Seungmoon Song

PhD Student
The Robotics Institute
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

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CV (updated at Apr 2013)

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Education

08. 2012 - current         PhD in the Robotics Institute
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Research: Neuromuscular human locomotion control
Advisor: Hartmut Geyer

08. 2010 - 12. 2011         MS in the Robotics Institute
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Research: Neuromuscular human walking speed control
Advisor: Hartmut Geyer

02. 2008 - 08. 2010         MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
Research: Walking controllers for humanoid robots with position-controlled joints
Advisor: Dennis Hong

02. 2004 - 08. 2008         BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering, ^*ICU(KAIST), S. Korea
Summa cum laude
Minor: IT Business
Research: LDPC code, wireless communications
Advisor: Jeongseok Ha
^* ICU(Information and Communications University) was Korea's IT-specialized university and merged with KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in 2009.

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Reserach Projects

I am interested in all aspects of legged systems: principles of its dynamics, control in biological legged systems, and its applications in rehabilitation technology and legged robotics. My current research focuses on exploring motor control of human locomotion.

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Publications

Conference Papers

S. Song, R. Desai, and H. Geyer, “Integration of an adaptive swing control into a neuromuscular human walking model,” IEEE EMBC, 2013, accepted.

S. Song and H. Geyer, “Generalization of a muscle-reflex control model to 3D walking,” IEEE EMBC, 2013, accepted.

S. Song, C. LaMontagna, S. H. Collins, and H. Geyer, “The effect of foot compliance encoded in the windlass mechanism on the energetics of human walking,” IEEE EMBC, 2013, accepted.

S. Song and H. Geyer, “Regulating speed and generating large speed transitions in a neuromuscular human walking model,” IEEE ICRA, 2012.

S. Song and H. Geyer, “The energetic cost of adaptive feet in walking,” IEEE ROBIO, 2011.

S. Song, Y. Ryoo, and D. Hong, “Development of an omnidirectional walking engine for full-sized lightweight humanoid robots,” ASME IDETC, 2011.

S. Song, D. Hwang, S. Seo, and J. Ha, “Linear-time encodable rate-compatible punctured LDPC codes with low error floors,” IEEE VTC, 2008.

Posters

S. Song and H. Geyer, “Toward a neuromuscular control of human and humanoid locomotion,” IHT Conference, 2013.

Korean Patent

Apparatus and method for encoding low density parity check code, Korean patent 10-0999272-00-00, 2010.

Master's thesis

“Development of an Omni-directional Gait Generator and a Stabilization Feedback Controller for Humanoid Robots,” M.S. thesis, Dept. Elect. Eng., Virginia Polytech Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, 2010.

Other technical writings

ROBOT (monthly magazine, Korea) “Robotic lower-limb prosthetics related technical issues - 2. Control algorithm,” May, 2013.

ROBOT (monthly magazine, Korea) “Robotic lower-limb prosthetics related technical issues - 1. Hardware,” April, 2013.

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