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Roger Moore

Also known as Roger K. Moore

Roger Moore is a speech technology researcher who applies models of human speech perception and production to speech recognition and spoken interaction. He built EARS in 1972, led the UK Government's Speech Research Unit from 1985 to 1999, and helped shape ISCA and INTERSPEECH through society leadership. At Sheffield, he became Professor of Spoken Language Processing in 2004 and works on the PRESENCE framework for spoken language. He was elected an ISCA Fellow in 2008 and received the LREC Antonio Zampolli Prize in 2016, the ISCA Special Service Medal in 2020 and ISCA's Medal for Scientific Achievement in 2025. As of October 2026, he is Professor of Spoken Language Processing at Sheffield, heads its Speech and Hearing group and edits Computer Speech & Language.

Born
1952
Works
300
Citations
5,723
h-index
30
Badges

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1972–1999

    EARS, HENR and Aurix

    In 1972, he builds EARS (Electronic Apparatus for Recognising Speech), his first automatic speech recogniser. He introduces the Human Equivalent Noise Ratio (HENR) in the mid-1970s and publishes HMM Decomposition in the 1980s. From 1985 to 1999, he heads the UK Government's Speech Research Unit and is responsible for the Aurix range of speech technology products and the subsequent formation of 20/20 Speech Ltd.

  2. 1994–2003

    ESCA and ISCA leadership

    He serves as vice-president of ESCA from 1994 to 1997 and president of PC-ICSLP from 1996 to 2000. He serves as president of ESCA/ISCA from 1997 to 2001. From 2002 to 2003, he chairs the joint ISCA/ICSLP working party tasked with merging PC-ICSLP with ISCA to create a single INTERSPEECH conference series.

  3. Since 2004

    Professor at Sheffield

    Since 2004, he is Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield and holds Visiting Chairs at Bristol Robotics Laboratory and UCL Psychology & Language Sciences. He works on PRESENCE (PREdictive SENsorimotor Control and Emulation), a unified theory of spoken language processing.

  4. 2008

    An ISCA Fellowship

    In 2008, he is elected an ISCA Fellow for applying models of human speech perception and production to speech technologies and for serving as ISCA president.

  5. 2016–2017

    The LREC Prize and VIHAR

    In 2016, he receives the ELRA Antonio Zampolli Prize for contributions to language resources and language technology evaluation. In 2017, he organises the first international VIHAR workshop on vocal interaction among humans, animals and robots.

  6. 2020

    The ISCA Special Service Medal

    In 2020, he receives the ISCA Special Service Medal for his service in the association's establishment, leadership and international growth.

  7. 2025

    The ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement

    In 2025, ISCA selects him for its Medal for Scientific Achievement for his contributions to spoken language interaction and the mechanisms behind it. In August 2025, he gives the opening INTERSPEECH keynote in Rotterdam: “From Talking and Listening Devices to Intelligent Communicative Machines.” His keynote abstract links spoken language processing to machine learning and describes one of the first papers applying artificial neural networks to automatic speech recognition.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and research group head

    As of October 2026, he is Professor of Spoken Language Processing and Deputy Head of School at the University of Sheffield. He heads the Speech and Hearing (SpandH) research group and is Editor-in-Chief of Computer Speech & Language.

Career

  1. Since 2004Bristol Robotics LaboratoryVisiting Chair
  2. Since 2004University College LondonVisiting Chair
  3. Since 2004University of SheffieldProfessor of Spoken Language Processing
  4. 1997–2001European Speech Communication Association / International Speech Communication AssociationPresident
  5. 1996–2000Permanent Council of the International Conference on Spoken Language ProcessingPresident
  6. 1994–1997European Speech Communication AssociationVice-President
  7. 1985–1999Government of the United KingdomHead

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Using Linguistic Cues for the Automatic Recognition of Personality in Conversation and Text2007 · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 1,025 citationsWith Marilyn Walker
  2. Computer Speech and Language1986 · 634 citations
  3. Hidden Markov model decomposition of speech and noise2002 · International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing · 467 citations
  4. Handbook of standards and resources for spoken language systems1997 · 375 citations
  5. A Bayesian explanation of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ effect and related psychological phenomena2012 · Scientific Reports · 212 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes University College London. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
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  4. Of 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google, 446 work there nowIncludes University College London. Our estimates of where the 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google and Google DeepMind work now: 446 at Google and 452 across 278 other organizations.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Research staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Professor Roger K. Moore | Computer Science | The University of Sheffield sheffield.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Professor Roger Moore awarded the ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) Special Services Medal. sheffield.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Profile | Prof. Roger K. Moore staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Professor Roger Moore Awarded Prestigious Medal for Scientific Achievement sheffield.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. ISCA Services services.isca-speech.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. ISCA Archive - From Talking and Listening Devices to Intelligent Communicative Machines isca-archive.org. Checked 20 October 2026.