Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou Explained
| Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
| Death Place: | New Jersey, USA |
| Occupation: | Biomedical engineer
University professor |
| Alma Mater: | University of Athens, B.S.
Syracuse University, M.S. and Ph.D. |
| Spouse: | George S. Tzanakos (1940–2013) |
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou (March 22, 1942 – September 24, 2012) was a professor of biomedical engineering and the Director of Computational Intelligence Laboratories at Rutgers University.[1] Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou was also a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Fellow of the New Jersey Academy of Medicine. Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou's areas of interest included neural networks, information processing in the brain, image and signal processing applied to biomedicine, telemedicine, mammography, hearing aids and electronic equivalents of neurons.[2] Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou received international attention in 1974 when she established the first Brain to Computer Interface (BCI) using her algorithm ALOPEX. This method was used in the study of Parkinson's disease. The ALOPEX algorithm has also been applied toward signal processing, image processing, and pattern recognition.[3] Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou died on September 24, 2012, after a long fight with cancer.[4]
Books
- Book: Deutsch . Sid . Micheli-Tzanakou . Evangelia . Neuroelectric Systems . New York University Press . 1987 . 9780814717820 . 14818280 .
- Book: Micheli-Tzanakou, Evangelia . Supervised and Unsupervised Pattern Recognition: Feature Extraction in Computational Intelligence . CRC Press . January 2000 . 9780849322785 . 42080284 . [5]
Awards
- Meritorious Achievement Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010. Micheli-Tzanakou's citation reads "for vision and leadership in establishing the IEEE Biometrics Certification Program."[6]
- Meritorious Service Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - CIS, 2006.
- New Jersey Women of Achievement Award, 1995. "For the application of neural networks to engineering in medicine and biology".
- Achievement Award of the Society of Women Engineers, 1992
- Outstanding Advisor Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1985.[2]
Education
Further reading
- Web site: IEEE INNOVATORS . https://web.archive.org/web/20000830092935/http://www.ieee.org/membership/innovators/ . 2000-08-30 . 2000 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Tzanakou was honored in 2000 by this listing as an "Innovator" on the IEEE homepage.
- Web site: IEEE History Center: Women's History Month . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517213109/http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/historical_resources/whm.html . 2008-05-17. Each year in March, the IEEE honors several women members; Micheli-Tzanakous was one of five selected in 2004.
Notes and References
- Book: Oakes, Elizabeth H. . Encyclopedia of World Scientists . Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou . 513 . 2007 . Infobase Publishing . 9781438118826 . https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&pg=PA513 .
- Web site: Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics- Faculty Profile . 2008-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042040/http://sciencewomen.rutgers.edu/profiles/index.php?a=display&f=facultyprofile&id=132 . 2011-07-20 . dead .
- Web site: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . https://web.archive.org/web/20080707013220/http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/em-t.html . 2008-07-07 .
- News: Dr. Evangelia "Litsa" Micheli-Tzanakou . New Jersey Star-Ledger . September 27, 2012. Micheli-Tzanakou's obituary.
- Web site: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210182817/http://cil.rutgers.edu/tzanakou/etresearch.htm . 2012-02-10. Micheli-Tzanakou's research webpage.
- Web site: IEEE Educational Activities Board Honors Leaders . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724182448/http://theinstitute.ieee.org/people/achievements/ieee-educational-activities-board-honors-leaders786 . dead . July 24, 2012 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . The Institute . January 6, 2011 . Kathy . Kowalenko . 2014-12-05 .
