[AllUsers-ISR] Talk at ISR, this Wednesday (20/06) at 11:00 - The Role of Technology in the Neurorehabilitation Field

[Paulo Peixoto]

Dear All,

 

Next Wednesday, 20th of June, at 11:00, Dr. Eduardo Rocon will give a talk
in the ISR Amphitheater, entitled «The Role of Technology in the
Neurorehabilitation Field.»

 

Dr. Eduardo Rocon was born in Vitoria, Brazil (1979). He graduated in
Electrical Engineering at Universidade Federal do Espiríto Santo (UFES) in
2001. Subsequently, he moved to Spain to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Industrial
Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with Prof. A. Barrientos
and Prof. J.L. Pons. His Ph.D. thesis (2006), for which he was awarded the
Georges Giralt Ph.D. Award (2008), focused on the development of a
rehabilitation robotic exoskeleton that provides a means of testing and
validating non grounded control strategies for robotic exoskeletons for
active upper limb tremor suppression. Dr. Rocon continued his work in tremor
suppression and the application of neuroprosthetics and neurorobotics in
rehabilitation on a post-doctoral contract from 2006 to 2009. In 2009, Dr.
Rocon was awarded a Ramón y Cajal contract to continue developing his
activities (the most competitive and prestigious postdoc contract in Spain).
At the age of 30, Dr. Rocon got a tenured researcher position (2010-present)
at CSIC. His career has recently been awarded the prestigious Juan Lopez de
Peñalver Award of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering. Dr. Rocon’s
multidisciplinary work has contributed to different aspects of robotics,
neuroscience, and medicine. Dr. Rocon research activities have generated
more than 150 publications scientific publication, one book, nine book
chapters, and seven patents.

 

Abstract of the talk: This talk will introduce the research activity carried
out at gNEC, CSIC, Spain (http://g-nec.com <http://g-nec.com/> ), which is
focused on the development and implementation of research studies that
generate a new body of knowledge and develop new technological solutions
aimed at the comprehension and control of human biological systems and its
relation to the environment. The contribution to these research lines will
be illustrated by our developments in three particular scenarios: 1)
development of a robotic solution for tremor suppression; 2) development of
a robotic platform for the rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy;
and 3) development of modular soft lower-limb exoskeleton to assist people
with mobility impairments.

 

You are all invited to attend!

 

Best regards,

Paulo Peixoto

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