Jose Manuel Pardo

Background

Pardo, Jose Manuel was born on October 11, 1955 in Valladolid, Spain. Son of Jose Pardo-Luis and Isabel Muñoz-Laguna.

Education

Degree in telecommunications engineering, ETSIT-UPM, Madrid, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, ETSIT-UPM, Madrid, 1981.

Career

Research assistant, U. Politecnica Madrid, 1977-1978; assistant professor, U. Politecnica Madrid, 1978-1980; professor charged of course, U. Politecnica Madrid, 1980-1981; Adjunct Professor, U. Politecnica Madrid, 1981-1985; associate professor, U. Politecnica Madrid, 1985-1992; professor, U. Politecnica Madrid, since 1992. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983-1984. Consultant Telefonica I & D, Madrid, 1989-1991.

Chairman Eurospeech 95 conference.

Achievements

• Jose Manuel Pardo has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Second lieutenant Spanish Army, 1979. Visiting fellow International Computer Science Institute, 2005-2006. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Acoustical Society of America, International Speech Communications Association (member advisory council, 1996-2006), European Association for Signal Processing, Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing, Spanish Association Telecomm.

Engineers, ELSNET (executive board).

Interests

• Windsurfing, skiing, singing, ballroom dancing.

Connections

Married Rosario Garcia-Sanchez, July 31, 1983. Children: Jorge, David Manuel.

Father:

Jose Pardo-Luis

Mother:

Isabel Muñoz-Laguna

Spouse:

Rosario Garcia-Sanchez

child:

David Manuel Pardo

child:

Jorge Pardo