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①October 27 – November 7, 2015 He spoke on the Graduate Program for the Embodiment Informatics during the International Symposium co-hosted by TGU (Top Global University project).
②December 5 – 11, 2015 He gave a keynote address at ICAM2015 (Plenary talk II). - Position:
Senior Research Scientist - Affiliation:
Disney Research Pittsburgh - Introduction:
Dr. Katsu Yamane is a Senior Research Scientist at Disney Research, Pittsburgh and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, 1999, and 2002 respectively from the University of Tokyo, Japan.Prior to joining Disney, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo and a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Yamane is a recipient of numerous awards including King-Sun Fu Best Transactions Paper Award and Early Academic Career Award from IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and Young Scientist Award from Ministry of Education, Japan. His research interests include humanoid robot control and motion synthesis, physical human-robot interaction, character animation, and human motion simulation.
