Robotics & Automation

TU Wien

Dongheui Lee (이동희) is Full Professor of Autonomous Systems at Institute of Computer Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Wien. She has been also leading a Human-centered assistive robotics group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), since 2017. Prior, she was Associate Professor of Human-centered Assistive Robotics at the TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor of Dynamic Human Robot Interaction at TUM, Project Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo (2007-2009), and a research scientist at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (2001-2004). She obtained a PhD degree from the department of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo, Japan in 2007. She was awarded a Carl von Linde Fellowship at the TUM Institute for Advanced Study (2011) and a Helmholtz professorship prize (2015). She has served as Senior Editor and a founding member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, and an elected IEEE RAS AdCom member, opens an external URL in a new window. Her research interests include human motion understanding, human robot interaction, machine learning in robotics, and assistive robotics.

MCI

Yeongmi Kim is Professor in the Department of Medical & Health Technology at MCI, Austria and Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine, USA. Her research focuses on robotic assessment and training systems for neurological rehabilitation, emphasizing innovative hardware development and human–computer interaction to restore sensorimotor function after stroke. She collaborates closely with clinical, and industrial partners, integrating research with real-world medical innovation through translational engineering practice.