Prof. Gideon Inbar
Department of Electrical Engineering
File Updated: December 2012
Professor Emeritus Gideon F. Inbar
Tel No.: (972) 4-829-4718
Fax No.: (972) 4-829-5757
email: inbar@ee.technion.ac.il
Academic Degrees:
1959 - B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
1963 - M.Eng. Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
1969 - Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA.
Academic Appointments:
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1969 |
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Lecturer,
University of California, Davis, U.S.A. |
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1970 to
present |
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Department of
Electrical Engineering, |
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Technion, Haifa.
(Professor since 1984). |
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1986 |
- |
Otto Barth
Professor of Biomedical Sciences. |
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2002 |
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Professor
Emeritus |
Research Experience:
1960-1961
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,
Physics Department - Development of Nuclear Instrumentation.
Research Engineer.
1961-1963
Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A., Physics Department
Linear Accelerator Study Group. The Use of Superconductor Magnets
in Linear Accelerators. Research Assistant.
1966-1969
University of California, Davis, U.S.A. Department of Electrical
Engineering. Neurophysiology and Cybernetics of the Neuromuscular
Control System. Ph.D. Candidate.
Summer 1972
University of Gottingen, Gottingen, West Germany,
Department of Physiology. Neurophysiology and Cybernetics of the
Neuromuscular Control System; Biological Signal Analysis. Research Fellow.
Summer 1975
University of Gottingen, Gottingen, West Germany,
Department of Physiology. Neurophysiology and Cybernetics of the
Neuromuscular Control System; Biological Signal Analysis. Research
Fellow.
7/1976-1/1977 Centro de Investigacion y De Estudios
Avanzados Del Institute
Politecnico Nacional, under the Mexican-Israel Binational
Scientific Exchange Program. Neurophysiology and Cybernetics of the
Neuromuscular Control System; Spinal Cord Mechanisms. Research Fellow.
2/1977-10/1978
Sabbatical at Harvard Division of Applied Science and School
of Public Health. Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of
the Human Pulmonary Control System. Research Fellow.
Summer 1982
Chair of ``Electroteknik'', HSBW Munchen.
Neurophysiology and Cybernetics of the Neuromuscular Control
System in Normal and Parkinsonian Subjects.
Summer 1984
Visiting Professor at UBW Munchen.
Controller Design for SO2 Closed Loop Cardiac
Pacemaker.
1985 MINERVA
Fellow, UBW Munchen.
Controller Design for a Closed-Loop Cardiac Pacemaker.
Summer 1987
Visiting Professor at UBW Munchen.
Controller for SO2 Closed-Loop Cardiac Pacemaker.
Summer 1988 Visiting
Professor at UBW Munchen.
Cardiac Stroke Volume Estimation from Right Ventricular Electrical
Impedance Measurements.
Summer 1989
Visiting Professor at UBW Munchen.
Cardiac Stroke Volume Estimation from Right Ventricular Electrical
Impedance Measurements.
1990 Visiting
Professor at University of Cape Town.
Development of a Controller for FNS Paracycling.
Spring 1991
Visiting Professor at University of Vienna.
Movement Related Evoked Potential Studies.
7/1991-3/1992
Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana,
The Beckman Institute. MREP, ANN and Movement Control.
7/1996-1/1997
Visiting Professor, Swinburne Uni. Melbourne, Australia.
EP and EEG Analysis.
10/2000-2/2001
Visiting Professor, UCT, Cape Town.
7/2202-10/2002
Visiting Professor, UCT, Cape Town.
Professional Experience:
1959-1961
Electronic Research Engineer, Israel Atomic Energy Commission.
Design of Nuclear Instrumentation.
1963--1966
Senior Project Engineer, MB-Electronics, New Haven, U.S.A.
Development and design of multi kilowatts vibration testing
systems from the concept formation through a complete production release.
List of Research Topics:
- ``Modeling and Estimation of Trial Varying
Evoked Brain Potentials''.
- ``Controller Modelling and Design of Human
Locomotion for an FNS System''.
- ``Algorithms for Learning Motor Movement Control
of a Redundant System''.
- ``An Information Theoretic Approach to the
Analysis of the Role of the Gamma System in Muscle Spindles to Spinal Cord
Information Transmission".
- ``Estimation of EIG Frequency as a Function of
Blood Glucose Level''.
- ``Structural Variations in Proprioceptors to EMG
Transfer Function''.
- ``Movement-Related Potentials in the Human
Spinal Cord Preceding Toe Movement".
- ``Processing Movement Related Brain
Potentials''.
Scientific
Organizations:
1972-1975
Academic Secretary of the Israel Association
of Medical and Biological Engineers
1974
Chairman, International Conference on Signal Analysis and
Pattern Recognition in Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Haifa.
1979
Co-Chairman of the Cardiology Section, XII International
Conference on BME.
1981
Chairman, BME Section of the IEEE Melecon Conference.
1987
Chairman, Program Committee of the 15th Israel
Convention of Electric and Electronic Engineers in Israel and IEEE
Israel Chapter. April, Tel-Aviv.
1989
Chairman, Program Committee of the 16th Israel
Convention of Electric and Electronic Engineers in Israel and IEEE
Israel Chapter. March, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1989 Session
Chairman, ICCON, Jerusalem, April 1989.
1992 Session
Chairman, IX International Congress of EMG and
Clinical Neurophysiology, Jerusalem, June 1992.
1995
Chairman, Bat-Sheva Seminar Series on ``Advances in Processing
and Pattern Analysis of Biological Signals''. Technion, Haifa,
March 19-25, 1995.
1996 Session
Co-Chairman, VIII International Symposium on Motor Control
Borovetz, Bulgaria, June 1996.
1997 Member
of the International Program Committee,
19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-EMB Society, 29
Oct.-2 Nov. Chicago, USA.
2000 Session
Co-Chairman,
IX International Symposium on Motor Control, Varna, Bulgaria.
2005
Session-Chairman,
The First Computational Motor Control Workshop, Ben Gurion
University, Beer Sheva, Israel, June 2005.
2006
Session-Chairman,
The Second Computational Motor Control Workshop, Ben Gurion
University, Beer Sheva, Israel, June 2006.
2007
Session-Chairman,
The Third Computational Motor Control Workshop, Ben Gurion
University, Beer Sheva, Israel, June 2007.
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate:
Theory of Semiconductor Devices
Linear Electronic Circuits, Switching Circuits
Linear Systems, Basic Circuit Theory.
Introduction to Biological Signal and System Analysis.
Graduate:
Biological Control System Analysis
Biological Signal Analysis
Muscle Physiology.
Administrative Posts: (at
Technion)
1970-1975
Member of Technion Committee for Graduate Studies in
Biomedical Engineering.
1971-1975
Head, Biomedical Electronics and Biological Control Labs.
Department of Electrical Engineering.
1971-1973
Member of Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Teaching
Committee.
1978-1980
Member of Electrical Engineering Graduate Studies
Committee.
1979-1981
Head, Signal Processing and Biomedical Electronics Labs.
Department of Electrical Engineering.
1981- Head,
Biomedical Signal Processing Lab.
Department of Electrical Engineering.
1981-1984
Electrical Engineering Representative at the Technion
Academic Senate.
1982-1985
Vice Dean for undergraduate studies,
Department of Electrical Engineering.
1983-1984 Member
of a Technion Development Subcommittee.
1984-1985
Member of Technion Academic Senate Standing Committee
for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies.
1/1986-12/1989
Dean, Department of Electrical Engineering.
1986-1989
Member, Board of Governors of the Rappaport Institute
for Biomedical Research, Technion.
1986-1990
Member, German-Israeli Steering Committee of the
Franz Ollendorff Center for Automation and Communication.
1990-1991
Member, Special Committee for the nomination of
Distinguished Professors.
1/2007-12/2014
Panel Judge, Academic Faculty Disciplinary Court.
Awards:
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1967-1969 |
Special NIH
Fellow. |
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1982 |
The Technion's
Ben-Aharon Prize for Research. |
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1984 |
IPA 1984 Prize
for Best Scientific Paper. |
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(See Section
IV, Paper No. 35). |
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1989 |
Elected Fellow
of the IEEE. |
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2010 |
"Outstanding
Paper Award" by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1st September,
2010 (see Section II in List of Publications, paper no. 73). |
Memberships:
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Fellow.
Israel Association for Automatic Control.
Israel Association of Medical & Biological Engineers.
Israel Society of Physiology and Pharmacology.
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