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Dominic W. Massaro is a Professor of Psychology and Computer Engineering, director of the Perceptual
Science Laboratory, and Chair of Digital Arts and New Media M.F. A. program at
the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a BA in Psychology (1965)
from UCLA and an MA (1966) and a Ph.D. (1968) in Psychology from the University
of Massachusetts-Amherst. After a two-year postdoctoral fellow at the
University of California, San Diego, he was a professor at the University of
Wisconsin until 1979 before moving to Santa Cruz. He has been a Guggenheim
Fellow, a University of Wisconsin Romnes Fellow, a James McKeen Cattell Fellow,
and an NIMH Fellow. He is a past president of the Society for Computers in
Psychology, and is currently the book review editor of the American Journal of
Psychology and founding co-editor of the journal Interpreting. He has published
numerous academic journal articles, written and edited several books (including
Perceiving talking faces: from speech perception to a behavioral principle,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press; The Science of the Mind: 2001 and Beyond,
New York: Oxford University Press; and Experimental Psychology: An information
processing approach, Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.). His research
uses a formal experimental and theoretical approach to the study of speech
perception, reading, psycholinguistics, memory, cognition, learning, and
decision-making. One focus of his current research is on the development and
theoretical and applied use of a completely synthetic and animated head for
speech synthesis, language tutoring, and edutainment. 1979- present University of
California, Santa Cruz, Professor of Psychology 2003-present 1998 University of
California, Santa Cruz, Chair of Digital Arts/New Media 1995-1998 University of California,
Santa Cruz, Chair of Psychology 1970-79 University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Professor 1968-70 University of California,
San Diego, NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow 1966-68 National and Aeronautics
and Space Administration, Predoctoral Trainee 1966 Holyoke Community College,
Holyoke, Massachusetts, Instructor 1965-66 University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, Teaching Assistant 1968 University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, Ph.D. 1966 University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, M.A. 1965 University of California, Los
Angeles, B.A. 1997 Fellow, American Psychological
Society 1990 Society of Experimental
Psychologists 1980 Fellow, American Psychological
Association Honors, Awards, Grants (Selected) 2007 United States Patent 7,225,129.
Massaro, D. W., Cohen, M. M., & Beskow, J. Visual display methods for in
computer-animated speech production models. May 29, 2007 2006 Tech Microsoft Education Award
Laureate by the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose 2005 The Patricia C. Lindamood, M.S., CC-SLP
Leadership Award For Clinical Excellence In Language and Reading. CSUMB Center
for Reading Diagnosis and Instruction,California State University Monterey Bay 2004-06 National Alliance for Autism Research Grant.
Multisensory integration by children with autism. 2004 Licensing contract for Baldi technology to
Animated Speech Corporation 2004 Best paper in Emerging Technologies,
“Symbiotic Value of an Embodied Agent in Language Learning,” Proceedings of
37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (CD/ROM),
Computer Society Press. 2003 Trademark granted from USPTO for Baldi. 2001-03 Cure Autism Now: Innovative Technology for
Autism Research Grant. Development and Evaluation of a Computer-Animated Tutor
for Language Learning. 2000 National Science Foundation. Creating the Next Generation of Intelligent
Animated Conversational Agents. 1999-present National Institute of Deafness and
Other Communicative Disorders. Perception of visible speech. 1999-present
National Science Foundation. Visible Speech Perception. 1997-00 National
Science Foundation Challenge Grant (with Ronald A. Cole and Alex Waibel).
Creating conversational agents for language training: Technologies for the next
generation of interactive systems. 1998-99 Intel
Corporation and University of California Digital Media Grant 1997 Intel
Research and Equipment Award 1995 Finalist,
Discover Award for Technological Innovation (with Michael Cohen) 1994-98 National
Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders. Synthesis, analysis,
and perception of visible speech. December 1, 1994 through November 30, 1998. 1994 AT&T
Licensing Contract 1993-96 National
Science Foundation (with Daniel Friedman), September 1, 1993 to August 31,
1996, optimal and adaptive learning models for nondeterministic tasks. 1990-94 National
Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Synthesis, analysis,
and perception of visible speech. December 1, 1990 to March 30, 1994. $571,188,
direct costs. 1989 United
States Patent, Child's Easy-To-Read Timepiece. 1988-89 James
McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award. 1985 President,
Society for Computers in Psychology. 1984-85 Member,
Research Group on Perception and Action. Center for Interdisciplinary Research,
Bielefeld, West Germany. 1984 Citation
Classic in Current Contents, Number 36. Massaro, D.W. Preperceptual images,
processing time, and perceptual units in auditory perception. Psychological
Review, 1972, 79, 124-145. 1980 Fellow,
American Psychological Association. 1977 University
of Wisconsin, Romnes Fellowship. 1975-76 NIMH
Special Research Fellowship Award. 1973-74 John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow.
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