Frederick Jelinek was a Czech-American researcher in information theory, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing. He is well known for his oft-quoted statement, "Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech... Wikipedia
Born: November 18, 1932, Kladno, Czechia
Died: September 14, 2010 (age 77 years), Baltimore, MD
Spouse: Milena Jelinek (m. 1961)
Parents: Vilém Jelinek and Trude Jelinek
Known for: Advancement of natural language processing techniques
Notable students: Neil Sloane