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Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement – Preliminary Conference Agenda
Deer Creek Lodge and Conference Center, Sterling, OH
June 12-16, 2016
Meeting Chair: Daniel Ferris (Michigan)
Program Committee: Yasin Dhaher (Northwestern), Daniel Ferris (Michigan), Fran Gavelli (NIH), Rachael Seidler (Michigan), Doug Weber (DARPA), Paul Zehr (Victoria)
List of sessions and invited speakers. Names in bold have already indicated they tentatively plan to attend.
Session 1: 20 Years Later: What Have We Learned and What Has Changed?
Zev Rymer (Northwestern), Bob Full (UC Berkeley), Daofen Chen (NIH)
Chair/Discussant: Fay Horak (OHSU)
Session 2: Muscle as an Actuator: Mechanics, Energetics, and Plasticity
Rick Lieber (Northwestern), Tom Roberts (Brown), Sabrina Lee (Northwestern), Silvia Blemker (Virginia)
Chair/Discussant: Walter Herzog (Calgary)
Session 3: Skeletal Structure as Framework and Limitation in Health and Disease
Elizabeth Brainerd (Brown), Fran Gavelli (NIH), Karen Troy (WPI), Sandra Shefelbine (Northeastern)
Chair/Discussant: Lynn Snyder-Mackler (Delaware)
Session 4: Rhythmic Movements in Natural and Artificial Systems
Art Kuo (Michigan), Vivian Mushahwar (Alberta), Monica Daley (RVC), Auke Jan Ijspeert (EPFL)
Chair/Discussant: Young-Hui Chang (Georgia Tech)
Session 5: Biological and Artificial Reach and Grasp
Stephen Scott (Queens), Francisco Valero-Cuevas (USC), Katherine Kuchenbecker (Penn), Marco Santello (Arizona State)
Chair/Discussant: Wendy Murray (Northwestern)
Session 6: Neuromotor Adaptation and Learning
Richard Carson (Trinity College Dublin), Maurice Smith (Harvard), Rachael Seidler (Michigan), Yasin Dhaher (Northwestern)
Chair/Discussant: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern)
Session 7: Neuro-Musculoskeletal Models: Can We Simulate Realistically?
Allison Arnold (Harvard), Brian Umberger (UMass), Emo Todorov (Washington), Mitra Hartmann (Northwestern)
Chair/Discussant: Scott Delp (Stanford)
Session 8: Optimizing Human-Machine Interaction in Health and Rehabilitation
Neville Hogan (MIT), David Reinkensmeyer (UC Irvine), Rob Riener (ETH), Kat Steele (Washington)
Chair/Discussant: Jim Patton (UIC)
Session 9: 20 Years From Now: What Will Be Different and What Will We Know?
Gerald Loeb (USC), Lena Ting (Emory), Doug Weber (DARPA), Alexander Leonessa (NSF)
Chair/Discussant: Paul Zehr (Victoria)
There will be an open call for abstracts for poster presentations at the meeting. Registration and abstract submission will occur in early 2016.
Deer Creek Lodge and Conference Center, Sterling, OH
June 12-16, 2016
Meeting Chair: Daniel Ferris (Michigan)
Program Committee: Yasin Dhaher (Northwestern), Daniel Ferris (Michigan), Fran Gavelli (NIH), Rachael Seidler (Michigan), Doug Weber (DARPA), Paul Zehr (Victoria)
List of sessions and invited speakers. Names in bold have already indicated they tentatively plan to attend.
Session 1: 20 Years Later: What Have We Learned and What Has Changed?
Zev Rymer (Northwestern), Bob Full (UC Berkeley), Daofen Chen (NIH)
Chair/Discussant: Fay Horak (OHSU)
Session 2: Muscle as an Actuator: Mechanics, Energetics, and Plasticity
Rick Lieber (Northwestern), Tom Roberts (Brown), Sabrina Lee (Northwestern), Silvia Blemker (Virginia)
Chair/Discussant: Walter Herzog (Calgary)
Session 3: Skeletal Structure as Framework and Limitation in Health and Disease
Elizabeth Brainerd (Brown), Fran Gavelli (NIH), Karen Troy (WPI), Sandra Shefelbine (Northeastern)
Chair/Discussant: Lynn Snyder-Mackler (Delaware)
Session 4: Rhythmic Movements in Natural and Artificial Systems
Art Kuo (Michigan), Vivian Mushahwar (Alberta), Monica Daley (RVC), Auke Jan Ijspeert (EPFL)
Chair/Discussant: Young-Hui Chang (Georgia Tech)
Session 5: Biological and Artificial Reach and Grasp
Stephen Scott (Queens), Francisco Valero-Cuevas (USC), Katherine Kuchenbecker (Penn), Marco Santello (Arizona State)
Chair/Discussant: Wendy Murray (Northwestern)
Session 6: Neuromotor Adaptation and Learning
Richard Carson (Trinity College Dublin), Maurice Smith (Harvard), Rachael Seidler (Michigan), Yasin Dhaher (Northwestern)
Chair/Discussant: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern)
Session 7: Neuro-Musculoskeletal Models: Can We Simulate Realistically?
Allison Arnold (Harvard), Brian Umberger (UMass), Emo Todorov (Washington), Mitra Hartmann (Northwestern)
Chair/Discussant: Scott Delp (Stanford)
Session 8: Optimizing Human-Machine Interaction in Health and Rehabilitation
Neville Hogan (MIT), David Reinkensmeyer (UC Irvine), Rob Riener (ETH), Kat Steele (Washington)
Chair/Discussant: Jim Patton (UIC)
Session 9: 20 Years From Now: What Will Be Different and What Will We Know?
Gerald Loeb (USC), Lena Ting (Emory), Doug Weber (DARPA), Alexander Leonessa (NSF)
Chair/Discussant: Paul Zehr (Victoria)
There will be an open call for abstracts for poster presentations at the meeting. Registration and abstract submission will occur in early 2016.