Bio: Neville Hogan is Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned a Diploma in Engineering (with distinction) from Dublin Institute of Technology and M.S., Mechanical Engineer and Ph.D. degrees from MIT. He joined MIT’s faculty in 1979 and presently directs the Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation. He co-founded Interactive Motion Technologies, subsequently part of Bionik Laboratories. His research includes robotics, motor neuroscience, and rehabilitation engineering, emphasizing the control of physical contact and dynamic interaction. Awards include: Honorary Doctorates from Delft University of Technology and Dublin Institute of Technology; the Silver Medal of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland; the Saint Patrick’s Day Medal for Academia from Science Foundation Ireland; the Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award and the Rufus T. Oldenburger Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division; and from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Academic Career Achievement Award from the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the Pioneer in Robotics Award from the Robotics and Automation Society.

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Bio: Nidhi Seethapathi is the Frederick A. (1971) and Carole J. Middleton Career Development Assistant Professor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Her group builds predictive models to understand biological motor control using a combination of theory, computational modeling, and experiments. In 2025, she was named to the Innovators under 35 list by MIT Technology Review. Previously, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania and obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University, where she was a Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellow and a Future Academic Scholar Training fellow.

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Bio: Francesco Lanotte is a Data Scientist at the Technology and Innovation Hub and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University. His research focuses on leveraging wearable technologies and machine learning to enhance rehabilitation outcomes across various clinical populations. He has experience developing and validating control systems for integrated platforms that support clinical decision-making and improve human capabilities. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2015, a Master of Science in Bionics Engineering from the University of Pisa and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in 2017, and a Ph.D. in Biorobotics from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in 2021. During his doctoral studies, he specialized in developing, benchmarking, and experimentally assessing control algorithms for powered exoskeletons and lower-limb prostheses.