Background
Townshend, Brent Scott was born on November 24, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Barton and Gail Denise (Pointon) Townshend.
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Brent Scott Townshend, Canadian Electrical engineer. Achievements include development of techniques for direct stimulationof auditory nerve of deaf patients to restore hearing; created models of speech production using nonlinear dynamics. Recipient Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council Postgraduate award, Government Canada, 1982-1986, scholarship Spar Aerospace, Toronto, 1982, award Cockburn Institute Design, Toronto, 1990.
Education
Bachelor in Science, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science, Stanford University, 1987.
Career
Engineer, Mitel, Ottawa, Ontario., Canada, 1982; research associate, Stanford (California) U., 1982-1987; member technical staff, Bell laboratories American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1987-1990; president, Townshend Computer Tools, Montreal, Quebec., Canada, since 1990; lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, since 1990. Consultant private practice, Palo Alto, California, 1988-1990.
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Membership
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Acoustical Society American, Association for Computing Machinery, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Michèle Lamarre, Aug.4, 1990.
