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HILS highlights

Recent research awards, publications, student achievements, and lab milestones.

2026

New NYS Center of Excellence on Material Informatics grant

HILS received a $50,000 award for “Intelligent Robotic Solutions for Soft-Tissue Processing in Advanced Biomanufacturing.”

2026

SUNY–IBM AI Research Alliance award

HILS received a $100,000 award for “Expressive Foundation Models for Physiological Time-Series via Stochastic Intrinsic Mode Representations.”

2026

New IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering paper

“Adaptive Hiking-Time Prediction Through State-Dependent Energy Regulation” advances individualized human-performance prediction using state-dependent energy regulation.

2026

Dr. Krushang Gabani graduates

Krushang successfully defended his PhD in July 2026 and joined Amazon Frontier AI & Robotics in San Francisco.

2025

New Nature Communications publication

“Slip-actuated bionic tactile sensing system with dynamic DC generator integrated E-textile for dexterous robotic manipulation.”

2025

EMBC paper selected in the top 7%

“Hybrid human model for time of hike prediction” was selected among the top 7% of papers at IEEE EMBC.

2024

1st Place Best Innovation in HRI Award

HILS received the 1st Place Best Innovation in HRI Award at the NeuroDesign Expo & Competition, IEEE ICRA 2024.