Special Session

5th Signals and Systems in Human Motion

Professor Vlasta Zanchi
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
and Naval Architecture
University of Split
Croatia
E-mail: vzanchi@fesb.hr

The biomechanics of motion is a field of increasing importance and interest to practitioners and researchers from various areas of expertise. Diverse aspects of this field of study have gradually come together to produce a broader understanding of human motion and a greater accessibility of information on this topic. There are several key areas of study that are important in achieving these ends; kinetics, largely the domain of engineers, provides the technical approach to mathematical modeling and simulation of human movements; measurement methods and instrumentation, through equipment development and hardware and software support, provides the means to evaluate and quantify human movement and has received significant practical contributions from experts in sports and performance; and education, which allows for the continued advancement of the study of human motion but faces considerable challenges with regards to the varied backgrounds of those seeking knowledge of the biomechanics of motion and the multidisciplinary nature of learning and working in this field.
This special session aims to provide an opportunity for practitioners and researchers from various disciplines, including engineers, physicians physiotherapists, and sport activities, to discuss the latest research, practical needs, and future directions in the field of human motion and gesture.

Topics:

• Modern Control Approach to Human Movement and Gesture Recognition

• Identification

• Modeling

• Control

• Simulation

• Clinical Biomechanics

• Rehabilitation Assessment

• Surgical Assessment

• Diagnostics

• Measurement Methods and Instrumentation

• Sensor Information Processing

• Pressure and Force Measurements

• Electromiographic Measurements

• Computer Vision for Motion Data Capture

• Animation and Human Motion

• Finite Element Approach in Bone Stress and Strain

• Biomechanics in Sport

• Modeling and Identification

• Exercise Specification

• Validation of Sports Movement and Gesture Activities

• Biomechanics Education

• Challenge of Diverse Backgrounds of Participants

• Challenge of Interdisciplinary Nature of Biomechanics of Motion

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Dr. sc. Vlasta Zanchi is currently professor emeritus in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture at the University of Split in Croatia, where she is the head of the Laboratory for Biomechanics, Automatic Control Systems (LaBACS). V. Zanchi received her Dipl.Ing. from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Zagreb in Croatia in 1963, followed by her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia in 1974 and 1977, respectively. She became professor emeritus in December 2008. She is currently involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the areas of Systems Theory, Non-linear Systems, Optimization, Biomechanics, Identification, and Estimation and Simulation Theory.