On September 7, 2021, IEEE Atlanta EMBS and IEEE Atlanta Computer Society hosted John Taylor speaking on the subject of "Patterns in the Machine, A Software Engineering Guide to Embedded Development."
The discussion focused on the book "Patterns in the Machine, A Software Engineering Guide to Embedded Development" by John Taylor and Wayne Taylor. From the Introduction to the book:
This book is about how to be a genius - or, at least, how to design and implement software that is pretty damn smart. This book is about how to build things like automated unit tests and functional simulators which professionals in the embedded systems space hardly ever do because they feel there isn't enough time or there aren't enough resources in their programming environment or because there's never been hardware like theirs on the planet before. A lot of developers think it's unwise to write extensive code before the hardware is working, or they assume that their code can't be repurposed for a completely different hardware platform without massive rework. But this is simply not the case. In this book, I'll show you how to apply some software engineering principles and best practices - what I call patterns - to develop software in an efficient, sustainable manner.
John Taylor has been an embedded engineer for over 29 years. He has worked as a firmware engineer, technical lead, system engineer, software architect, and software development manager for companies such as Ingersoll Rand, Carrier, Allen-Bradley, Hitachi Telecom, Emerson and several start-up companies. He has developed firmware for products that include HVAC control systems, telecom SONET nodes, IoT devices, microcode for communication chips, and medical devices. He is the coauthor of five US patents and holds a bachelor degree in mathematics and computer science. John is currently working on medical devices in the Atlanta area.
The IEEE EMB and Computer Societies are grateful to Mr. Taylor for giving this lecture.
On May 4, 2021, IEEE Atlanta EMBS hosted Jason Kroh speaking on the subject of "Advancing Respiratory Health Management Using Clinical-Grade Biosensors and Intelligent Software."
Strados Labs is a medical technology company that specializes in advancing respiratory health management using clinical-grade biosensors and intelligent software.
Over 400 million people globally suffer from chronic airway diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These at-risk patients often suffer increased morbidity and mortality in the hospital and home healthcare settings. Re-admission rates after exacerbation of chronic lung diseases, including chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma exceed 10% and in some settings may exceed 20% with impact on morbidity, mortality and health costs. In the US alone, these costs annually exceed $100B in direct and indirect costs for asthma and COPD. There is a great need for more effective ways to monitor and manage patients' respiratory health in the hospital and during the transition from acute care to an outpatient setting.
RESP, a platform for remote respiratory monitoring, has been developed by Strados Labs with these patients and use environments in mind; finding ways to deliver reliable objective monitoring of respiratory conditions inside and outside the hospital. The platform consists of a small wearable device that is adhered to the chest wall and an accompanying smart cloud monitoring platform that leverages machine learning to analyze lung sound data and present it longitudinally to clinicians and caregivers.
The Strados Labs technology connects clinicians, caregivers, and patients with informative respiratory monitoring data using a wearable device and connected mobile platform to quantify respiratory health. The information provided by the Strados technology allows for more informed decision-making which leads to improved disease management and better patient outcomes.
Jason Kroh is the Chief Technology Officer at Strados Labs, Inc., an Atlanta and Philadelphia based medical device company that has developed respiratory monitoring technology designed to improve the management of chronic diseases. Jason has over 25 years of experience in product development. Prior to joining Strados Labs, he has led technical development teams with multiple Atlanta-based start-up companies including Sarvint, Vero Biotech, and CardioMEMS. At CardioMEMs, Jason was one of the original employees of the company, where he was responsible for the design and development of the company's proprietary electronics platform. Prior to joining CardioMEMS, Jason was the lead Electrical Engineer at Cybersonics, Inc. where he developed the actuating technology for an ultrasonic/sonic driller corer for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory which was applied to medical applications such as lithotripsy and transcutaneous thrombolysis. Jason holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Gannon University. He holds 26 US patents and has co-authored multiple technical papers on sensing and actuating technologies.
The IEEE EMB Society is grateful to Mr. Kroh for giving this lecture.
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