It is just so sad that the #NeurIPS2024 main conference ended with such a racist remark by a faculty when talking about ethics. How ironic!
I also want to commend the Chinese student who spoke up right on spot. She was respectful, decent, and courageous. Her response was exemplary: she began by acknowledging the speaker’s efforts, then gave the speaker an opportunity to clarify (though, regrettably, the speaker’s reply only reinforced her bias), and ultimately called attention to the inappropriate racial bias and offered constructive suggestions. Thank you for speaking out!
I'm shocked to see racism happening in academia again, at the best AI conference @NeurIPSConf. Targeting specific ethnic groups to describe misconduct is inappropriate and unacceptable. @NeurIPSConf must take a stand. We call on Rosalind Picard @MIT@medialab to retract and apologize for her statement.
@HyunwooYuk It is our pleasure to work with @HyunwooYuk to present this work to improve mobility and health of humans via AI-powered wearable robots to save energy during walking, running, and stair climbing. The paper can be accessed here https://t.co/E1Vnd9fgnZ https://t.co/rLmHSV9ufC
STAY TUNED! #Hiring. We will soon post an opening for an Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation Engineering @jointbme based @UNC. Come with work us. Details to follow soon.
I am recruiting graduate research assistants to join the Adaptive Bionics Lab at @UCalgary. Research is in the areas of robotic prosthesis design, exoskeleton development, and human biomechanics. Anticipated start date is Sept 1 or Jan 1. Please share/RT!
Watch this ring self-dance and crawl through a narrow gap under heat or infrared light! It is made of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE). Motion is driven by self-sustained snapping-induced repeated ring flipping. The work is published today on AM @AdvSciNews https://t.co/lXsWXl9r3L
If you're evaluating #exoskeletons (or reading studies that do), this may be the single most important thing to do 👇🏽
Before jumping to conclusions or overgeneralizing, ask yourself:
🤔 How much time were users given to acclimate to the exo (i.e., the new tool)?
A short 🧵...
Our Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at North Carolina State University has multiple open faculty positions! The department is still accepting applications. The position will remain open until filled. The application link is at https://t.co/OemEyMR2CG
Everyone knows F = ma
But if you want to understand #exoskeletons, you must understand the rotational analog:
T = I⍵
It's the reason exos can reduce musculoskeletal forces on one body segment without just transferring that same force to another body segment.
#biomechanics
Our paper is online! It introduces the design and validation of the REFLEX prototype, a unilateral active knee–ankle–foot orthosis designed and developed to naturally assist the paretic limbs of hemiparetic patients during gait. https://t.co/jRrRzriQ4Y
I’m #hiring a #postdoctoral researcher to work on wearable robotics and biomechanics 🚶♀️🦿🏃♀️!
Know anyone who might be interested? Please RT!
https://t.co/l3LMB7cUCy
"Biomechanics of Movement" by Scott Delp and Thomas Uchida is one of the most relevant/up to date books for biomechanics research. They make the more complex engineering topics easy to understand for biologists, and now companion lectures are out! https://t.co/jkPCtrxrV4
How to start a presentation?
Most people start with all the boring info (e.g., repeating everything your host just said) and unmotivated technical details. 🥱
After a few mins, everyone starts checking their phone! 😱
How to avoid this? Here is a simple template. 🧵