Intelligent Gait Assistive Technologies. Gait Biomechanics and Machine Learning Applications in Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention

Authors

Rezaul Begg Professor, Chair, Assistive Technologies within the Program in Assistive Technology Innovation (PATI), Footscray Park Campus, Victoria University, Australia. Rezaul Begg is chair in Assistive Technologies within the Program in Assistive Technology Innovation (PATI) at Victoria University. He leads a multidisciplinary "Gait and Intelligent Technologies� research group focused on technologies with application to both unimpaired and pathological gait. He uses a combination of engineering and biomechanical principles to understand and diagnose locomotion-related deficits, and to provide intelligent technology solutions to improving walking efficiency and safety. Professor Begg has published five books and over 300 refereed papers in scientific journals and conferences proceedings. He is associate editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and an editorial board member of the Journal of Biomechanics and Sensors. He has received several Best Paper awards in conferences, the Victoria University Vice Chancellor's citation award for Excellence in Research, a Gold Medal from BUET and Chancellor's Prize from Bangladesh Government for Academic Excellence. Hanatsu Nagano Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Footscray Park Campus, Victoria University, Australia. Hanatsu Nagano specializes in gait biomechanics with special focus on application for practical interventions. He invented the special shoe-insole that reduces tripping, falls, and improves dynamic balance, which was awarded 'Most Innovative New Care Product in the World' for the three consecutive years. He is experienced in working closely with industry-leading research & development projects including regenerative medical technology, management of knee osteoarthritis, wearable sensor application, artificial intelligence, exercise intervention, and active exoskeletons. His entrepreneurship and business communication skills have successfully established various international academia-industry-government collaborations. He sets his current missions in developing smart footwear for safe walking, inventing regenerative technology integrated knee orthosis, coordinating health enhancing intervention programs for government-leading initiatives, establishing further synergy effects based on research-industry linkage, and promoting Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) and its core philosophy, Cybernics, worldwide.