Robert Webber, Ph.D.

Department of Neurology

Robert Webber, Ph.D.

October, 1999

Dr. Bob Webber has been a member of the Department of Neurology since 1987.

His divides his time between managing the computer systems used for the Department's EEG and long term Epilepsy Monitoring (EMU) Services and conducting research into objective methods of EEG analysis. These methods include the use of artificial neural networks (ANN), clustering algorithms and wavelet filtering as well as digital signal processing techniques.

CURRENT ADDRESS

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Meyer 1-182
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-955-7250
Fax: 410-955-5814
E-Mail: bobweb@jhmi.edu

EDUCATION & TRAINING

1974 B.A. (Honors) II Physics, St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, England
1978 M.Sc. Medical Electronics and Physics, St. Bartholomew's Medical College, London University, England
1982 Ph.D. Biophysics (London) "Fluorophotometry & the Study of Fluid Flow in Human Eyes", St. Bartholomew's Medical College, London University, England

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Research Associate,The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

HONORS & AWARDS

1971 Industrial Scholarship, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Windscale, England
1971 Exhibition to St Catherine's College, Oxford, England
1990-1991 American Epilepsy Society Research Grant "High Frequency Study of Cortical EEG"
1991-1994 Whitaker Foundation Grant "An Integrated Algorithmic & Neural Network Approach for Detection of Epileptiform Activity"

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Jones DP, Webber WRS, Smith AT, Lloyd-Jones D.: "Ophthalmic fluorophotometer: A new solid state fluorophotometer." Journal of Biomedical Engineering 4:113-117, 1982.

Webber WRS,, Jones DP, Wright P.: "Fluorophotometric measurements of tear turnover rate in normal healthy persons: Evidence for a circadian rhythm." EYE 1(1):615-620, 1987.

Webber WRS, Litt B, Lesser RP, Fisher RS, Bankman I: "Automatic Spike Detection: What Should the Computer Imitate?" Electroenceph. Clin Neurophysiol 87: 364-377, 1993.

Automatic Detection of Seizures Using Electroencephalographic Signals Olsen DE, Lesser RP, Harris JC, Webber WRS, Cristion JA, US Patent Number: 5,311,876 May, 1994.

Webber WRS, Litt B, Wilson K, Lesser RP: "Practical Detection of Epileptiform Discharges (EDs) in the EEG using an Artificial Neural Network: A Comparison of Raw and Parameterized EEG Data." Electroenceph. Clin Neurophysiol 91: 194-204, 1994.

Webber WRS, Richardson RT, Wilson K, Lesser RP: "An Approach to Seizure Detection using an Artificial Neural Network" (ANN) Electroenceph. Clin Neurophysiol 98:250-272, 1996.

Krauss GL, Webber WRS: "Digital EEG." In: E. Niedermeyer and F. Lopes da Silva (Eds.), Electroencephalography. Basic Principles, Clinical Applications and Related Fields. 4th Ed Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.