Hsiao-Wuen Hon (Chinese: 洪小文; born: May 31, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist and researcher in speech technology, and coauthor of the book Spoken Language Processing.
[citation needed] He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1985.
In 1986, he entered Carnegie Mellon University to study under professor Raj Reddy, and later received a PhD in computer science.
[4] After earning his PhD in 1992, Hon joined Apple, where he led research and development for the company's Chinese Dictation Kit.
Hon was involved in the creation of Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, the firm's first R&D operation in China.