About PROF.SHYAMANTA M. HAZARIKA

Prof. Shyamanta M Hazarika is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Guwahati and leads the Biomimetic Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab. His research interest is in Rehabilitation Robotics. This translates into interest in Artificial Intelligence, Biomimetic Robotics and Robotic Neurorehabilitation. Prior to joining IIT Guwahati, he was with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tezpur University. He has been a Vertretungsprofessur of Cognitive Systems and NeuroInformatics, University of Bremen, Germany. Prof. Hazarika holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India; M.Tech. in Robotics from Center for Robotics, IIT Kanpur, India. He completed his PhD in Artificial Intelligence (Knowledge Representation and Reasoning) from School of Computing, University of Leeds, England.