Eric Fosler-Lussier

Eric Fosler-Lussier is the John I. Makhoul Professor and Acting Department Chair of Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University. He holds courtesy appointments in Linguistics and Biomedical Informatics, and serves as Assistant Dean for Faculty Lifecycle in the College of Engineering. His research focuses on speech processing, natural language understanding, and clinical NLP applications.

• PhD in Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1999)
• B.A.S. in Computer and Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania (1993)
• B.A. in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (1993)

His research spans core technologies for speech recognition and NLP, with applications in medical training systems and clinical record analysis. Recent work includes neural diarization techniques, conversational AI for healthcare, and cross-domain text-to-SQL frameworks.

Recent publications highlight innovations in end-to-end speech systems, knowledge transfer between textual and speech models, and robust error prediction frameworks. His lab has produced 15+ publications since 2022, with a focus on educational and medical applications.

• NSF CAREER award recipient
• IEEE Signal Processing Best Paper Award
• IMIA Yearbook Best Paper (twice)
• IBM Faculty Award
• IEEE and ISCA Fellow

He advises numerous PhD students and has mentored graduates now working at Amazon, Google, IBM, and universities worldwide. His Speech and Language Technologies Laboratory develops systems for speech enhancement, virtual patients, and knowledge transfer.