Author: Farokh Atashzar Atashzar

Bio: Atashzar is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University (NYU). He received his Ph.D. in 2016 and has recently joined NYU. His research interests include areas of applied computer science, robotics, neuro-rehabilitation robots, neuroscience, smart prostheses, and human-robot augmentation. His work has been featured in about 30 journal papers, 30 peer-reviewed conference papers, and 2 book chapters. Postdoctoral Journey: Prior to joining NYU, Atashzar was a senior postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, University of London, UK, sponsored by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. From February 2017 to August 2018, he served as a postdoctoral research associate at Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) center. Awards: His many awards include the highly-competitive Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) in 2013 and an NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) in 2018. He was ranked among the top 5 applicants in Canada for the 2018 NSERC PDF competition in the Electrical and Computer Engineering sector.

New Grant: NSF CPS: Medium: Aerial Co-Workers: Augmenting Physical and Cognitive Human Capabilities

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NSF CPS: Medium: Aerial Co-Workers: Augmenting Physical and Cognitive Human Capabilities

Start Date: January 1, 2022

Link: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2121391&HistoricalAwards=false

 

PROmotinG DiveRsity in Signal ProcESSing (PROGRESS @ IEEE SPS) – ICIP 2021

[PROGRESS Workshop at ICIP 2021] – PROmotinG DiveRsity in Signal ProcESSing

General Chair: S. Farokh Atashzar, NYU.

Join us in the second year of PROGRESS, which is an initiative of the IEEE Signal Processing Society designed to motivate, provide information, and support women and underrepresented minorities in pursuing academic careers in Signal Processing. PROGRESS is pleased to announce and acknowledge the generous sponsorship from IEEE Signal Processing Society to offer professional development grants to students and waive the registration fee for attending the PROGRESS workshop @ ICIP2021.

NYU-CUSP Seminar: Intelligent Human-Robot Fusion: The Horizon of Assistive Robotics @ MERIIT Lab

Title: Intelligent Human-Robot Fusion: The Horizon of Assistive Robotics @ MERIIT Lab

Prof. S. Farokh AtashzarProf. S. Farokh Atashzar,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical & Computer Engineering 
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
New York University

Talk Brochure: Human-Robot Fusion @ MERIIT Lab

Video Link

Abstract: — Society aging has raised significant concerns regarding the balance between available resources and the needs of citizens for urban life of tomorrow. Robotic systems have been seen as a technological bridge that can deliver a wide range of medical services to patients relaxing the burden on the healthcare system and democratizing the accessibility to the needed services under the umbrella of telemedicine. The need has been pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic when almost all healthcare capacities were booked for fighting against the virus. Interactive robotic technologies have already revolutionized the field of neurorehabilitation and have been successful in accelerating neural recovery and motor restoration for patients living with neural damages (such as those caused by stroke, which is the leading cause of motor disabilities) through promoting brain plasticity. In addition to the above, neurorobotics (such as exoskeletons and prosthetic systems), interfaced with the human neural system, have been successfully utilized in the past decade to augment the motor capabilities of individuals living with the lack of mobility or a biological limb. Although such systems have shown a great potential for delivering rehabilitation and assistance, there still exist several challenges and needs to make the technology (a) more accessible in remote areas to facilitate equal opportunity for a wider range of patients, regardless of geographical and demographic barriers under the telemedicine umbrella, (b) more intelligent in delivering assistance, (c) more adaptable to the biomechanical signatures of the users, (d) and more robust in decoding neural responses. This has led to active research in the fields of neurorobotics, AI, and biosignal processing. Motivated by the notes above, this talk aims to report on recent developments from the MERIIT lab at NYU, covering multiple topics related to human-robot integration in the context of (tele)robotic rehabilitation and smart bionics.

 

PROmotinG DiveRsity in Signal ProcESSing (PROGRESS @ IEEE SPS) – ICASSP 2021

[PROGRESS Workshop at ICASSP 2021] – PROmotinG DiveRsity in Signal ProcESSing

Join us in the second year of PROGRESS, which is an initiative of the IEEE Signal Processing Society designed to motivate, provide information, and support women and underrepresented minorities in pursuing academic careers in Signal Processing. PROGRESS is pleased to announce and acknowledge the generous sponsorship from ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE to offer professional development grants to students and waive the registration fee for attending the PROGRESS workshop @ ICASSP 2021. 2021 PROGRESS Workshop (Virtual), 4-5 June 2021, Application Submission Deadline: 10 May 2021, Link: https://ieeeprogress.org/

New Grant: NSF/FDA SIR: Objective Assessment of Recovery during Post Stroke NeuroRehabilitation Therapy using Brain-Muscle Connectivity Network

NSF/FDA SIR: 

We are honored to announce that our active research in development on neurophysiological measures of stroke recovery at MERIIT lab is now supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand our collaboration with US Food and Durg Adminstration (FDA). 

Award: Link

Initial Amendment Date: December 10, 2020

 

MERIIT – STEM TALK SERIES – Prof. Ostadabbas [December, 09, 2020]

MERIIT – STEM TALK [December, 09, 2020]

Title: Learning Strong Inference Models in Small Data Domains: Towards Robust Human Pose Estimation 

Prof. Sarah Ostadabbas,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Northeastern University
ostadabbas@ece.neu.edu
http://www.northeastern.edu/ostadabbas/
Talk Brochure:MERIIT lab Talk Series
Join us at:  https://nyu.zoom.us/j/98661083228