About the Project @Philips Research
Ok. So, today’s topic is a bit drab (except for those who find acads exciting). I’ll try to give an idea of what we’re trying to accomplish here at Philips Research. I’ll be vague as for the NDA that I mentioned in my first post.
We are developing a new product in bio-medical field which doesn’t exist as of now. Philips is a world-leader in ECG machines and also in CT-Scan. Hence there is enough expertise available in the biomedical field within the company. Besides, it also employs few doctors full-time, who keep shuttling between hospitals and the company. Hospitals - in order to observe the cases. We’re developing a patient monitoring system and particularly, my job involves DSP (digital signal processing). The signals here are cardiac signals. The projects offers a tremendous amount of scope to learn biology (yeah, as if that’s the reason we entered IIT in the first place!). But it’s interesting.
The research team is a rather small group, consisting of around 15 employees. On my project, 4-5 people are working with roundabout a similar number of interns. The rest have some other projects under healthcare section. In fact, the whole research department is dedicated to the Healthcare sector. There’s zilch amount of focus on improvement of already existing products of Philips like microwave, CFLs, bulbs,or other electronic items (on purchase of which we do get a discount, btw).
I hope, I’ve delineated not a very hazy picture. If you still want to know more, please feel free to contact me personally. That’s all for now. Will catch you some other time then. Tata.
PS: The food was awful today. I had a thali for lunch getting enticed by the fancy names on the board. But from now on, it’s only going to be sandwiches! Cheese!
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