer Science and Linguistics. Ostendorf has been recognized as a Fellow of IEEE, ISCA, and ACL, and is an Australian-American Fulbright Scholar. She is a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences, a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. With over 290 published papers on various topics within speech and language processing, she has contributed significantly to the field and was awarded the 2018 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. Her research primarily explores dynamic models for understanding and generating speech and text in multi-party contexts, with applications ranging from education to clinical settings and scientific information extraction.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

1999-01-01 — Present

University of Washington • Seattle, WA

Joined the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and contributed to research and teaching.

Awards

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IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech Audio Processing Award

2018-01-01
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Fellow: IEEE

2005-01-01
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Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society Edinburgh

2020-01-01
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Member, Washington State Academy of Sciences

2019-01-01

Requirements for University of Washington

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:105
Overall
Required:105
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
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Standard Graduate School requirements for University of Washington apply to most departments listed unless specified otherwise by the program.