Ekaterina Ivanova

Dr. Ekaterina Ivanova is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Human-Machine Interaction at Queen Mary University of London's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. She is affiliated with the Centre for Human-Centred Computing, focusing on multimodal human-robot interaction, haptic communication, and user-centred robotics for medical applications. Her research integrates robotics, data science, neuroscience, and clinical expertise to develop assistive technologies.

Teaching: She teaches modules such as ECS7029P Research Methods and ECS733P Interactive System Design, emphasizing interdisciplinary and hands-on approaches.

Research Interests: Her work spans haptic communication, neurorehabilitation, and robot-assisted motor learning. Recent studies explore human-robot collaboration in training, sensory augmentation, and motor performance optimization.

Grants:

• Improving motor learning via haptic human-human and human-robot interaction (Royal Society, £12,000)
• Multimodal human-human Interaction in Negotiation Tasks (Royal Society, £12,000)
• UKRI CDT in Artificial Intelligence and Music (EPSRC, £6.5M)

Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the Centre for Human-Centred Computing, collaborating on projects like supernumerary limb systems and haptic social interaction.