UW AI researcher wins top Marconi award and aims to put ‘superhuman hearing’ in billions of devices

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Ph.D. student Malek Itani, who co-founded the AI-powered sound enhancement startup Hearvana, was recognized for developing on-device AI algorithms that enable real-time target speech extraction, "sound bubbles," and semantic hearing on low-power hearables like earbuds and hearing aids. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/uw-ai-researcher-wins-top-marconi-award-and-aims-to-put-superhuman-hearing-in-billions-of-devices/">Read More