Yoky Matsuoka
Education
Harvard University
Biorobotics Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Rob Howe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artificial Intelligence Lab
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Neuroscience, 1998.
Thesis: “Models of Generalization in Motor Control”
Advisors: Rodney Brooks and Emilio Bizzi
Massachusetts Institute of Techology
Artificial Intelligence Lab
S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. 1995.
Thesis: “Embodiment and Manipulation Learning Process for a Humanoid Hand”
Advisor: Rodney Brooks
University of California, Berkeley
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1993.
Research and Teaching Interests
Neurobotics, Neural Engineering, Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), Rehabilitation and medical robotics, brain-machine interface, human augmentation, robotic control and learning, human neural control of movement.
Recent Awards
2010 2010 Emerging Inventor of the Year, UW Medicine
2010 Top 10 Women To Watch in 2010 by Barbie
2009 Torode Family Endowed Career Development Professorship
2008 "Power 25"; Seattle Magazine
2007 MacArthur Fellowship
2007 “Brilliant 10“ Popular Magazine
2005 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Academic Career Award
2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2004 Anna Loomis McCandless Career Faculty Chair
2003 NSF CAREER Award

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