Kent Wittenburg

MERL Headquarters
Vice President & Director
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1986

Phone: (617) 621 7580
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After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, Kent Wittenburg worked at the Microcoelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Bellcore, and Verizon/GTE laboratories before joining MERL. His research has encompassed a variety  of  Human-Computer Interaction technologies including rapid serial visual presentation, multidimensional information visualization, visual languages for diagrams, and natural language. He managed groups in natural language interfaces and internet technologies prior to joining MERL as group manager of speech and HCI. Kent become director of MERL's Cambridge Systems Lab in 2002 and then director of MERL's Technology Lab at its inception in 2003.

Recent Projects:

Algorithms for optimal control using uncertain prognostic information
Voice Search for DLNA Media Servers

Recent Publications:

Wittenburg, K.; Lanning, T.; Leigh, D.; Ryall, K., "Visualizing Antenna Design Spaces", International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), ISBN: 0-978-60558-141-5, pp. 83-90, May 2008 (ACM Press, TR2008-017)

Shubin, H.; Divakaran, A.; Wittenburg, K.; Peker, K.A.; Radhakrishnan, R., "Assessment of End-User Response to Sports Highlights Extraction for Personal Video Recorders", SPIE Conference Multimedia Content Access Algorithms and Systems, Vol. 6506, January 2007 (SPIE Proceedings)

Wittenburg, K.; Lanning, T.; Schwenke, D.; Shubin, H.; Vetro, A., "The Prospects for Unrestricted Speech Input for TV Content Search", ACM Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), May 2006 (AVI 2006, TR2006-045)

Esenther, A.; Wittenburg, K., "Multi-User Multi-Touch Games on DiamondTouch with the FTFlash Toolkit", Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN), November 2005 (INTETAIN 2005, TR2005-105)

Forlines, C.; Schmidt-Nielsen, B.; Raj, B.; Wittenburg, K.; Wolf, P., "A Comparison between Spoken Queries and Menu-based Interfaces for In-Car Digital Music Selection", IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), September 2005 (INTERACT 2005, TR2005-020)