Research Interests

My primary research interest is in the area of programming, virtual reality, haptics, 3D measurement, automatic estimation, evaluation and medicine systems. New generations of interactive computing systems, aided by the growing demand of novel techniques, are playing an increasingly important role in the society. Like the increasing use of special technical systems for medicine purposes. On the other hand, the dramatic increase in heterogeneity of needed devices and components in order to find solutions for present issues are making the building of integrated information systems over more challenging. Investigating the principles underlying the design and implementation of such robust and pervasive computing systems is the general goal of my research. How to build a reliable system using unreliable components and how local algorithms based on local knowledge can derive globally emergent system characteristics such as usability, stability, reliability, availability, efficient resource utilization and quality assurance, are the central questions that drive most of my research activities. Because real-time systems are complex, answering these questions requires careful design and implementation that attends the details of real scenarios. I also use theoretical analysis and simulation that allows exploration of design parameters in wider ranges. This would help to understand the impact of each parameter on the observed behavior of the systems.

Current Research : The current research in the field of Haptic-Virtual Reality systems for rehabilitation focuses on the use of available robotics along with virtual environments to stimulate actions that medical doctors and therapists use in their clinics. This leads us to deeply study different desired movements and how can it be represented using available resources? Also, determine what control mechanisms that would be in each critical situation? Home-Based rehabilitation is nowadays demanded by therapists, because of its continuity and usability. So, an evaluation methods are needed to monitor the whole rehabilitation process; especially with the absence of therapists at homes. Those evaluation methods need to be linked with the rehabilitation system itself, and use its collected data in order to produce reliable evaluation.

Future Research : My future work will primarily focus on understanding how the behavior of the developed system for rehabilitation affects the overall rehabilitation process. In other words, I will study how the global structure of the system would stimulate actions that usually made by therapists. Use the concept of the Fuzzy Logic to evaluate the level of performance of the drivers of vehicles on public roads, and then provide us with decisions about their drive performance. Use available 3 dimension assessment device (kinect for windowsTM) to measure the performance of different parts of the body.