Yi Hu

Yi Hu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's College of Engineering & Applied Science, where he also serves as Department Chair. His research focuses on developing signal processing algorithms to improve auditory technologies.

Education:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas (2003)
• MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (2000)
• BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (1997)

Research Interests: Dr. Hu specializes in biomedical signal processing with applications in audiology, particularly noise reduction algorithms for cochlear implants, hearing aid fitting methods, and clinical smartphone applications. His work bridges electrical engineering and clinical audiology to enhance speech intelligibility for hearing-impaired individuals.

Publications: His extensive publication record demonstrates consistent focus on signal processing techniques for auditory applications, with recent work expanding into psychoacoustics and linguistic processing. Research spans biomedical engineering, acoustics, and clinical audiology, with notable contributions to noise suppression methods and speech intelligibility modeling.