John Eidson did his undergraduate and masters work at Michigan State University and earned his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is currently a Department Scientist with Agilent Technologies, Agilent Laboratories. He is a key contributor on architecture for distributed measurement systems and is responsible for promoting IEEE 1588 both within and external to Agilent. Dr. Eidson is Chair of IEEE 1588 Precise Networked Clock Synchronization Working Group of the IM/ST Committee for both the 2002 and 2008 edition of IEEE 1588. He is a member of the Technical Committee for the LXI Consortium, was the co-chair for the 2003-2006 Conferences on IEEE 1588, the co-chair of ISPCS 2007 and is on the steering committee for ISPCS 2008. Dr. Eidson is a prolific author, with dozens of publications in journals, technical magazines, conference publications, technical reports, and a book entitled Measurement, Control, and Communication Using IEEE 1588. He is an IEEE Fellow and co-recipient of the 2007 Agilent Laboratories Barney Oliver Award for Innovation.
