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Dr. An is a seasoned academic with a distinguished career in the fields of engineering and environmental studies. Currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo since 2022, his prior experiences include an Associate Professorship at Kyushu University's Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering (2020-2022) and an Assistant Professorship at the University of Tokyo's Department of Precision Engineering (2015-2020).
Dr. Shingo Shimoda holds the position of Designated Professor at Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine. His exploration of space robotics has led him to a profound recognition of the imperative for versatile intelligent systems, critical for harmonious human-robot coexistence. He is actively involved in crafting adaptive intelligent systems tailored for uncharted environments, drawing inspiration from biological control principles. His ultimate goal is to leverage this advanced intelligent system in the realm of rehabilitation
Dr. Fady Alnajjar is an Associate Professor at UAE University, where he founded the AI and Robotics Lab. Possessing a deep interest in understanding human behavior, Dr. Alnajjar's research interest is in developing adaptable robotic assistive devices and a range of autonomous assessment systems for human behavior.
Ningjia Yang obtained her M.S. and Ph.D from the Department of Precision Engineering at the University of Tokyo (Japan) in 2017 and 2020 respectively. During her Ph.D., Ningjia focused on stroke rehabilitation and made significant contributions by developing a novel method for evaluating post-stroke patients and estimating their recovery based on muscle synergy. She worked as a research associate at the Robotics and Rehabilitation Lab at Columbia University in 2018. She joined the Center for Brain Science at RIKEN as a research scientist, in 2020. She has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center for Healthcare Data Science, Zhejiang Lab since 2023. Her current research interests revolve around studying the cortico-spinal-muscular motor pathway and employing dynamic causal models to advance the development of innovative training and rehabilitation methods.
University of Technology Brunei
Adel Al-Jumaily is a Professor of Computational Intelligence and health technology, He is a Professor at the University of Technology Brunei, a Professor Research Fellow at ENSTA Bretagne, France and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia. His PhD in Electrical Engineering (AI). He has more than 20 years of solid experience in the cross-disciplinary applied machine learning research area and has established his international track record. He has authored over 250 peer review papers and 13 patents, he is a leader and researcher in Computational Intelligence, Humanized Computational Intelligence technology, Health Technology, Machine Learning, and Bio- Mechatronics Systems. Adel is an IEEE Senior Member and Co-Vice Chair of the IEEE CI chapter in the NSW section