Speaker: Dr. Dinesh K. Pai, University of British Columbia
Humans and other animals utilize spectacularly sophisticated
sensorimotor systems to perceive and interact with their dynamic environment. Computational models are essential for understanding how these complex systems actually work. I will describe recent work in my group on building mathematical and computational models of these systems, focusing on three topics: (1) Numerical simulation of complex three dimensional musculoskeletal systems with neural activation; (2) Reconstruction of subject specific models from medical images and other measurements; and (3) Modeling the human hand and its interaction with external objects.
About the speaker:
Dinesh K. Pai is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, the
ICORD International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, and the Brain Research Centre. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and his B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His current research is focused on sensorimotor computation in computer graphics, haptics, robotics, and neurobiology.
