Ola Kalinowska
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Todd Murphey
ola@u.northwestern.edu
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Research
I'm interested in understanding and designing algorithms for collaboration. In my PhD research, I explore how to algorithmically facilitate communication and adaptation for effective robotic assistance.
Projects
Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation
Software Enabled Biomedical Devices
Education
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
Teaching
TA & Adjunct Lecturer for NUvention: Medical Innovation (ENTREP 470), 2017-2022
TA for Machine Dynamics (ME 314), Fall 2018
Other Interests
Skiing, sailing, hiking, volleyball, and being outdoors
Publications
Embodied Communication: How Robots and People Communicate Through Physical Interaction
A. Kalinowska, P. M. Pilarski, T. D. Murphey
Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2023. PDF
Measuring interaction bandwidth during physical human-robot collaboration
A. Kalinowska, M. Schlafly, K. Rudy, J. P. Dewald, T. D. Murphey
Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2022. PDF
Towards situated communication in multi-step interactions: Time is a key pressure in communication emergence
A. Kalinowska, E. Davoodi, K. W. Mathewson, T. D. Murphey, P. Pilarski
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), 2022. PDF
Ergodic imitation: Learning from what to do and what not to do
A. Kalinowska, A. Prabhakar, K. Fitzsimons, T. D. Murphey
IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021. PDF
Task-based hybrid shared control for training through forceful interaction
K. Fitzsimons, A. Kalinowska, J. Dewald and T. D. Murphey
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), vol. 39, no. 9, pp. 1138-1154, 2020. PDF
Shoulder abduction loading affects motor coordination in individuals with chronic stroke, informing targeted rehabilitation
A. Kalinowska, K. Rudy, M. Schlafly, K. Fitzsimons, J. Dewald and T. D. Murphey
IEEE RAS/EMBS Int. Conf. on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2020. PDF
Data-driven gait segmentation for walking assistance in a lower-limb assistive device
A. Kalinowska, T. Berrueta, A. Zoss, and T. D. Murphey
IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019. PDF
Online user assessment for minimal intervention during task-based robotic assistance
A. Kalinowska, K. Fitzsimons, J. Dewald, and T. D. Murphey
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2018. PDF