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International Journals

 

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  1. Latest update could be seen in IRI Lab [link]​

  2. H. Al Jassmi, F. Al Najjar, and A.-H. I. Mourad, “Large-Scale 3D Printing: The Way Forward,” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 324, p. 012088, Mar. 2018 [full paper]

  3. H. Kogami, Q. An, N. Yang, H. Yamakawa, Y. Tamura, A. Yamashita, H. Asama, S. Shimoda, H. Yamasaki, M. Itkonen, F. Alnajjar, N. Hattori, M. Kinomoto, K. Takahashi, T. Fujii, H. Otomune, and I. Miyai, “Effect of Physical Therapy on Muscle Synergy Structure during Standing-up Motion of Hemiplegic Patients,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Volume: PP Issue: 99, pp. 1–1, 2018. [abstract]​

  4. A. Costa, M. Itkonen, H. Yamasaki, F. Alnajjar, and S. Shimoda, “A Novel Approach to the Segmentation of sEMG Data Based on the Activation and Deactivation of Muscle Synergies During Movement,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Volume: PP Issue: 99, pp. 1–1, 2018. [abstract]

  5. Oyama, Shintaro, Shingo Shimoda, Fady Alnajjar, Katsuyuki Iwatsuki, Minoru Hoshiyama, Hirotaka Tanaka, and Hitoshi Hirata. “Biomechanical Reconstruction Using the Tacit Learning System: Intuitive Control of Prosthetic Hand Rotation.” Frontiers in Neurorobotics 10 (November 29, 2016). doi:10.3389/fnbot.2016.00019 (Abstract)

  6. Fady Alnajjar, Matti Itkonen, Vincent Berenz, Maxime Tournier, Chikara Nagai, Shingo Shimoda (2015) Sensory Synergy as environmental input integration, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8:436. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00436 (Abstract)

  7. Tytus Wojtara, Fady Alnajjar, Shingo Shimoda and Hidenori Kimura (2014) Muscle synergy stability and human balance maintenance, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 11:129 (Abstract).

  8. Fady Alnajjar, Tytus Wojtara, Hidenori Kimura, Shingo Shimoda (2013) Muscle synergy space: learning model to create an optimal muscle synergy, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, doi: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00136 <Abstract>

  9. Fady Alnajjar, Yuichi Yamashita, Jun Tani (2013) The Hierarchical and Functional Connectivity of Higher-order Cognitive Mechanisms: Neurorobotic Model to Investigate the Stability and Flexibility of Working Memory, Frontiers in Neurorobotics,  7:2. doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2013.00002. <Abstract>

  10. Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2013) A Tree-Type Memory Formation by sensorimotor feedback: A possible approach to the development of robotic cognition, Scientific Research, Intelligent Control and Automation, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2013. <Abstract>

  11. Tytus Wojtara, Makoto Sasaki, Hitoshi Konosu, Masashi Yamashita, Shingo Shimoda, Fady Alnajjar, Hidenori Kimura, (2011) Artificial balancer - Supporting device for postural reflex, gait & posture, Vol.35, No. 2, 316-321. <Abstract>

  12. Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2011)  An Aplysia-like Spiking Neural Network Implementation of Sensory Fusion on an Autonomous Robot ,  Inventi Rapid, Robotics Vol. 2, No. 2, [ISSN 2230-8199]. <Abstract> <Full draft>

  13. Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Fady Alnajjar, and Kazuyuki Murase (2011) A novel bio-inspired vision system: A step toward real-time human-robot interactions, Journal of Robotics, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, vol. 2011 Article ID 943137, 9 pages. <Abstract>

  14. Fady Alnajjar, Abdul Rahman Hafiz and Kazuyuki Murase (2010) HCBPM: An Idea toward a Social Learning Environment for Humanoid Robot, Journal of Robotics, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, vol. 2010, Article ID 241785, 13 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/241785. <Abstract>

  15. Fady Alnajjar, Indra Bin Mohd Zin, Kazuyuki Murase (2009) A Hierarchical Autonomous Robot Controller for Learning and Memory: Adaptation in Dynamic Environment, Adaptive Behavior, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp.179-196.<Abstract>

  16. Indra Bin Mohd Zin, Fady Alnajjar and Kazuyuki Murase (2009) A New Mechanism to Adapt a Real Mobile Robot into a Complex Environment using Pattern Association Network Controller (PAN-C), Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp.312-319. <Abstract>

  17. Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2008) A simple Aplysia-like spiking neural network to generate adaptive behavior in autonomous robots, Adaptive Behavior Vol. 14, No. 5, pp306-324.<Abstract>

  18. Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2006) Self organization of spiking neural network that generates autonomous behavior in a real mobile robot, International Journal of Neural Systems Vol. 16, No. 4, pp.229-239.<Abstract>

  19. International Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters, etc.

  20. Heid Haavik, Imran Khan Niazi, Jens Duehr, Muhammed Samran Navid, Fady Alnajjar, Kemal Turker, Chiropractic care alters TMS induced I-wave excitability and cortical silent period duration, 25th educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference, March 8- 10, 2018, Dallas, Texas

  21. Alice Cade, Kelly Jones, Kelly Holt, Abdul Moiz Penkar, Fady Alnajjar, Heidi Haavik, The effects of chiropractic care on oculomotor control in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A pilot study. 25th educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference, March 8- 10, 2018, Dallas, Texas

  22. M. Gochoo, T.-H. Tan, S.-C. Huang, S.-H. Liu, and F. S. Alnajjar, “DCNN-based elderly activity recognition using binary sensors,” 2017 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), Nov. 2017

  23. M. Wedyan, A. Al-Jumaily, F. Alnajjar, P. M. Muhamed, and S. Shimoda, “A wearable robotics assistive device: Design, technical solutions, and implementation,” 2017 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), Nov. 2017.

  24. Á. Costa, M. Itkonen, H. Yamasaki, F. S. Alnajjar and S. Shimoda, "Importance of muscle selection for EMG signal analysis during upper limb rehabilitation of stroke patients," 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Jeju Island, South Korea, 2017, pp. 2510-2513. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037367 (abstract)

  25. Ghada M. Bani Musa; Adel Al-Jumaily; Fady Alnajjar; Shingo Shimoda, Analyze the human movements to help CNS to shape the synergy using CNMF and pattern recognition, IEEE 4th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IEEE IRIS2016), Procedia Computer Science,Volume 105, 2017, Pages 170–176, (Abstract)

  26. Alnajjar, Fady, and Shingo Shimoda. “Muscle Synergies Indices to Quantify the Skilled Behavior in Human.” Biosystems & Biorobotics (October 13, 2016): 959–963. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_155.

  27. ​Alnajjar, F., Harib, F., AlAmeri, S., Almarzoqi, A., Itkonen, M., Yamasaki, H., … Shimoda, S. (2016). The Role of Inputs Combination to Enhance the Internal Model and Body Control Ability. Biosystems & Biorobotics, 901–905. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_146

  28. Alnajjar Fady, Shimoda Shingo,  Muscle synergies as a neurofeedaback to assist motor function recovery, The 38th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS2015), July 28-31, 2015, kobe, Japan. (Abstract)(conference site)

  29. Vincent Berenz, Fady Alnajjar, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Shingo Shimoda (2015) Tacit Learning for Emergence of Task-Related Behaviour through Signal Accumulation, Emergent Trends in Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 316, 2015, pp 31-38 (Abstract)

  30. Fady S. Alnajjar, Matti Itkonen, Chikara Nagai and Shingo Shimoda (2015) Sensory Synergy: Modeling the Neural Dynamics of Environmental Feedback to the Central Nervous System, 7th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), Montpellier, France.

  31. Fady Alnajjar, Vincent Berenz, Ken-Ichi Ozaki, Kensuke Ohno and Shingo Shimoda (2014) Muscle Synergy Features in Behavioral Adaptation and Recovery, The International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2014), Denmark. Published in a chapter in Replace, Repair, Restore, Relieve – Bridging Clinical and Engineering Solutions in Neurorehabilitation Biosystems & Biorobotics Volume 7, 2014, pp 245-253.

  32. Vincent Berenz, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Fady Alnajjar, Shingo Shimoda (2014) Generalization of the Tacit Learning Controller Based on Periodic Tuning Functions,  IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob2014), Brazil,  in press.

  33. Fady Alnajjar, Shingo Shimoda (2014) Neural synergy: The Future of Motor Function Development and Recovery, Japan neuroscience (JNS2014), Yokohama, In press.

  34. Katsuyuki Iwatsuki, Shintaro Oyama, Fady Alnajar, Shingo Shimoda, Michiro Yamamoto, Hitoshi Hirata (2014), A novel myoelectric prostheses with a tacit learning, program, 69th ASSH Annual Meeting, Boston, In press.

  35. V Berenz, Fady Alnajjar, M Hayashibe, S Shimoda, (2013) , "Tacit Learning for Dynamically Finsing Task-Space/Control-space Relations", The 31st Annual Conference of Robotics Society of Japan.

  36. V Berenz, Fady Alnajjar, M Hayashibe, S Shimoda, (2013) Tacit learning for emergence of task-related behavior through signal accumulation, Symposium on Emergent Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

  37. Fady Alnajjar, V Berenz, S Shimoda, (2013) "The functional role of automatic body response in shaping voluntary actions based on muscle synergy theory", 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), pp. 1230-1233 (Link)

  38. Fady Alnajjar, Tytus Wojtara, Shingo Shimoda and Hidenori Kimura, (2012) "The rule of the Dependency Level of the Sensory Synergy in Recruiting Muscle Synergy",  International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR), Nov.14-16,2012, Spain.

  39. Tytus Wojtara, Fady Alnajjar, Shingo Shimoda and Hidenori Kimura, (2012) "Voluntary and Reflex Muscle Synergies in Upper Limbs", International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR), Nov.14-16,2012, Spain.

  40. Tytus Wojtara, Fady Alnajjar, Shingo Shimoda and Hidenori Kimura, (2012) "Lateral Balance Supporting Device for Postural Reflex Ambulatory Experiments", IEEE Int. Conf. on BioRob and BioMec, Rome Italy, pp.1765-1769, June 2012.

  41. Fady Alnajjar,  Tytus Wojtara, Shingo Shimoda, Hidenori Kimura, (2012) “A bio-inspired neuromuscular model to simulate the neuro-sensorimotor basis for postural-reflex-response in Humans,” IEEE Int. Conf. on BioRob and BioMec, Rome Italy, pp.980-985, June 2012.

  42. Fady Alnajjar, Yuichi Yamashita, Jun Tan (2012) Static and Dynamic Memory to Simulate Higher-Order Cognitive Tasks,  IJCNN2012, June, Brisbane, Australia. 10.1109/IJCNN.2012.6252749.

  43. Fady Alnajjar, Yuichi Yamashita, Jun Tan (2011) Formulating a Cognitive Branching Task by MTRNN:A Robotic Neuroscience Experiments to Simulate the PFC and its Neighboring Regions, Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (III), Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamic, Hokkaido, Japan. ISBN 978-94-007-4791-3 

  44. Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2010) A Bio-Inspired Dynamic Edge Detection toward Natural Human-Robot Interaction, International Symposium on Intelligent Systems (iFAN 2010), Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 25-26, 2010, ID503, 4 pages. 

  45. Fady Alnajjar, Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Kazuyuki Murase (2010) HCBPM: An Idea toward a Social Learning Environment for Humanoid, 12th International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA2010), World Automation Congress (WAC2010), Kobe, Japan, Sept 19-23, 2010, ISOLA 69, 7 pages. 

  46. Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2010) A Novel Dynamic Edge Detection Inspired from Mammalian Retina toward Better Robot Vision, 12th International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA2010), World Automation Congress (WAC2010), Kobe, Japan, Sept 19-23, 2010, ISOLA 301, 6 pages. 

  47. F. Alnajjar, K. Murase (2010), Aplysia-like SNN model: An idea toward a compact adaptive controller for a physical robot. The 33th anual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (NEURO2010), Kobe, P3-I10. 

  48. Fady Alnajjar, Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Indra Bin Mohd. Zin, and Kazuyuki Murase (2009) Vision-Motor Abstraction toward Robot Cognition, 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2009), Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-5, 2009, C.S. Leung, M. Lee, and J.H. Chan (Eds.): ICONIP 2009, Part II, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5864, pp. 65-74. 

  49. Fady Alnajjar, Abdul Rahman Hafiz, and Kazuyuki Murase (2009) A Novel Hierarchical Constructive BackPropagation with Memory for Teaching a Robot the Names of Things, 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2009), Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-5, 2009, C.S. Leung, M. Lee, and J.H. Chan (Eds.): ICONIP 2009, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5863, pp. 451-459 Winner of travel grant given to upper 15% of submission.

  50. Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Fady Alnajjar, and Kazuyuki Murase (2009) A New Dynamic Edge Detection toward Better Human-Robot Interaction, Proceedings of the 12th FIRA Robot World Congess (FIRA'09), Inchon, Korea, August 16-18, 2009, Advances in Robotics (JH Kim, SS Ge, P Vadakkepat, N Jesse et al, eds) Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 5744, Springer, pp.44-52. 

  51. Indra Bin Mohd Zin, Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2008) Adaptation of Real Autonomous Mobile Robot in Complex Environment using Pattern Association Network Controller (PAN-C), Proceedings of Joint 4th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 9th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, (SCIS&ISIS2008) Nagoya, Japan, Sept 17-21, 2008. 

  52. Fady Alnajjar, Kazuyuki Murase (2008) A Novel Sensor Fusion of Aplysia-like Spiking Neural Network for Autonomous Mobile Robot, Proceedings of Joint 4th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 9th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, (SCIS&ISIS2008) Nagoya, Japan, Sept 17-21, 2008.

  53. Fady Alnajjar, Indra Bin Mohd Zin, Kazuyuki Murase (2008) A Novel Hierarchical Adaptive Controller with Dynamic Memory for an Autonomous Robot, Proceedings ofJoint 4th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 9th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, (SCIS&ISIS2008)Nagoya, Japan, Sept 17-21, 2008. 

  54. Fady Alnajjar, Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Indra Bin Mohammad Zin, K. Murase (2008), Visiomotor Internal Memory Representation towards Robot’s Cognition, SAB08, special poster session (Last-Minute-Results), Osaka, Japan. 

  55. Fady Alnajjar, K. Murase (2008) Sensor-fusion in Spiking Neural Network That Generates Autonomous Behavior in Real Mobile Robot, Proc IJCNN2008, LNCS, pp. 2201-2207,  Hong-Kong (WCCI 2008 Proceedings - CD-Rom).

  56. Fady Alnajjar, Indra Bin Mohammad Zin, K. Murase (2008) A Spiking Neural Network with Dynamic Memory for a Real Autonomous Mobile Robot in Dynamic Environment, Proc IJCNN2008, LNCS, pp. 2208-2214, Hong-Kong (WCCI 2008 Proceedings - CD-Rom). 

  57. Fady Alnajjar, Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Indra Bin Mohammad Zin, K. Murase (2008) Vision-sensorimotor Abstraction and Imagination Towards Exploring Robots Inner World, Proc IJCNN2008, LNCS, pp. 2419-2425, Hong-Kong (WCCI 2008 Proceedings - CD-Rom). 

  58. Alnajjar F, Murase K (2006) An Autonomous Mobile Robot Controlled by a Spike Neuron Network with one Hidden-Layer neuron having spike timing-dependent plasticity,Proceedings of Joint 3nd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, (SCIS&ISIS2006) Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 20-24, 2006, pp.207-212,The winner of the Second Prize in the Best Student Paper Award Competition. 

  59. Alnajjar F, Murase K (2006) Use-dependent synaptic connection modification in SNN generating autonomous behavior in a Khepera mobile robot, Proceedings of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, Bangkok, Thailand, June 7-9, 2006, (CIS/RAM2006), pp.34-39. 

  60. Alnajjar F, Murase K (2006) Self-Organization of Spiking Neural Network Generating Autonomous Behavior in a Real Mobile Robot, Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation (CIMCA2005), Vol.1,(Ed. M. Mohammadian), IEEE Computer Society, Vienna, Austria, November 28-30, 2005, pp1134-1139. 

  61. Fady Alnajjar, K. Murase (2005) Self-organization of spiking neural network generating autonomous behavior in a miniature mobile robot, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE2005), Fukui, Japan, Sept 20-22, 2005 (K. Murase, K. Sekiyama, N. Kubota, T. Naniwa, and J. Sitte Eds) Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp255-260. 

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