Brokoslaw Laschowski, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute

Supervisor
Dr. Alex Mihailidis - Scientific Director of the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence; Senior Scientist and the Barbara G. Stymiest Research Chair in Rehabilitation Technology at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

PhD Dissertation
Dr. Brokoslaw Laschowski’s PhD thesis - “Energy Regeneration and Environment Sensing for Robotic Leg Prostheses and Exoskeletons”- from the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute focused on 1) mathematical modelling and computer simulation of human-exoskeleton systems with energy-efficient actuators, and 2) the development of wearable computer vision systems powered by deep learning for autonomous control and decision-making during human-exoskeleton locomotion.

Research
Dr. Laschowski specializes in using mathematical, computational, and machine learning methods to optimize the design and control of humans interacting with wearable robotic systems and technologies. Applications of his research include rehabilitation robotics, neural engineering, human-computer interaction, and wearable assistive devices (e.g., exoskeletons and robotic leg prostheses). His clinical research focuses on assisting individuals with mobility impairments due to aging and/or physical disabilities such as stroke, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, amputation, and spinal cord injury.