Vishwanathan Mohan

Vishwanathan Mohan is a Lecturer (US equivalent: Assistant Professor) in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Essex, UK. He was formally trained in Microelectronics and VLSI design at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and his scientific career began with neuromorphic VLSI models of associative memories.

• Education: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Microelectronics and VLSI design)

His research focuses on human-robot symbiosis, cognitive robotics, and embodied language learning. Key themes include goal-directed reasoning, cooperative robotics in shared workspaces, and neural frameworks for memory and body schema organization in robots. His work spans applications in industrial and humanoid robotics.

Recent publications highlight neural models for social cognition, physical reasoning, and episodic memory systems. Collaborators include notable researchers such as Giulio Sandini and Pietro Morasso from the Italian Institute of Technology.

As a Guest Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neurorobotics, he contributes to editorial roles. No scientific awards or advising details were explicitly mentioned in the available text.