Personal Information
Prof. Kiyoshi Honda, after graduation from Nara Medical University on 1976, spent four year at Univ. Tokyo Hospital and then started voice and speech research at the Research Institute of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (RILP), Univ. Tokyo, and at Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, USA, as a research associate. He moved to Kanazawa Institute of Technology to be an associate professor at Dept. Electronics on 1986. Then, he joined the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR-I) on 1991 to continue voice and speech research as a supervisor. He also spent three years at Univ. Wisconsin for the X-ray microbeam project as a senior researcher. He moved to Phonetics and Phonology Lab, CNRS-Univ. Paris III, France, on 2006, and he is currently a professor of Tianjin University for the School of Computer Science and Technology. His research interest includes anatomy/physiology of speech organs, acoustic/articulatory phonetics, electronic instrumentation techniques, and MRI-based visualization techniques. He has developed stereo-endoscopy, high-speed digital imaging, non-invasive photoglottography, and vocal-tract imaging methods.
Current Research Projects
- - Multisensory Instrumentation for exploring speech production mechanisms
- - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for observing speech production processes
- - Modeling of speech articulation and Chinese phonetics (jointly with Prof. Dang and Prof. Wei)
- - Graduate Course guidance for next-generation experts for speech research
Education
| 1985.4 | Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.M.Sc.),University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine |
| 1976.3 | Bachelor of Medicine (B.M.), Nara Medical University, Medical School |
| 1970.4 – 1976.3 | Nara Medical University, Medical School (Japan) |
| 1965.4 – 1968.3 | Tokyo Metropolitan Kudan High School (Japan) |
Professional Experiences
Recent Activities
| 2012.9 – present | Professor, School of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PRC. |
| 2009.12 – present | Senior researcher, Laboratoire de Phonetique et de Phonologie (LPP), UMR7017 CNRS-Univ.Paris3, Paris, France |
| 2006.4 – 2009.11 | Research associate, Laboratoire de Phonetique et de Phonologie (LPP), UMR7018 CNRS-Univ.Paris3e de Paris III, France, & Cooperative researcher, ATR Cognitive Information Science Laboratories, Japan |
Full-time Research at ATR(Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International)
| 2001.4 – 2006.3 | Department head, ATR Human Information Science Laboratories, Japan |
| 2000.4 – 2001.3 | Supervisor, ATR Institute International, Japan |
| 1998.4 – 2000.3 | Department head, ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories, Japan |
| 1995.4 – 1998.3 | Senior scientist, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. - on leave from ATR |
| 1993.4 – 1998.3 | Supervisor, ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories, Japan |
| 1991.4 – 1993.3 | Supervisor, ATR Auditory & Visual Perception Research Laboratories, Japan |
Research and Education at University
| 1986.2 – 1991.3 | Associate professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan |
Clinical Training and Phonetic Studies
| 1979.8 – 1986.1 | Research assistant, University of Tokyo, Res. Inst. Logopedics & Phoniatircs, Japan |
| 1980.5 – 1983.4 | Visiting researcher, Haskins Laboratories, U.S.A. - on leave from Univ. Tokyo |
| 1978.1 – 1979.7 | Assistant, University of Tokyo, Department of Otolaryngology, Japan |
| 1976.5 – 1978.12 | Resident, University of Tokyo, Department of Otolaryngology, Japan |
Qualifications and Honors
Qualifications
| 1975.5 | Medical Doctor (M.D.), Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan |
Honors
| 2006.12 | 7th Willard R. Zemlin Lecture from Allyn & Bacon & ASHA Division 5, U.S.A. |
| 2012.5 | Quintana Research Award 2012 from the Voice Foundation, U.S.A. |