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.

Project details, screenshots and videos
Spotlight on the Stanford giving site
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (2011-14)

Teaching Experience

CS223A: Introduction to Robotics (2010-11)
CS327A: 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.
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, a rigid body dynamics engine and a graphics scenegraph. (In the works, contact me to get a pre-release beta).

Selected Publications