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He joined the faculty of Stanford University In order to benefit the young students from
in 1966 and quickly established himself as an
expert in the areas of artificial intelligence
(AI), speech recognition, and human
computer interaction. In 1969, he moved on to
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
where he and his team worked on various
pathbreaking projects on voice control of
robots, controlled speech recognition,
task-oriented computer architecture etc.
Hearsay-I was the first system capable of
speech recognition developed by him and his
team. Dragon, Hearsay II were developed
later on. Perhaps his most significant and
landmark contribution is the development of
“Harpy” which he worked upon in early
1970s. The system utilized various
techniques, to improve the accuracy of
speech recognition enabling it to handle
complex language patterns and understand
speech in real-world scenarios. Reddy's
contributions to Harpy played a crucial role
in establishing the foundation for modern
speech recognition technologies, which are
now widely used in applications ranging
from voice assistants to transcription
services.
His desire of using the technology in the
service of society has made him start and
participate in many initiatives for the
betterment of the society. In 1981, he was the
chief scientist of the team ‘Centre Mondial
informatique et ressource humaine’s, founded
by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in France
for development of Human resources in third
world country using Information Technology.
Universal digital library project for making
books, music, media resources
available for anytime, anywhere use was
another project started in 1990s by Raj Reddy,
Robert Thibadeau, Jaime Carbonell, Michael
Shamos, and Gloriana S. Clai.
rural India he contributed in the establishment
of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge
Technologies (RGUKT) for educating gifted
rural youth in Andhra Pradesh in 2008. He
says a fully digitally connected population
will help in providing the education anytime,
anywhere which will help in educating
people without being dropped out from the
system. He is also the co-founder of American
Association for Artificial Intelligence. In 2021,
he was conferred with Computer History
Museum (CHM) fellow award.
He has received many awards and honours
for his contribution in the field of computer
science, robotics as well as for the service
done towards the society. Along with being a
co-recipient with Ed Feigenbaum of the ACM
Turing Award in 1994, he is also a member of
the National Academy of Engineering and
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In 1984, he was awarded the French Legion of
Honour by French president. He was awarded
Padma Bhushan in 2001. He received Okawa
Prize in 2004, the Honda Prize in 2005 and the
Vannevar Bush Award in 2006.
He proposes that AI shall be used to empower
the people at the bottom of the pyramid to get
all the benefits surpassing the barriers of
language and resources.
Today he lives in Pittsburgh with his family
and is among the most respected names in the
field of Robotics and Arti-
ficial Intelligence. His
legacy as a visionary
researcher, educator, and
leader will continue to
inspire future generations Ravinder Kumar
of AI enthusiasts and TGT , Natural Science
shape the future of GBSSS, Adarsh
AI-driven innovation. Nagar no. 1
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