Xuedong Huang

Xuedong Huang is the key person behind Microsoft's speech recognition technologies.

Background

Huang grew up in Hunan, China and became a US citizen in 1995.

Career

Education

In 1978, Huang entered Hunan University without finishing high school. He graduated with a B.S. degree in computer science from Hunan University in 1982, and went on to earn a MS in computer science from Tsinghua University. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Edinburgh.

Academic research

He joined the Carnegie Mellon University faculty in 1989 and worked with Raj Reddy and Kai-Fu Lee on speech recognition. At CMU, Huang received the 1992 Alan Newell research excellence medal for the Sphinx-II system that had the most accurate performance.

Huang has co-authored two books: and . He became an IEEE Fellow in 2000. Huang received the National Education Commission of China's 1987 Science and Technology Progress Award, IEEE 1993 Speech Processing Best Paper Award. SpeechTek has named him a top 10 leader of the speech industry.

Apple Computer recruited Lee in 1991 and Microsoft recruited Huang in 1993 to start the competitive speech efforts respectively after two's collaboration at Carnegie Mellon University.

Microsoft

Huang is known as Mr Speech at Microsoft for founding its speech recognition initiatives. Huang is currently general manager of the Communications Innovation Center at Microsoft. He is responsible to bring to market new communications products and services such as Response Point, an advanced phone system for small business.

Huang has spent his career helping to advance speech recognition technologies in a variety of capacities. He was the key leader who brought Microsoft's Speech Application Programming Interface and speech recognition/TTS technologies to the public. From 2000 to 2004, Huang served as general manager of Microsoft's Speech Platforms Group, where he led both the business and engineering teams that shipped Microsoft Speech Server and other voice technologies in Windows, Office, Windows Mobile and Exchange.

Huang helped to recruit Kai-Fu Lee to Microsoft from Apple Computer in 1998 to run its Beijing labs. Lee later came back to the USA and became Huang's boss before Lee switched to Google.

Hunan University and University of Washington

In addition to his responsbilities at Microsoft, Huang is currently of School of Software Engineering at Hunan University helping to modernize China's software engineering education. He also serves as an affiliate Professor and is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of EE at University of Washington.

TV and Books

*''Do You Speak American?'' By Robert MacNeil, William Cran, Robert McCrum , Harcourt Trade
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*''Spoken Language Processing: a guide to theory, algorithm, and system development'' by Xuedong Huang, Alex Acero, Hsiao-Wuen Hon Prentice Hall
*''Hidden Markov Models for Speech Recognition'' by Xuedong D Huang, Yasuo Ariki, Mervyn A Jack Edinburgh University Press

Wugai Mountain Hunting Field

Wugai Mountain Hunting Field is located close to Chenzhou, in Hunan Province in China.

This park space is a hunting area where several different kinds of animals may be hunted. It has an area of 80 square kilometres.

Wangtang, Hunan

Wangtang is the name of 3 towns in Hunan.

*One is located at , 15 km south of Hongjiang
*One is located at , near Huaihua
*One is located at , about 60 km northwest of Hengyang

Suxian Hill

Suxian Hill also known as the 18th blessed land of China, is located in Hunan, China. The inhabited place called Suxian is located in Anhui Province at

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 38 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 33.6333 decimal degrees
Long: 116 58 00 E degrees minutes Long: 116.9667 decimal degrees

Politics of Hunan

The Politics of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Hunan is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Hunan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hunan Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Huanan CPC Party Chief".

List of HunanCPC Party Secretaries

#Huang Kecheng : 1949-1952
#Jin Ming : 1952-1953
#Zhou Xiaozhou : 1953-1957
#Zhou Hui : 1957-1959
#Zhang Pinghua :1959-1966
#Wang Yanchun : 1966.
#Hua Guofeng : 1967-1970
#Li Yuan : 1970
#Hua Guofeng : 1970-1977
#Mao Zhiyong : 1977-1988
#Xiong Qingquan : 1988-1993
#Wang Maolin : 1993-1998
#Yang Zhengwu : 1998-2005
#Zhang Chunxian : 2005-incumbent

List of Governors of Hunan

#Chen Mingren : 1949-1950
#Wang Shoudao : 1950-1952
#Cheng Qian : 1952-1967
#Li Yuan : 1968-1970
#Hua Guofeng : 1970-1977
#Mao Zhiyong : 1977-1979
#Sun Zhiguo : 1979-1983)
#Liu Zheng : 1983-1985
#Xiong Qingquan : 1985-1989
#Chen Bangzhu :1989-1995
#Yang Zhengwu : 1995-1998
#Chu Bo : 1998-2001
#Zhang Yunchuan : 2001-2003
#Zhou Bohua : 2003.03-2006
#Zhou Qiang : 2006-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Hunan People's Congress

#Wan Da : 1979-1983
#Sun Guozhi : 1983-1985
#Jiao Linyi : 1985-1988
#Liu Fusheng : 1988-1998
#Wang Maolin : 1998
#Yang Zhengwu : 1999-2006
#Zhang Chunxian : 2006-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Hunan Committee

#Zhou Xiaozhou : 1955-1959
#Zhang Pinghua : 1959-1967
#Mao Zhiyong : 1977-1979
#Zhou Li : 1979-1983
#Cheng Xingling : 1983-1987
#Liu Zheng : 1988-1998
#Liu Fusheng : 1998-2001
#Wang Keying : 2001-2003
#Hu Biao : 2003-incumbent

List of prisons in Hunan province

This is a list of prisons within Hunan province of the People's Republic of China.
* Chaling Prison
* Changde Prison
* Changsha Prison
* Chenzhou Prison
* Chishan Prison
* Deshan Prison
* Dongan Prison
* Guiyang Prison
* Hengshan Prison
* Hengzhou Prison
* Huaihua Prison
* Jinshi Prison
* Jishou Prison
* Liling Prison
* Lingling Prison
* Loudi Prison
* Pingtang Prison
* Provincial No. 6 Prison
* Prov. Women's Prison
* Shaodong Prison
* Shaoyang Prison
* Taoyuan Prison
* Wangling Prison
* Wuling Prison
* Xiangnan Prison
* Xiangtan Prison
* Xingcheng Prison
* Yanbei Prison
* Yannan Prison
* Yueyang Prison
* Yongzhou Prison
* Zhangjiajie Prison

List of laojiaos in Hunan

This is a list of laojiaos within Hunan province of the People's Republic of China.
A laojiao is a labor camp.

*Baimalong Women's RTL
*Changde RTL
*Changqiao RTL
*Changsha Women's RTL
*Chapu RTL
*Hengshan RTL
*Huaihua RTL
*Lengshujiang RTL
*Lingling RTL
*Loudi RTL
*Shaoyang RTL
*Xiangtan RTL
*Xinkaipu RTL
*Yiyang RTL
*Yongzhou RTL

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List of administrative divisions of Hunan

The of Hunan, a of the People's Republic of China, consists of prefecture-level divisions subdivided into county-level divisions then subdivided into township-level divisions. These are:

* 14 prefecture-level divisions
** 13 prefecture-level cities
** 1 autonomous prefecture
* 122 county-level divisions
** 16 county-level cities
** 65
** 7
** 34 s
* 2409 township-level divisions
** 1089 s
** 990 s
** 97 ethnic townships
** 233 subdistricts

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Political divisions of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Hunan.
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! rowspan="3"| Prefecture level
! colspan="4"| County Level
|-
! rowspan=2| Name
! colspan=2|
! rowspan=2| Hanyu Pinyin
|-
!
!
|-
| rowspan=9 | Changsha City
长沙市
長沙市
Chángshā Shì
|Yuelu District || 岳麓区 || 岳麓區 || Yuèlù Qū
|-
|Furong District || 芙蓉区 || 芙蓉區 || Fúrúng Qū
|-
|Tianxin District || 天心区 || 天心區 || Tiānxīn Qū
|-
|Kaifu District || 开福区 || 開福區|| Kāifú Qū
|-
|Yuhua District || 雨花区 || 雨花區 || Yǔhuā Qū
|-
| Liuyang City || 浏阳市 || 瀏陽市 || Liúyáng Shì
|-
|Changsha County || 长沙县 || 長沙縣 || Chángshā Xiàn
|-
|Wangcheng County || 望城县 || 望城縣 || Wàngchéng Xiàn
|-
|Ningxiang County || 宁乡县 || 寧鄉縣 || Níngxiāng Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=4 | Zhangjiajie City
张家界市
張家界市
Zhāngjiājiè Shì
|Yongding District || 永定区 || 永定區 || Yǒngdìng Qū
|-
|Wulingyuan District || 武陵源区 || 武陵源區 || Wǔlíngyuán Qū
|-
|Cili County || 慈利县 || 慈利縣 || Cílì Xiàn
|-
|Sangzhi County || 桑植县 || 桑植縣 || Sāngzhí Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=9 | Changde City
常德市
常德市
Chángdé Shì
|Wuling District || 武陵区 || 武陵區 || Wǔlíng Qū
|-
|Dingcheng District || 鼎城区 || 鼎城區 || Dǐngchēng Qū
|-
| City || 津市市 || 津市市 || Jīnshì Shì
|-
|Anxiang County || 安乡县 || 安鄉縣 || ?nxiāng Xiàn
|-
|Hanshou County || 汉寿县 || 漢壽縣 || Hànshòu Xiàn
|-
|Li County || 澧县 || 澧縣 || Lǐ Xiàn
|-
|Linli County || 临澧县 || 臨澧縣 || Línlǐ Xiàn
|-
| || 桃源县 || 桃源縣 || Táoyuán Xiàn
|-
|Shimen County || 石门县 || 石門縣 || Shímén Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=6 | Yiyang City
益阳市
益陽市
Yìyáng Shì
|Heshan District || 赫山区 || 赫山區 || Hèshān Qū
|-
|Ziyang District || 资阳区 || 資陽區 || Zīyáng Qū
|-
| City || 沅江市 || 沅江市 || Yuánjiāng Shì
|-
|Nan County || 南县 || 南縣 || Nán Xiàn
|-
|Taojiang County || 桃江县 || 桃江縣 || Táojiāng Xiàn
|-
|Anhua County || 安化县 || 安化縣 || ?nhuà Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=9 | Yueyang City
岳阳市
岳陽市
Yuèyáng Shì
|Yueyanglou District ||岳阳楼区 || 岳陽樓區 || Yuèyánglóu Qū
|-
|Junshan District ||君山区 || 君山區 || Jūnshān Qū
|-
|Yunxi District || 云溪区 || 雲溪區 || Yúnxī Qū
|-
| Miluo City || 汨罗市 || 汨羅市 || Mìluó Shì
|-
| Linxiang City || 临湘市 || 臨湘市 || Línxiāng Shì
|-
|Yueyang County || 岳阳县 || 岳陽縣 || Yuèyáng Xiàn
|-
|Huarong County || 华容县 || 華容縣 || Huáróng Xiàn
|-
|Xiangyin County || 湘阴县 || 湘陰縣 || Xiāngyīn Xiàn
|-
|Pingjiang County || 平江县 || 平江縣 || Píngjiāng Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=9 | Zhuzhou City
株洲市
株洲市
Zhūzhōu Shì
|Tianyuan District || 天元区 || 天元區 || Tiānyuán Qū
|-
|Hetang District || 荷塘区 || 荷塘區 || Hétáng Qū
|-
|Lusong District || 芦淞区 || 蘆淞區 || Lúsōng Qū
|-
|Shifeng District || 石峰区 || 石峰區 || Shífēng Qū
|-
| Liling City || 醴陵市 || 醴陵市 || Lǐlíng Shì
|-
|Zhuzhou County || 株洲县 || 株洲縣 || Zhūzhōu Xiàn
|-
|Youxian County || 攸县 || 攸縣 || Yōu Xiàn
|-
|Chaling County || 茶陵县 || 茶陵縣 || Chálíng Xiàn
|-
|Yanling County || 炎陵县 || 炎陵縣 || Yánlíng Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=5 | Xiangtan City
湘潭市
湘潭市
Xiāngtán Shì
|Yuetang District || 岳塘区 || 岳塘區 || Yuètáng Qū
|-
|Yuhu District || 雨湖区 || 雨湖區 || Yǔhú Qū
|-
| Xiangxiang City || 湘乡市 || 湘鄉市 || Xiāngxiāng Shì
|-
| Shaoshan City || 韶山市 || 韶山市 || Sháoshān Shì
|-
|Xiangtan County || 湘潭县 || 湘潭縣 || Xiāngtán Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=12 | Hengyang City
衡阳市
衡陽市
Héngyáng Shì
|Yanfeng District || 雁峰区 || 雁峰區 || Yànfēng Qū
|-
|Zhuhui District || 珠晖区 || 珠暉區 || Zhūhuī Qū
|-
|Shigu District || 石鼓区 || 石鼓區 || Shígǔ Qū
|-
|Zhengxiang District || 蒸湘区 || 蒸湘區 || Zhēngxiāng Qū
|-
|Nanyue District || 南岳区 || 南嶽區 || Nányuè Qū
|-
| City || 常宁市 || 常寧市 || Chángníng Shì
|-
| Leiyang City || 耒阳市 || 耒陽市 || Lěiyáng Shì
|-
|Hengyang County || 衡阳县 || 衡陽縣 || Héngyáng Xiàn
|-
|Hengnan County || 衡南县 || 衡南縣 || Héngnán Xiàn
|-
|Hengshan County || 衡山县 || 衡山縣 || Héngshān Xiàn
|-
|Hengdong County || 衡东县 || 衡東縣 || Héngdōng Xiàn
|-
|Qidong County || 祁东县 || 祁東縣 || Qídóng Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=11 | Chenzhou City
郴州市
郴州市
Chēnzhōu Shì
|Beihu District || 北湖区 || 北湖區 || Běihú Qū
|-
|Suxian District || 苏仙区 || 蘇仙區|| Sūxiān Qū
|-
| Zixing City || 资兴市 || 資興市 || Zīxīng Shì
|-
|Guiyang County || 桂阳县 || 桂陽縣 || Guìyáng Xiàn
|-
|Yongxing County || 永兴县 || 永興縣 || Yǒngxīng Xiàn
|-
|Yizhang County || 宜章县 || 宜章縣 || Yízhāng Xiàn
|-
|Jiahe County || 嘉禾县 || 嘉禾縣 || Jiāhé Xiàn
|-
|Linwu County || 临武县 || 臨武縣 || Línwǔ Xiàn
|-
|Rucheng County || 汝城县 || 汝城縣 || Rǔchéng Xiàn
|-
|Guidong County || 桂东县 || 桂東縣 || Guìdōng Xiàn
|-
|Anren County || 安仁县 || 安仁縣 || ?nrén Xiàn
|-
| rowspan=11 | Yongzhou City
永州市
永州市
Yǒngzhōu Shì
|Lengshuitan District || 冷水滩区 || 冷水灘區 || Lěngshuǐtān Qū
|-
|Lingling District || 零陵区 || 零陵區 || Linglíng Qū
|-
|Dong'an County || 东安县 || 東安縣 || Dōng'ān Xiàn
|-
|Dao County || 道县 || 道縣 || Dào Xiàn
|-
|Ningyuan County || 宁远县 || 寧遠縣 || Nīngyuǎn Xiàn
|-
|Jiangyong County || 江永县 || 江永縣 || Jiāngyǒng Xiàn
|-
|Lanshan County || 蓝山县 || �

Lengshuitan District

Lengshuitan District is a in Yongzhou, Hunan province in China, situated on the Xiang river. In 2005, its population was approximately 94,000.