About me
I am a Ph.D student at the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. I conduct my research in the Moross Laboratory for Vision Research and Robotics under the supervision of Prof. Tamar Flash.
I am interested in the human motor control field of study at large, and specifically on the computational aspects. One can coarsely divide motor control research to three subfields which try to answer how the brain:
- Perceive movements
- Plan/represent movements
- Execute movements
Whereas, these topics are not mutually exclusive and investigators are studying the action/perception coupling, my studies focus on how the brain plans movement.
Questions that are of particular interest to me are:
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What are the principles (mechanisms/strategies) underlying the selection and planning of human movement?
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How does the central nervous system represents the parameters of movement that need to be controlled?
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How are the different spaces of the control hierarchy (joints, task) defined?
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What are the relations between these spaces?
The work is mostly theoretical in nature, using mathematical tools usually involving geometry and mechanics. However, my research also involves experimentation, including recording human movements using motion capture techniques.