Lionel Tarassenko
Papers
9
Total Citations
370
H-Index
7
About
Lionel Tarassenko is a pioneering researcher whose work sits at the intersection of neuromorphic hardware, analogue VLSI systems, and applied artificial intelligence. His most influential contributions centre on pulse-stream neural networks — a technique representing neural states as sequences of pulses to efficiently blend analogue and digital computation on chip. His 1991 paper on this approach has garnered over 200 citations, establishing it as a foundational reference in the field of hardware neural networks. Tarassenko also made significant advances in analogue computation for robotics, developing innovative methods for robot path planning using resistive grids and electric potential fields, and demonstrating real-time autonomous navigation through custom VLSI neural network modules. His work on on-chip learning schemes further addressed the practical challenges of implementing adaptive computation within the constraints of analogue hardware. More recently, his research has expanded into healthcare, exploring how artificial intelligence can enable more informed clinical care — reflecting a career-long commitment to translating computational intelligence into real-world applications. Across robotics, neuromorphic engineering, and health informatics, Tarassenko's body of work represents a sustained and impactful effort to make intelligent computation practical, efficient, and deployable.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Pulse-stream VLSI neural networks mixing analog and digital techniques201 citations · 1991
- 2Analogue computation of collision-free paths91 citations · 2002
- 3Real-time autonomous robot navigation using VLSI neural networks19 citations · 1990
- 4Robot path planning using resistive grids15 citations · 1991
- 5Artificial intelligence in health care: enabling informed care12 citations · 2018
- 6Analogue computation using VLSI neural network devices12 citations · 1990
- 7ON-CHIP LEARNING WITH ANALOGUE VLSI NEURAL NETWORKS10 citations · 1993
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- 9Parallel Analogue Computation for Real-Time Path Planning5 citations · 1991