Dr. Simon Harris

Biography

Simon received his BSc in Electrical Electronic Engineering from Hull University in 1986, where his final year project involved developing a multi-channel heart rate monitor for crabs. He pursued an MSc at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, achieving a distinction in Medical Electronics Physics in 1988. Continuing at St. Bartholomew's, he worked on a SERC-funded project to develop computer-controlled CCD scanning equipment for pupil image analysis and reflex measurement. Simon completed his PhD in 1992. At the end of 1991, he joined Imperial College's Mechanical Engineering Department, contributing to an EPSRC project on vision-based feedback control for robotic adhesive dispensing in automotive parts. He later focused on medical applications in industrial robotics, joining the Mechatronics Medicine Lab to work on the Probot Prostatectomy robot, developing ultrasound-based 3D planning and intraoperative control software. After a brief experience in image recognition for Civil Engineering, he specialized in soft-tissue surgery in orthopaedics, collaborating with Professors Brian Davies and Justin Cobb on a CT-based pre-operative planning project. In 1999, he became a founding member of the spin-out company Acrobot where he served as the senior development manager, overseeing hip and knee planning software. In 2010, he returned to the Imperial College Department of Surgery and Cancer, where he works with Professor Justin Cobb on research funded by the Wellcome Trust. Simon's principal research interests include image-based 3D planning for hip and knee surgery, processing and segmentation of 3D datasets, and robotic orthopedic surgery.

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