Osamu Fujimura | |
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藤村靖 | |
| Born | August 29, 1927 |
| Died | March 13, 2017 (aged 89) Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii, US |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | One of the pioneers of speech science |
| Spouse | J.C. Williams |
| Children | 4 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, phonetics, and linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Tokyo |
| Thesis | (1962) |
Osamu Fujimura 藤村靖 (August 29, 1927 – March 13, 2017) was a Japanese physicist, phonetician and linguist, recognized as one of the pioneers of speech science. Fujimura was also known for his influential work in the diverse field of speech-related studies including acoustics, phonetics/phonology, instrumentation techniques, speech production mechanisms, and computational/theoretical linguistics.
After getting his Doctorate of Science from the University of Tokyo through the research he conducted at MIT, Fujimura served as director and professor at the Research Institute of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (RILP), at the University of Tokyo from 1965 to 1973. He then continued his research at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in the U.S., from 1973 to 1988 as a department head, working for Max Mathews. He moved his research to Ohio State University where he was professor and department head for speech and hearing science. He was named professor emeritus in 2013. He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.[1]