Lionel Tarassenko
Professor Lionel Tarassenko CBE FREng[1] FMedSci has been the holder of the Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of Oxford since 1997,[2] and is most noted for his work on the applications of neural networks. He led the development of the Sharp LogiCook, the first microwave oven to incorporate neural networks.
Born in Paris in 1957, Tarassenko studied at Keble College, Oxford.[3] He was elected to a Fellowship of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) in 1996, and to a Fellowship[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1] in 2000. He is a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford,[4] and is a practising Christian.
Tarassenko presented the 2012 Woolmer Lecture of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. He was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2014 to talk about digital health.
He is married to Lady Ann, née Craven, younger daughter of William Craven, 6th Earl of Craven.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "List of Fellows".
- ↑ The Brick: the newsletter for Keble alumni; Hilary term 2012, p. 3
- ↑ Brick
- ↑ Brick
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p2061.htm#i20602
External links
- Oxford BioSignals Ltd (founding director)
- An Engineering Biography - Lionel Tarassenko FREng Ingenia, Issue 30, Mar 2007
- IdeasLab 2014 - Lionel Tarassenko - Self Monitoring Digital Health World Economic Forum, Davos, 2014