Marjorie Skubic
received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University in 1997,
where she specialized in distributed telerobotics and robot programming by
demonstration. She is currently a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department at the University of Missouri with a joint appointment in Computer Science.
In addition to her academic experience, she has spent 14 years working in industry
on real-time applications such as data acquisition and automation.
Her current research interests include sensory perception, spatial referencing interfaces,
human-robot interaction, sensor networks for eldercare, and preventative screening tools.
In 2006, Dr. Skubic established the Center for Eldercare and Rehabilitation Technology
at the University of Missouri and serves as the Center Director for this interdisciplinary
team. The center's work supports proactive models of healthcare such as
monitoring systems that noninvasively track the physical and cognitive health
of elderly residents in their homes and generate alerts that detect health changes, increasing
fall risk, and actual fall events.
Recent work has also investigated automated screening of athletes and pianists
to flag injury risks, with support for preventative exercises to reduce the risk.
October, 2015