Momotaz Begum
The goal of my research is to integrate robotics, computer vision, and machine learning algorithms to design innovative robotic technologies to assist people with cognitive and physical disabilities. We call this research domain 'Assisitve Robotics'. I believe assistive robotics has a huge potential to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. There are a lot of algorithmic, engineering, ethical, and social challenges involved with the desing of autonomous assisitve robots for vulnerable end-users. I thoroughly enjoy working on them. It gives me a way to say "Thank You" for everything I am blessed with!
Brief Bio
Sept 2016 - Present
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
University of New Hampshire
Sept 2015 - August 2016
Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dec 2013 - August 2015
Research Scientist, Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
June 2012 - July 2013
Oct 2010 - Aug 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, AI & Robotics Team, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow, Socially Intelligent Machine Lab
Georgia Tech, USA
June 2010
Ph.D., Univeristy of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Contact:
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Univesity of New Hampshire
Kingsbury N215A
33 Academic Way
Durham, NH
Email: Momotaz.Begum@unh.edu
Recent News
May 2016
Two RO-MAN papers aceepted!
Feb 2016
Journal of Social Robotics paper accepted!
Feb 2016
Award! IEEE RAS SIGHT as a PI
Nov 2015
HRI Video accepted!
August 2015
Grant! NSF EAGER as a co-PI
March 2015
March 2015 - May 2015
March 2015
Attending HRI 2015
Nov 2014
HRI paper accepted
Sept 2014
Attending IROS 2014
Sept 2014