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			Adaptive Systems Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo The adaptive systems laboratory develops systems for incremental learning and adaptation in dynamic environments. In particular, we are developing algorithms for incrementally learning and building models of human motion and human behavior through online observation of natural human activity. These systems have a wide range of applications, including motion generation for humanoid and dual-arm robots during skill-transfer and learning from demonstration, motion analysis for activity monitoring and recognition, and sports training and rehabilitation.
			News November 20, 2009 Our paper on Incremental Learning and Memory Consolidation of Whole Body Human Motion Primitives has been published with the Journal of Adaptive Behavior. October 8, 2009 Our paper on Online Segmentation and Clustering From Continuous Observation of Whole Body Motions has been published with the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. October 4, 2009 Dana Kulić is giving a guest lecture at Johns Hopkins University on October 6. October 1, 2009 Hirotaka Imagawa attended RO-MAN 2009 in Toyama to present our paper on "Online Acquisition and Visualization of Motion Primitives for Humanoid Robots". Thank you so much for presenting our paper Imagawa-San! September 14, 2009 Zhenning Li, Joseph Sun de la Cruz, Jonathan Lin and Jane Chang have joined the lab. Welcome! September 3, 2009 Dana Kulić is attending the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference to present our paper on Detecting Changes in Motion Characteristics during Sports Training. August 1, 2009 Our paper on "Comparative Study of Representations for Segmentation of Whole Body Human Motion Data" has been accepted for publication at the 2009 IROS Conference. August 1, 2009 Susana Zhogby's paper, co-authored with Dana Kulić, Elizabeth Croft and Mike Van der Loos, on "On Line – Affective State Reporting Device: A Tool for Evaluating Affective State Inference Systems" has been accepted for publication at the 2009 IROS Conference. July 4, 2009 Dana Kulić co-organized a workshop on Bridging the gap between low-level continuous behaviors and high-level discrete representations at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference. Slides of the many of the presentations can be viewed from the workshop website. July 1, 2009 Our paper on "Acquisition and Visualization of Motion Primitives for Humanoid Robots" has been accepted for publication at the 2009 RO-MAN Conference. June 4, 2009 We have an open position for an M. A. Sc. student in the area of automated rehabilitation systems. For more information, please check the Open Positions page. JUNE 1, 2009 Our paper on "Detecting Changes in Motion Characteristics during Sports Training" has been accepted for publication at the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference. JUNE 1, 2009 Prof. Venture's paper on "Monitoring the Segment Parameters During Long Term Physical Training from Motion Capture Data", co-authored with Ko Ayusawa, Dana Kulić and Yoshihiko Nakamura, has been accepted for publication at the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference. May 27, 2009 Our paper, entitled "On-line segmentation and clustering from continuous observation of whole body motions" has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. May 16, 2009 Our paper on "Whole Body Motion Primitive Segmentation from Monocular Video" was presented by Prof. Nakamura at the ICRA 2009 Conference. May 1, 2009 Prof. Dana Kulić is co-organizing a workshop on Bridging the gap between low-level continuous behaviors and high-level discrete representations at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference