Mehta Daryush PhD Thesis Proposal FINAL

HST GRADUATE COMMITTEE c/o Academic Office, E25-518
Dear HST Graduate Committee Chair,
Daryush Mehta presented his PhD thesis proposal on November 25, 2008 in the RLE Haus Room
(36-428) at MIT to the following committee:
Chair:
Co-Supervisor:
Co-Supervisor:
Reader:

Joseph S. Perkell, PhD, MIT, whose areas of expertise are the sensorymotor control of speech production and voice/speech production and acoustics Robert E. Hillman, PhD, MGH, whose area of expertise is in the clinical evaluation of human voice production.
Thomas F. Quatieri, ScD, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, whose area of expertise is in biologically-inspired speech signal processing.
Dimitar D. Deliyski, PhD, University of South Carolina, whose areas of expertise are in the acoustic analysis of voice and the development of laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy.

The proposal, which is enclosed, was favorably received by the Committee, and we approved the scientific content and proposed work as being suitable for a PhD thesis.
All of the above members of the Committee have agreed to serve on the Thesis Committee.
Sincerely,

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Joseph S. Perkell
Thesis Committee Chair

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Robert E. Hillman, PhD
Thesis Co-Supervisor

Enc:

Thesis Proposal
Supervisor Agreements
Reader Agreement

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Thomas F. Quatieri, ScD
Thesis Co-Supervisor

PhD Thesis Committee Members
1. Joseph S. Perkell, PhD (Chair)
a. Title: Senior Research Scientist, Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of
Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
b. Major Discipline: Sensory-motor control of speech production
c. Justification: Dr. Perkell fills the role of Chair as a non-supervisor and senior researcher at MIT. Dr. Perkell offers a wide knowledge range from voice and speech production to speech acoustics and motor involvement in pathological speakers.
2. Robert. E. Hillman, PhD (Co-Supervisor)
a. Title: Co-Director/Research Director, Center for

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