Education
Ph.D. 1999, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. 1995, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
B.S. 1992, Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Research Interests
My current research is primarily focused on biomedical signal processing (BSP Laboratory) and semiconductor manufacturing (IC Design & Test Laboratory). Generally I am interested in statistical signal processing, statistical estimation, classification, detection, nonparametric regression and time series analysis.
Selected Publications
M. Aboy, J. McNames, T. Thong, C. R. Phillips, M. S. Ellenby, B. Goldstein, "A novel algorithm to estimate the pulse pressure variation index," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2005.
A. Colbert, R. Hammerschlag, M. Aickin, J. McNames, "Reliability of Prognos for electrodermal measurements at acupuncture points," Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2005.
T. Thong, J. McNames, M. Aboy, B. Goldstein, "Prediction of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by analysis of the atrial premature complexes," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 51, No. 4, 2004, 561-569.
R.A. Santiago, J. McNames, K. Burchiel, G.G. Lendaris, "Developments in understanding neuronal spike trains and functional specializations in brain regions," Neural Networks, vol. 16, No. 5-6, 2003, 601-607.
B. Goldstein, J. McNames, B. A. McDonald, M. Ellenby, S. Lai, Z. Sun, D. Krieger, R. J. Sclabassi, "Physiologic data acquisition system and database for the study of disease dynamics in the intensive care unit," Critical Care Medicine, vol. 31, No. 2, 2003, 433-441.
James McNames Associate Professor