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SUMMARY:CommLab Linked In Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Join the CommLab’s interactive LinkedIn workshop where we’ll be optimizing your profile and learning how to effectively connect with people on the platform to build a strong professional network.  This workshop meets every other Tuesday on Zoom or in 206 Egan.  Drop-in’s welcome!
URL:https://nucoe.madebyvital.com/event/commlab-linked-in-workshop-series/2023-05-09/
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SUMMARY:Building Habits for Professional Success:  A CommLab Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Join the CommLab for our Building Habits for Professional Success\, where we’ll focus on building positive habits. Developing good habits can be a powerful tool for achieving success in various areas of life\, whether it’s improving your career\, increasing productivity\, or enhancing your wellbeing. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and practical tools for creating lasting positive changes in your daily routine. Join us every other week for an engaging and informative workshop!
URL:https://nucoe.madebyvital.com/event/building-habits-for-professional-success-a-commlab-workshop-series/2023-05-04/
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SUMMARY:Rashida Nayeem's PhD Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:“Human control of objects with nonlinear internal dynamics: Predictability as primary objective” \nLocation:\nEgan Research Ctr 206 \nCommittee Members:\nProf. Dagmar Sternad (Advisor)\nProf. Eduardo Sontag\nProf. Mario Sznaier\nDr. David Lin (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School) \nAbstract:\nHumans physically interact with complex objects in numerous daily activities. An example is picking up a cup of coffee where interaction forces arise between the hand and the sloshing liquid. For successful actions\, error corrections based on real-time sensed information are insufficient\, hence humans need to predict and preempt the evolving dynamics. Our previous work on the transport of a “cup of coffee” showed that humans seek to make the interaction dynamics simple\, i.e.\, predictable. Extending from previous work\, this thesis used a virtual paradigm where the “cup of coffee” was simplified to a cup with a ball sliding inside\, retaining the challenges of “a cup filled with coffee”: underactuation and nonlinearity. A series of experiments examined human strategies in different contexts to demonstrate that predictability is a control priority. The first experimental and modeling study examined how subjects explored and prepared the 2D cup-and-ball system prior to continuous interaction. Results showed that subjects converged to a small set of initial conditions that shortened initial transients\, enabling subjects to reach a more predictable steady state faster. Two follow-up studies examined the role of visual and haptic information and revealed that despite suboptimal exploration of the solution space\, subjects increased predictability of hand object interactions. System identification showed that visual information enabled subjects to simplify input-output behavior via appropriate object preparation. When deprived of haptic information subjects still achieved increased predictability but sacrificed orbital stability. A final study extended this basic paradigm to a clinical application to investigate if these insights could help in assessment of motor impairment after stroke in this functionally relevant ‘self-feeding’ task. To facilitate testing in a clinic\, a real-life 3D device was custom-developed where individuals after stroke moved a cup with a rolling ball inside on a table. Our theory-based predictability metric proved highly sensitive to quantify the degree of motor impairment after stroke. Taken together\, this thesis elucidated principles of human motor control in a complex interactive task. The insights have significant applications in clinical testing and may also inform robot manipulation of this understudied movement challenge.
URL:https://nucoe.madebyvital.com/event/rashida-nayeems-phd-dissertation-defense/
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SUMMARY:CommLab Writing Hours
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a place for focused writing time?  Join the CommLab for writing hours on Wednesdays from 3-5 pm.  Drop in any week to work on any research writing related projects.  CommLab Fellows will be available to provide feedback.  We will be meeting in Egan 206 (except for Sept 28 and Oct 5 where we will meet in Curry 440) or via Zoom.
URL:https://nucoe.madebyvital.com/event/commlab-writing-hours/2022-09-28/
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SUMMARY:Science on Tap: Design and Perception of Heptic Devices for Social Communication
DESCRIPTION:COE PhD Council presents \nSCIENCE ON TAP \nDesign and Perception of Heptic Devices for Social Communication \nDr. Cara Nunez\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow\, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Faculty Fellow\nAssistant Professor (Incoming July 2023)\, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering\, Cornell University \nJoin us for free ice cream and a cool talk!
URL:https://nucoe.madebyvital.com/event/science-on-tap-design-and-perception-of-heptic-devices-for-social-communication/
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