David A. Clifton MEng, DPhil (Oxon)

Prof. Clifton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science of the University of Oxford. He is a Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. A graduate of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science, Prof. Clifton trained in information engineering and was supervised by Prof. Lionel Tarassenko CBE, Chair of Electrical Engineering, Head of the Department of Engineering Science. He spent four years as a post-doctoral researcher in biomedical engineering at Oxford before his appointment to the faculty, at which point he started the CHI Lab. In 2017, CHI Lab opened its second site, in Suzhou (China), with support from the Chinese government.

His research focuses on the development of "big data" machine learning for tracking the health of complex systems. His [previous research] resulted in patented systems for jet-engine health monitoring, used with the engines of the Airbus A380, the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner", and the Eurofighter Typhoon. Since 2008, he has translated his work into the biomedical context for healthcare applications. He has worked on [Visensia], the world's first FDA-approved multivariate patient monitoring system, and the [SEND] system, which is now used to monitor 20,000 patients each month in the NHS. His research has been commercialised via university spin-out companies OBS Medical, Oxehealth, and Medyc, in addition to collaboration with multinational industrial bodies.