. ▁Under ▁his ▁leadership , ▁the ▁IB ME ▁grew ▁from ▁ 1 1 0 ▁to ▁ 2 2 0 ▁academic ▁research ers ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁Queen ’ s ▁An ni versary ▁Prize ▁for ▁High er ▁Education ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁for ▁“ new ▁collabor ations ▁between ▁engineering ▁and ▁medicine ▁deliver ing ▁benefit ▁to ▁patients ”. ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁Tar assen ko ▁completed ▁his ▁B A ▁in ▁Engineering ▁Science ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁at ▁Ke ble ▁College , ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford . ▁Later ▁obtained ▁his ▁D Ph il ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁also ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁early ▁identification ▁of ▁brain ▁ha emor rh ages ▁in ▁pre - term ▁inf ants . ▁ ▁Career ▁and ▁Research ▁ ▁T ogether ▁with ▁Professor ▁Alan ▁Murray ▁of ▁University ▁of ▁Edinburgh , ▁Tar assen ko ▁is ▁the ▁invent or ▁of ▁pul se - stream ▁technique ▁for ▁analog ue ▁implementation ▁of ▁mass ively ▁parallel ▁neural ▁networks . ▁He ▁gradually ▁moved ▁away ▁from ▁design ing ▁neural ▁network ▁hardware ▁to ▁developing ▁new ▁machine ▁learning ▁algorithms ▁and ▁applying ▁them ▁to ▁problems ▁as ▁diverse ▁as ▁the ▁autom ated ▁re - he ating ▁of ▁food ▁and ▁drink s ▁in ▁a ▁mic row ave ▁o ven ▁( im plement ed ▁in ▁the ▁Sh arp ▁Log i Cook ▁o ven ) ▁and ▁the ▁analysis ▁of ▁sleep ▁dis orders . ▁This ▁body ▁of ▁work ▁was ▁recogn ised ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁by ▁the ▁award ▁of ▁the ▁IE E ▁M ather