{"678759":{"#nid":"678759","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2024 Class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETechnology Licensing proudly celebrates Professor Larry Heck, executive director of the Machine Learning Center and professor with joint appointments in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Computing, on his election to the 2024 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis honor recognizes Professor Heck\u2019s exceptional contributions to innovation, advancing technology, and fostering groundbreaking research that benefits society and drives economic development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and holder of the Rhesa S. Farmer Chair of Advanced Computing Concepts, Heck\u2019s impactful career spans both academic and industry leadership. His achievements include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFellow of the IEEE and member of the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERecipient of the Distinguished Engineer Award from Texas Tech University\u0027s Whitacre College of Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAn accomplished researcher with an h-index of 52 and more than 10,920 citations (Google Scholar, April 6, 2023).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECo-author of award-winning papers, including the 2020 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award for IEEE\/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInventor with more than 50 U.S. patents (granted and applications).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFormer CEO of Viv Labs, senior vice president of R\u0026amp;D at Samsung, and principal scientist at Google Research, among other roles.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeck\u2019s work has shaped fields such as artificial intelligence, speech recognition, and advanced computing, exemplifying Georgia Tech\u2019s commitment to innovation and excellence in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoin us in celebrating this outstanding accomplishment and the impact of Professor Larry Heck\u2019s pioneering work!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations, Larry!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETechnology Licensing proudly celebrates Professor Larry Heck on his election to the prestigious 2024 Class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Technology Licensing proudly celebrates Larry Heck, ECE and CoC professor, on his election to the prestigious 2024 Class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows."}],"uid":"36434","created_gmt":"2024-12-04 22:06:51","changed_gmt":"2024-12-10 22:16:48","author":"lcameron30","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675774":{"id":"675774","type":"image","title":"Larry Heck","body":null,"created":"1733350142","gmt_created":"2024-12-04 22:09:02","changed":"1733350215","gmt_changed":"2024-12-04 22:10:15","alt":"Larry Heck ECE and CoC professor","file":{"fid":"259439","name":"Larry Heck_headshot (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/04\/Larry%20Heck_headshot%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/04\/Larry%20Heck_headshot%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39262,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/04\/Larry%20Heck_headshot%20%281%29.jpg?itok=wtt15B1q"}}},"media_ids":["675774"],"groups":[{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"192255","name":"go-commercializationnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELacey Cameron\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Elcameron30@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lcameron30@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}