Ehsan Hoque (academic)
Ehsan Hoque is an American computer scientist and academic. He is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Rochester in New York. Hoque is most known for his work in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly in utilizing AI methods to augment and enhance human capabilities. His work revolves around affective computing, speech processing, and computer vision. Education Hoque completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Penn State University in 2004, and then obtained a master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Memphis in 2007. Later, he completed his Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2013, where the MIT Museum highlighted his Ph.D. thesis as one of the most unconventional inventions of MIT. In 2017, he received Alumni Achievement Award from Penn State University. Career Hoque began his academic career in 2013 by joining the University of Rochester as an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, becoming associate professor in 2020. Hoque served as the Interim Director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science at the University of Rochester between 2018 and 2019, and held the Assaro-Biggar family fellowship from 2016