Publications

Dissertation

• Data Acquisition, Detector Technology, and Materials Analysis with a Scanning Ion Microprobe – D.P.L. Simons – Dissertation – Eindhoven University of Technology – 14 december 1998. Dissertation + Stellingen (PDF-format 3.5 MB), Cover (PDF-format 82 kB),  ISBN 90-386-0767-9 NUGI 812 Trefwoorden: ionenbundel analyse / halfgeleider detectoren / ioniserende straling Subject headings: ion-beam analysis / ion microprobe analysis / materials analysis / data acquisition / semiconductor detectors / position sensitive detectors / charge-coupled devices / particle detectors / ionizing radiation / radiation damage effects / conjugated polymers / functional polymers / uranium microparticle characterization

Contributions to books and magazines

• Connectivity Middleware for Ambient Intelligence – D.P.L. Simons and R.T. Udink – in The New Everyday View on Ambient Intelligence (Eds.: Stefano Marzano; Emile Aarts) – ISBN 9064505020
• Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions (Towards Remote Patient Management) – David Simons, Tadashi Egami, Jeff Perry – in Advances in Healthcare Technology (Eds.: Gerhard Spekowius and Thomas Wendler) – ISBN 140204383X
• Personal Healthcare: Bridging Lifestyle, Healthcare, and Technology, in Philips Research Password 21, E. Thelen, D.F. Morales Serrano (Eds), December 2004

Graduation report

• Pulse Shape Discrimination with a Multi-Parameter Data-Acquisition System – D.P.L. Simons – Graduation report – Eindhoven University of Technology – 1994. Thesis (PDF-format 625 kB)

Computer Science publications

• Consumer Electronics Opportunities in Remote and Home Healthcare – David P.L. Simons – Invited paper and presentation – IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) – Digest of Technical Papers (2008) pp. 149-150 – ISBN 978-1-4244-1458-1
• Continua: An Interoperable Personal Healthcare Ecosystem – Randy Carroll (IBM), Rick Cnossen (Intel), Mark Schnell (Cisco), David Simons (Philips) – IEEE Pervasive Computing – October-December 2007 (Vol. 6, No. 4) pp. 90-94
• Towards Plug-and-Play Interoperability for Wireless Personal Telehealth Systems – Lars Schmitt, Thomas Falck, Frank Wartena, David Simons – 4th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2007) – IFMBE Proc. (2007) 13:257-263 (mirror)
• Novel ISO/IEEE 11073 Standards for Personal Telehealth Systems Interoperability – Lars Schmitt, Thomas Falck, Frank Wartena, David Simons – Joint Workshop On High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems (HCMDSS) and Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Interoperability – tbd    
• Mechanical Verification of the IEEE1394a Root Contention Protocol using Uppaal2k – D.P.L Simons and M.I.A. Stoelinga – Int. J. STTT (2001) 4:1-17.

Applied Physics publications

• Verification of a uranium micromass standard using the Eindhoven scanning ion microprobe – D.P.L. Simons, A. Lagerwaard, P.H.A. Mutsaers, and M.J.A. de Voigt – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 158 (1999) 517-522.
• Exploration of X-ray and Charged-Particle Spectroscopy with CCDs and PSDs – D.P.L. Simons, P.H.A. Mutsaers, L.J. van IJzendoorn, and M.J.A. de Voigt – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 139 (1998) 273-278
• Study of localised radiation damage to PIPS detectors by a scanning ion microprobe: Measured effects and the consequences for STIM analysis – D.P.L. Simons, A.J.H. Maas, P.H.A. Mutsaers, and M.J.A. de Voigt – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 130 (1997) 160-165.
• PIXE monitoring of diffusion during photo-polymerization – C.M. Leewis, D.P.L. Simons, A.M. de Jong, D.J. Broer, and M.J.A. de Voigt – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 161-163 (2000) 651-655.
• A multi-parameter system for acquisition, monitoring, and analysis of scanning ion microprobe data – P.H.A Mutsaers and D.P.L. Simons – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 130 (1997) 127-132.
• The distribution of InCl_x compounds in model polymeric LEDs: A combined low and high-energy ion beam analysis study – M.A. Reijme, M.P. de Jong, D.P.L. Simons, M. Schok, L.J. van IJzendoorn, A.W. Denier van der Gon, H.H. Brongersma and M.J.A. de Voigt – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 194 (2002) 346-354
• Indium diffusion in model polymer light-emitting diodes – M.P. de Jong, D.P.L. Simons, M.A. Reijme, L.J. van IJzendoorn, A.W. Denier van der Gon, M.J.A. de Voigt, H.H. Brongersma, and R.W. Gymer – Synth. Metals. 110 -1 (2000) 1-6.
• IBA on functional polymers – M.P. de Jong, D.P.L. Simons, L.J. van IJzendoorn, M.J.A. de Voigt, M. A. Reijme, A.W. Denier van der Gon, and H.H. Brongersma – Proceedings 15th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, November 4-7th, 1998, Denton TX, USA.
• Recoil selection by pulse shape discrimination in elastic recoil detection analysis with a-particles (a-ERDA) – A.J.H. Maas, S.S. Klein, D.P.L. Simons, and M.J.A. de Voigt – Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 188 (1996) 268-273.

Patent Applications

• Over 14 filed to date, available on request.