About the instructor ==================== .. figure:: ./images/bio_picture.png :width: 400 :align: center :alt: Picture of the instructor Alex Casson is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Manchester. He is a specialist in non-invasive bioelectronic interfaces: the design and application of wearable sensors, and skin-conformal flexible sensors, for human body monitoring and data analysis from highly artefact prone naturalistic situations. This work is highly multi-disciplinary, spanning ultra-low power sensing, signal processing and machine learning in power constrained rich environments, and real-time data analysis towards closed loop systems for remote monitoring and digital therapeutics. He has research experience in: - Manufacturing using 3D printing, screen printing, and inkjet printing. - Ultra low power microelectronic circuit and system design at the discrete and fully custom microchip levels. - Sensor signal processing and machine learning for power and time constrained motion artefact rich environments. - Using bespoke and off-the-shelf wearable devices in a wide range of environments. Further details on his research are available `on his main research website. `_ He is currently based in the Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, and has previously been a Fellow of the Turing Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. At the University of Manchester he has taught on a wide number of undergraduate courses (in addition to this course): - First year: Small group tutorials. - Second year: Digital Systems Design II. - Second year: Signals and Systems. - Third year: Individual project. - Fourth year: Team project. - Masters: Digital Control and Systems Identification. - Masters: Individual dissertation. - All years: Academic advisor. Examples of Professor Casson's work are below. He also has a `Youtube channel `_ where you can watch videos describing this work. .. figure:: ./images/lab_picture.png :width: 800 :align: center :alt: Overview of research in the instructor's lab