Professor Jonathan Tapson
DEPUTY DEAN - SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS,
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math
PROFESSOR, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING,
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math
Personal
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math
- Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math
Contact
| Email: | J.Tapson@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2238 |
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| Location: | XB.3.45 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Biography
Jonathan Tapson is currently the Deputy Dean of the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics. He has BSc degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering, all from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He started his career in a state research laboratory before moving to academia as a lecturer at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, where he founded the very successful Center for Instrumentation Research in 2005. He moved to the University of Cape Town in 1997 and was promoted to full professor in 2004. He joined UWS in June 2011.
Professor Tapson's research area is in electronic sensors and systems, and particularly bio-inspired sensors. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and holds 11 patents. His research has led to the founding of three spin-out companies, and he remains very interested in start-up entrepreneurship. His current research activity focuses on networks which can learn to make decisions in the same way that the human brain preforms this task.
This information has been contributed by Professor Tapson.
Interests
- Electronic sensors; bio-inspired sensors; neuromorphic systems.
Awards
- Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering 2009-05-01
- Girling Watson Fellow at the University of Sydney 2007-05-01
- President of the South African Council on Automation and Computation 2006-05-01
- Life Member of the Centre for Instrumentation Research, CPUT 2006-05-01
- Best New Neuromorphic Engineer 2005-05-01
Publications
Journal Articles
- Gargiulo, G., Mohamed, A., Mcewan, A., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Jin, C., Ruffo, M., Tapson, J., Van Schaik, A., Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'Investigating the role of combined acoustic-visual feedback in one-dimensional synchronous brain computer interfaces, a preliminary study', Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 8.
- Gargiulo, G., Mohamed, A., Mcewan, A., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Jin, C., Ruffo, M., Tapson, J., Van Schaik, A., Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'Investigating the role of combined acoustic-visual feedback in one-dimensional synchronous brain computer interfaces, a preliminary study', Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 8.
- Gargiulo, G., Mohamed, A., McEwan, A., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Jin, C., Ruffo, M., Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'Investigating the role of combined acoustic-visual feedback in one-dimensional synchronous brain computer interfaces, a preliminary study', Medical Devices : Evidence and Research, 8.
- Gargiulo, G., Cohen, G., McEwan, A., Oh, T., Mohamed, A., Tapson, J., Nguyen, D., Van Schaik, A. and Wabnitz, A. (2012), 'Active electrode design suitable for simultaneous EIT and EEG', Electronics Letters, 2.
- Gargiulo, G., Van Schaik, A. and Tapson, J. (2012), 'Pregnancy detection and monitoring in cattle via combined foetus electrocardiogram and phonocardiogram signal processing', BMC Veterinary Research, 10.
- Mcewan, A., Tapson, J., Van Schaik, A. and Holder, D. (2010), 'Spread Spectrum EIT by code devision multiplexing', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, .
- Russell, A., Orchard, G., Tapson, J., Niebur, S., Mihalas, R. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2010), 'Optimization methods for Spiking Neurons and Networks', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 8183.
- Karpul, D., Tapson, J., Rapson, M., Jongens, A. and Cohen, G. (2010), 'Limiting factors in acoustic separation of carbon particles in air', Acoustical Society of America Journal, 6.
- Tapson, J., Jin, C., Van Schaik, A. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2009), 'A first-order nonhomogeneous markov model for the response of spiking neurons stimulated by small phase-continuous signals', Neural Computation, 35.
- Msewan, A., Tapson, J., Van Schaik, A. and Holder, D. (2009), 'Code division multiplexed electrical impedance tomography spectroscopy', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 7.
- Rivett, U. and Tapson, J. (2009), 'Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement', Converging Technologies to Save Lives in the Context of HIV/AIDS: The Cell-Life Project, 8.
- Hamilton, T., Jin, C., Van Schaik, A. and Tapson, J. (2008), 'An Active 2-D Silicon Cochlea', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 14.
Conference Papers
- Kuhlmann, L., Hauser-Raspe, M., Manton, J., Grayden, D., Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'Online learning in Bayesian Spiking Neurons', 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Brisbane, Australia.
- Afshar, S., Kavehei, O., Van Schaik, A., Tapson, J., Skafidas, S. and Hamilton, T. (2012), 'Emergence of competitive control in a memristor-based neuromorphic circuit', 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Brisbane, Australia.
- Wang, R., Tapson, J., Hamilton, T. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'An aVLSI programmable axonal delay circuit with spike timing dependent delay adaptation', 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea.
- Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'An Asynchronous Parallel Neuromorphic ADC Architecture', 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea.
- Afshar, S., Kavehei, O., van Schaik, A., Tapson, J., Skafidas, S. and Hamilton, T. (2012), 'Emergence of competitive control in a memristor-based neuromorphic circuit', International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Brisbane, Qld..
- Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'An asynchronous parallel neuromorphic ADC architecture', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea.
- Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'An aVLSI programmable axonal delay circuit with spike timing dependent delay adaptation', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea.
- Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2012), 'Online learning in Bayesian spiking neurons', International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Brisbane, Qld..
- Dube, C., Tsoeu, M. and Tapson, J. (2011), 'A model of the humanoid body for self collision detection based on elliptical capsules', 2011 International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (Robio), Thailand.
- Wang, R., Tapson, J., Hamilton, T. and Van Schaik, A. (2011), 'An analogue VLSI implementation of polychronous spiking neural networks', Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, Adelaide.
- Tapson, J., Hamilton, T. and Van Schaik, A. (2010), 'Live Demonstration : The Self-Tuned Regenerative Electromechanical Parametric Amplifier', IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Paris, France.
- Tapson, J., Hamilton, T. and Van Schaik, A. (2010), 'The Self-Tuned Regenerative Electromechanical Parametric Amplifier: A Model for Active Amplification in the Cochlea', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Paris, France.
- Hamilton, T., Tapson, J., Jin, C. and Van Schaik, A. (2010), 'Investigating the implications of Outer Hair Cell connectivity using a Silicon Cochlea', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Paris, France.
- Tapson, J. (2010), 'Mixed Signal Phase Sensitive Detection', Proc. IEEE ISCAS 2010, .
- Nicolaides, K., Nortman, L. and Tapson, J. (2009), 'The Effect of Backing Material on the Transmitting Response Level and Bandwidth of a Wideband Underwater Transmitting Transducer Using 1-3 Composite Material', Proc. ICU 2009, .
- Schwerdt, H., Tapson, J. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2009), 'A Color Detection Glove with Haptic Feedback for the Visually Disabled', Proc. CISS 2009, .
- Tapson, J. (2009), 'Emergence of Cross-Correlation Components in Neural Spike Interval Distributions', Proc. Int. Statistics Inst. (ISI 2009), .
- Hamilton, T., Tapson, J., Jin, C. and Van Schaik, A. (2008), 'Analogue VLSI implementations of two dimensional, nonlinear, active cochlea models', IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Baltimore, USA.
- Tapson, J., Hamilton, T., Jin, C. and Van Schaik, A. (2008), 'Self-tuned regenerative amplification and the Hopf bifurcation', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, .
- Hamilton, T., Jin, C., Van Schaik, A. and Tapson, J. (2008), 'A 2-D silicon cochlea with an improved automatic quality factor control-loop', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, .
- Tapson, J., Vismer, M., Jin, C., Van Schaik, A., Folowosele, F. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2008), 'A two-neuron cross-correlation circuit with a wide and continuous range of time delay', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, .
- Mcewan, A., Holder, D., Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2008), 'Wide-bandwidth, high frame rate electrical impedance tomography / spectroscopy - A Code Division Multiplexing (CDW) approach', International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, .
- Hamilton, T., Tapson, J., Tapson, J., Gurari, N., Diaz, J., van Schaik, A., Chicca, E., Sander, D., Pouliquen, P. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2008), 'The Feeling of Color: A Haptic Feedback Device for the Visually Disabled', Proc. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2008, .
- Hamilton, T., Tapson, J., Tapson, J., Gurari, N., Diaz, J., van Schaik, A., Chicca, E., Sander, D., Pouliquen, P. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2008), 'The Feeling of Color: A Haptic Feedback Device for the Visually Disabled', Proc. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2008, .
- Folowosele, F., Tenore, F., Russell, A., Orchard, G., Vismer, M., Tapson, J. and Etienne-Cummings, R. (2008), 'Implementing a Neuromorphic Cross-Correlation Engine with Silicon Neurons', Proc. IEEE ISCAS 2008, .
- Mcewan, A., Tapson, J., Van Schaik, A. and Holder, D. (2007), 'Electrode Circuits for frequency- and Code-Devision Multiplexed Impedance Tomography', IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Montreal, Canada.
- Hamilton, T., Jin, C., Tapson, J. and Van Schaik, A. (2007), 'A 2-D Cochlea with Hopf Oscillators', IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Montreal, Canada.
- Tapson, J., Jin, C. and Van Schaik, A. (2007), 'A Scalable Architecture for Event-Based Cross-Correlation', IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Feeling Color: Transforming Visual Color to Tactile Stimulation as a Pprosthetic for the Blind |
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| Years: | 2011-11-09 - 2014-11-08 |
| ID: | P00020464 |
| UWS Researchers: | Andre Van Schaik and Jonathan Tapson |
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Supervision
Previous Supervision
| Title: | A Real-Time Implementation of the Primary Auditory Neuron Activities |
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| Field of Research: | ENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES |
| Thesis: | A Real-Time Implementation of the Primary Auditory Neuron Activities |
