Hsiao-Wuen Hon is corporate vice president of Microsoft, chairman of Microsoft’s Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, where he drives Microsoft’s strategy for research and development activities in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as collaborations with academia. Hsiao-Wuen has been with Microsoft since 1995. Previously, he founded and managed Microsoft’s Search Technology Center and led the development of Microsoft’s search products (Bing) in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Microsoft Research Asia, he was the founding member and architect of the Natural Interactive Services Division at Microsoft Corporation. An IEEE fellow and a distinguished scientist of Microsoft, Hsiao-Wuen is an internationally recognized expert in speech technology. He has published more than 100 technical papers in international journals and at conferences.