John McKenna

Dr. John McKenna is Assistant Professor in Dublin City University's School of Computing with expertise in speech processing and signal analysis. His doctoral research developed Kalman filtering techniques for automatic speaker characterization. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Technology and Learning from Trinity College Dublin.

Research focuses on:

• Speech and language processing algorithms
• Applied signal processing for biometrics
• Dimensionality reduction in acoustic data

Education includes:

• PhD in Automatic Speaker Characterization, University of Edinburgh
• MSc in Speech and Language Processing, University of Edinburgh
• BEng in Electronic Engineering, University of Limerick

Prior industry experience includes electronics design and telecommunications consulting in the UK and South Korea.