ABOUT
YOUNGGEOL CHO
Email: younggeol.cho@iit.it
EMPLOYMENT
Mar.2023 - current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy
Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction (HRII) Lab: https://hri.iit.it/
Human-Robot Interaction
Assistive Robot and Human Intention detection
Mar. 2022 - 2023: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Prosthetic Hand Team Leader
EDUCATION
PH.D., Mechanical Engineering (February 2022)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea
Thesis: Development of a robust intention estimation algorithm and rehabilitation technique based on muscle activation for prosthetic hand control.
Advisor: Dr. Kyung-Soo Kim
M.S, Mechanical Engineering (February 2018)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea
Thesis: Estimating simultaneous and proportional finger force intention based on surface EMG using novel autoencoder.
Advisor: Dr. Kyung-Soo Kim
B.S, Mechanical Engineering (February 2013)
Yonsei University, Republic of Korea