Dr. Papcun is a scientist who analyzes speech and language, including how they are produced, transmited and perceived. Dr. Papcun has served as an expert witness and has completed projects for the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and the Secret Service. He seeks other challenging assignments.
Forensic
analyses include:
Rodney King v. City of Los Angeles
(for Mr. King)
Alaska v. Exxon [Valdez] (for
Exxon)
California v. O. J. Simpson (for
Associated Press)
Daniel v. Kelly Oil (for Kelly Oil)
Homicide of Jon Benet Ramsey
(for Boulder, CO)
Paula Abdul recording (for Ms.
Abdul)
Queen v. Kashani-Malaki (Australia,
for Kashani)
California v. Wm. and Emily Harris
(Patty Hearst kidnapping)
"Elvis" recording (appearance on
Good Morning America)
Awards:
Johns Hopkins Award for
Computing to Aid Persons with
Disabilities
R&D-100 Award for Technological Innovation
National Defense
Education
Fellowship
Ford Foundation Fellowship
Author and Instructor: "Voice Input/Output for Computers:" Taught scientists, and engineers for companies and governmental agencies in the United States and abroad including IBM, Bell Laboratories, The United States Department of State, The United States National Bureau of Standards, Phillips, Siemens and others.
In addition to consulting assignments, Dr. Papcun has been employed by the UCLA Phonetics Laboratory, Aerospace Corporation and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Inferred articulatory positions for teaching hearing impaired students, and for enhanced speech technology
