William Ham is a Principal Research Scientist at Microsoft, specializing in Health and Life Sciences. With over 15 years of experience applying natural language processing to reduce costs for corporate clients, he holds a PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University, grounding his work in deep academic expertise.
He holds patents for systems designed to optimize clinical flowsheet population, indicating a focus on practical applications of NLP to improve healthcare documentation and efficiency.
Bill Ham
Principal Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Overview
Topics They Care About
AI in Healthcare
His current role as a Principal Research Scientist at Microsoft is focused on the Health and Life Sciences division, applying NLP to this sector.
Applied NLP
Possesses over 15 years of experience helping corporate clients increase productivity by applying cutting-edge natural language processing technology to solve business problems.
Speech Science
Previously held multiple senior scientist roles at Nuance Communications, a company specializing in conversational AI and speech recognition.
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Work History
8-2024
Principal Applied Scientist at Microsoft
8-2023 - 7-2024
Senior Research Scientist at Microsoft
4-2022
Senior Principal Research Application Scientist at Nuance Communications
3-2014 - 4-2022
Senior Principal Speech Scientist at Nuance Communications
10-2010 - 2-2014
Principal Speech Scientist at Nuance Communications
4-2003 - 6-2006
R&D Scientist at ScanSoft
1-2001 - 4-2003
R&D Scientist at SpeechWorks
6-1998 - 12-2000
R&D Scientist at Eloquent Technology Inc
Education
1993 - 1998
PhD from Cornell University
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Location : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Level : Senior
Designation : Principal Applied Scientist at Microsoft
