Samir Menon

About Me

I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, where I am co-advised by Oussama Khatib and Kwabena Boahen.

In the past, I worked as a Software Design Engineer with Microsoft India R&D. Before that, I was an undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad and majored in Information Technology.

My Research

I am presently working to understand and model neural control of the musculoskeletal system. In particular, I am very interested in understanding how the human brain models musculoskeletal geometry and dynamics. My research spans humanoid robot control theory, biomechanics, fMRI, and theoretical neuroscience.

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (2011-14)

Teaching Experience

CS223A: Course Assistant, Introduction to Robotics (2010-11)
CS327A: Course Assistant, Advanced Robotic Manipulation (2010-11)


Code

sUtil: Standard Utilities. Some random but useful C++ code. stl-style indexed data structures, dynamic typing, template singletons and callback handlers.

sMRIUtil: Standard MRI Utilities. Some random but useful scripts and code that I use for fMRI experiments and analysis. Also has some tidbits of information for new fMRI users.

scl: The Standard Control Library. A control and simulation framework for robots and human biomechanical models. Includes operational space and joint space control libraries, multi-task null space projections for controllers, and support for physical actuator and sensor models. (In the works, contact me if you'd like more details).


Selected Publications

[1] Menon. S, Brantner. G, Aholt. C, Kay. K, Khatib. O, “Haptic fMRI : Combining Functional Neuroimaging
with Haptics for Studying the Brain's Motor Contro Representation”,
35th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013 [pdf]

[2] Menon. S, Khatib. O, “Controlling Biomechanical Models To Move Like Human Do”,
Biomechanical Engineering Conference at Stanford, 2011 [pdf]

[3] Demircan. E, Besier. T, Menon. S, Khatib. O, “Human Motion Reconstruction And Synthesis of Human Skill”,
Advances in Robot Kinematics, 2010 [pdf]

Links

smenon[@]stanford.edu (sans the []),
manips lab, brains in silicon lab,
my dad, my sister