JACKSON, Wyo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brand Engagement Network (“BEN”), a leading provider of personalized customer engagement AI technology and human-like AI avatars, today announced that Dr. Hanseok Ko, BEN Co-CTO & Co-Founder Lead AI Researcher has been elected a Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association. The recognition is a key milestone in Dr. Ko’s highly decorated career as a scientist, artificial intelligence (AI) expert and academic and highlights his extensive contributions to the field.
Over the past three decades, Dr. Ko has established himself as a leading expert in AI, signal processing, and spoken language technology. Dr. Ko was credited as the main developer of the core audio/speech interface platform for Hyundai/Kia Motors and has authored/co-authored more than 700 papers in artificial intelligence (deep learning) and signal processing areas. He is also the inventor of more than 70 patents (issued or pending) in the US and Korea.
“I’ve dedicated my entire career to studying and developing new technology that can perceive, understand, and generate speech/acoustic/image signals – which is critical to human-machine interaction,” said Dr. Hanseok Ko, BEN Co-CTO & Co-Founder Lead AI Researcher. “I believe AI is more prevalent and advanced today than it has ever been, putting us in a unique position to innovate and develop new ways to take advantage of the technology. It’s an honor to be elected a Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association and I look forward to working with the organization that has given me so much support.”
The International Speech Communication Association is an organization to promote, in an international world-wide context, activities and exchanges in all fields related to speech communication science and technology. The association is aimed at all persons and institutions interested in fundamental research and technological development that aims at describing, explaining and reproducing the various aspects of human communication by speech, that is, without assuming this enumeration to be exhaustive, phonetics, linguistics, computer speech recognition and synthesis, speech compression, speaker recognition, aids to medical diagnosis of voice pathologies.
The recognition comes on the heels of BEN’s announcement of its entry into a definitive agreement to agree to go public via a merger with DHC Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DHCA). For more information about BEN and Dr. Ko’s AI research please visit: www.beninc.ai
Important Information About the Business Combination and Where to Find It
In connection with the BEN’s announcement of its intent to go public via a merger with DHC Acquisition Corp. (“DHC”) (the “Business Combination”), DHC intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) with the SEC, which will serve as a preliminary proxy statement of DHC . DHC will mail a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its shareholders. DHC’s shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement and any amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about DHC, BEN and the Business Combination. When available, the definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials for the Business Combination will be mailed to shareholders of DHC as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT DHC, BEN AND THE BUSINESS COMBINATION. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy statement, the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: DHC Acquisition Corp., 1900 West Kirkwood Blvd, Suite 1400B, Southlake, TX 76092 or by emailing chris@integrity.partners.
Participants in the Solicitation
DHC, BEN and certain of their directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from DHC’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in the Business Combination will be set forth in the Form S-4. Certain information regarding the directors and executive officers of DHC is contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.