Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor Philip Bones

Professor Philip Bones

Positions

  • Head of Department
  • Professor

Qualifications

BE(Hons), ME, PhD, SMIEEE, MACPSM, MSPIE, MRSNZ

Room

Electrical A410

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7275
Fax: +64 3 364 2761
phil.bones@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal Address

Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

Background

1973-1974 ME Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury - Cardiovascular Instrumentation.

1977-1980 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury - (Thesis title: Contributions to Electrocardiographic Science).

1975-1982 Biomedical Engineer with the Department of Cardiology, Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.

July 1982 - July 1983 Postdoc. Research Assistant in the Engineering Medicine Lab., Imperial College, London, England.

July 1983 - Sept. 1984 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow with the Electro-Physiology Group, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Oct. 1984 - July 1985 Scientific Officer, Dept. of Radiotherapy, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand (locum position).

Aug. 1985 - Dec. 1987 National Heart Foundation NZ Senior Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Jan. 1988 - Dec. 2007 Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Jan. 2008 - 2011 Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2012 - present Head of Department, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Awards

  • Awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany 1983-84.
  • 1986 Boyce Worthley Prize for significant contribution to the physical and engineering sciences in medicine (A.C.P.S.E.M.).

Undergraduate Courses 2013

Postgraduate research available

Current Postgraduate Students

  • Alex Opie, PhD
  • Peter Raffensperger, PhD
  • Bahareh Vafadar, PhD

Research Interests

Image processing, in particular recovery of images by deconvolution, astronomical speckle imaging, medical imaging. Machine vision.

Biomedical signal processing, especially EEG and ECG.

Publications