Distinctions
- Academician, Academia Sinica, 2006
 - Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2004
 - Achievement Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE), 2007
 - Fellow, Bell Labs, 1999
 - Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1998
 - Third Millennium Medal, IEEE, 2000, for contributions to the field of speech processing and communications
 - Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, 1996-2002
 - Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1999
 - Bell Labs’ President Gold Award, 1997
 - Best Senior Paper Awards, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1994
 - Best Senior Paper Awards, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1993
 - Best Paper Awards, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1994
 - Most Influential Signal Processing Magazine Paper Awards, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 1994
 - Bell Labs’ President Gold Award, 1997
 - Fellow, IEEE, 1991
 - Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Award, AT&T Bell Labs, 1991