Arshia Khan

Arshia Khan is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Computer Science, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth. She leads the Dementia and Elderly Care Robotics and Sensing Labs, focusing on human-centered robotics for neurodegenerative disease management.

• Key affiliations: Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (UMN), Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging, Alzheimer's Association (ISTAART Diversity and Disparities PIA)

Research Interests: Humanoid therapeutic robots, wearable sensors, and spatial sensor systems for Alzheimer's/dementia care, post-surgery recovery, and autism spectrum disorder. Projects include robotic medication management, wandering behavior prediction, and multimodal memory stimulation via music/images.

Scientific Recognition:

• Research Initiative in Bioinformatics Award
• Scholarly and Creative Activity Award
• $3,545,436+ in research funding
• 37 invited talks (2023-2024)

Grants & Initiatives: Whiteside Grant for robotic cardiac recovery studies, $1,345,422 for Women in Computing programs. Media featured in Forbes, Nature, NY Times, and PBS Nova.