Brokoslaw Laschowski
Post-doctoral Fellow
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Univeristy of Toronto
Email: brock.laschowski@
mail.utoronto.ca
Research Interest
- Rehabilitation Robotics
- Assistive Technology
- Exoskeletons and Prosthetics
- Wearable Robotics
- Computer Vision and Deep Learning
- Neural Engineering
Biography
Dr. Brokoslaw Laschowski is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute working in the Intelligent Assistive Technology and Systems Laboratory (IATSL) and the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Rehabilitation (AIRR) Lab. He also holds an affiliation with the Faculty of Medicine and the Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM) at the University of Toronto. As a scientist and biomedical engineer, he specializes in using mathematical, computational, and machine learning methods to optimize the design and control of humans interacting with wearable robotic systems and technologies. Applications of his research include rehabilitation robotics, neural engineering, human-computer interaction, and wearable assistive technologies (e.g., exoskeletons and robotic leg prostheses). His clinical research focuses on assisting individuals with mobility impairments due to aging and/or physical disabilities such as stroke, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, amputation, and spinal cord injury.
Dr. Laschowski received his PhD from the Department of Systems Design Engineering, with a specialization in biomedical engineering, at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute. His doctoral research focused on 1) mathematical modelling and computer simulation of human-exoskeleton systems with energy-efficient actuators, and 2) computer vision and deep learning for autonomous exoskeleton control and decision-making during legged locomotion.
Dr. Laschowski has published in many leading journals and conferences, including the IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, the Frontiers in Neurorobotics, and the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. He previously served on the executive committee of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics and worked at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and as a biomechanics professor at Humber College. To date, he has earned over $234,000 in scholarships and awards (e.g., from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) and co-authored grant proposals that received over $197,000 in research and infrastructure funding (e.g., from the Canada Foundation for Innovation). He has presented at many national and international conferences and was a Best Paper Award finalist at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics. His award-winning research has been featured on mainstream media networks like BBC World News, CBC radio, and Maclean’s magazine.
