His research interests include machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, speech and speaker recognition, noise-robust speech processing, multimodal signal processing, and social robotics. He has over 200 referred journal and conference publications. His works have been recognized by the prestigious IEEE Signal Processing Society 2022 Best Paper Award and International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) 2022 Best Research Paper Award.

He has served as an Editorial Board Member/Associate Editor for several journals including IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING, Computer Speech and Language, and Digital Signal Processing. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of STSP Inaugural Special Series on AI in Signal & Data Science – Toward Explainable, Reliable, and Sustainable Machine Learning. He was a Lead Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal of STSP and a Guest Editor of several journals including Neurocomputing.

He was the elected Chair of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee (MLSP TC), is a Member of IEEE MLSP TC from 2018-2023 and will be a Member of IEEE Speech and Language Processing TC from 2024-2026. He is a member of the IEEE SPS Conferences Board and was a member of the IEEE SPS Technical Directions Board.