Lionel Tarassenko

Lionel Tarassenko
Nationality British
Organization University of Oxford
Known for Engineering
Spouse(s) Lady Ann, née Craven
Website www.ibme.ox.ac.uk/research/biomedical-signal-processing-instrumentation/prof-l-tarassenko/people/lionel-tarassenko

Lionel Tarassenko (Born in Paris in 1957), 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.

Education

Tarassenko graduated BA in Engineering Science (1978, University of Oxford), DPhil in Medical Electronics (1985, University of 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. 1 2 3 "List of Fellows".
  2. ↑ The Brick: the newsletter for Keble alumni; Hilary term 2012, p. 3
  3. ↑ "Lionel Tarassenko". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  4. ↑ Brick
  5. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p2061.htm#i20602



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