Hao Ma received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Automation Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2015. Before that he graduated from Tsinghua University with a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2010. He is currently a research assistance professor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology. He is recognized as Overseas High-Caliber Personnel in Shenzhen, and is selected in overseas postdoctoral talent support project in Guangdong Province. His research interests mainly include human motion capture, human motion modeling and analysis, and human-machine interaction. As the project leader, he led the research of one National Natural Science Foundation Youth Project and one General Project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation on multi-sensor fusion human motion capture. As the backbone of the project, he participated in many scientific research projects such as the National Key Research and Development Plan project on “Cloud-integrated natural interaction equipment and tools”. He has published more than 20 papers in international high-level journals and conferences TCYB, TNSRE, ICRA, etc., and applied for more than ten domestic and foreign patents. He mainly carried out research on lightweight human motion capture for industry needs, and led the R&D of key technologies and products of hybrid motion capture systems, virtual reality hand interaction technology, and rehabilitation monitoring and analysis systems, which have been widely used in virtual reality, scientific sports training, medical and health and other fields.
Research Area：
Motion Capture: sparse sensors, multi-sensor fusion, pose estimation and optimization;
Motion Analysis: body-environment contact detection, motion temporal semantic representation model, movement pattern analysis
Human-machine Interaction: action recognition, reinforcement learning-based smart coach, exoskeleton perception and control
Work Experience：
◆ Jan. 2021-present，
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
◆ Jun. 2018-Dec. 2020
Postdoc, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
◆ Nov. 2015-May 2018
Senior Research Engineer, Noitom Ltd., Beijing, China
Education:
◆ Dec. 2015 Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
◆ Jul. 2010 B.S. ME, Tsinghua University, China
Representative Papers:
◆ Hao Ma, Zaiyue Yang, and Haoyang Liu*,“ Fine-Grained Unsupervised Temporal Action Segmentation and Distributed Representation for Skeleton-Based Human Motion Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2021. (online)
◆ Zhaolong Zheng, Hao Ma, Weichao Yan, Haoyang Liu*, and Zaiyue Yang, “Training Data Selection and Optimal Sensor Placement for Deep-Learning-Based Sparse Inertial Sensor Human Posture Reconstruction,” Entropy, vol. 23, no. 5:588, 2021.
◆ Hao Ma, Weichao Yan, Zaiyue Yang, and Haoyang Liu*, “Real-Time Foot-Ground Contact Detection for Inertial Motion Capture Based on an Adaptive Weighted Naive Bayes Model,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 130312-130326, 2019.
◆ Bing Chen, Chun-Hao Zhong, Xuan Zhao, Hao Ma, Ling Qin, and Wei-Hsin Liao*, “Reference Joint Trajectories Generation of CUHK-EXO Exoskeleton for System Balance in Walking Assistance,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 33809-33821, 2019.
◆ Hao Ma, Chunhao Zhong, Bing Chen, Kai-ming Chan, and Wei-Hsin Liao*, “User-adaptive assistance of assistive knee braces for gait rehabilitation,”IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 1994-2005, 2018.
◆ Bing Chen, Chun-Hao Zhong, Hao Ma, Xiao Guan, Lai-Yin Qin, Kai-Ming Chan, Sheung-Wai Law, Ling Qin, and Wei-Hsin Liao*. “Sit-to-stand and Stand-to-sit Assistance for Paraplegic Patients with CUHK-EXO Exoskeleton,” Robotica, 2017.
◆ Bing Chen, Xuan Zhao, Hao Ma, Ling Qin, and Wei-Hsin Liao*. “Design and characterization of a magneto-rheological series elastic actuator for a lower extremity exoskeleton”, Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 26, no. 10, 105008, 2017.
◆ Hao Ma, Bing Chen, Ling Qin and Wei-Hsin Liao*. “Design and testing of a regenerative magnetorheological actuator for assistive knee braces”, Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 26, no. 3, 035013, 2017. SCI (Q1)
◆ Hao Ma, and Wei-Hsin Liao*, “Human gait modeling and analysis using a semi-Markov process with ground reaction forces,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 597-607, 2017.
◆ Bing Chen, Chun-Hao Zhong, Xuan Zhao, Hao Ma, Xiao Guan, Xi Li, Feng-Yan Liang, Jack Chun Yiu Cheng, Ling Qin, Sheung-Wai Law, and Wei-Hsin Liao*, “A wearable exoskeleton suit for motion assistance to paralysed patients,”Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, vol. 11, pp. 7-18, 2017.
◆ Bing Chen, Hao Ma, Lai-Yin Qin, Fei Gao, Kai-Ming Chan, Sheung-Wai Law, Ling Qin, and Wei-Hsin Liao*, “Recent developments and challenges of lower extremity exoskeletons,” Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, vol. 5, pp. 26-37, 2016.
HaoMa
Research direction:Motion capture; Human motion modeling and analysis; Human-machine interaction
Postbox:mah@sustech.edu.cn
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