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ABOUT THE BIMLAB

The Bodies In Motion (BIM) Lab is a collaborative lab space at UMBC in the Information Systems Department. The BIM Lab is part of the Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC) and is dedicated to understanding and designing for movement-based interaction. Some current areas of research include imaging and interaction in surgery, Parkinson’s Disease movement assessment, and interpreting movement. The lab has a variety of commercial gesture based devices which include: the Microsoft Kinect, Leap Motion and Myo gesture control armband. The BIM lab is located in ITE 461.

BIMLAB NEWS

Postdoc Researcher in Human-Centered Computing Needed! Join our lab and conduct research on surgical coordination & training
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PhD student Rita Shewbridge and Dr. Mentis' TOCHI paper on "Co-interpreting movement with sensors: Assessing Parkinson’s patients’ deep brain stimulation programming" to be presented at CHI 2017.

Dr. Mentis & Dr. Komlodi to present "Crafting a View of Self-Tracking Data in the Clinical Visit"

PhD student Yuanyuan Feng has paper accepted to the journal Gait & Posture: “Comparison of trip-axial accelerometers step-count accuracy in slow walking conditions”

PhD student Galina Madjaroff presented her extended abstract at CHI 2016: "Differences in Perceived Impact of Person-Centered Technology on Older Adults' Quality of Life"

Dr. Mentis' new article on "Achieving interface and environment fidelity in the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Surgical Trainer" has come out in IJHCS.

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