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Poramate Manoonpong was born in Nan, Thailand, in 1978. He is an Associate Professor of embodied AI/robotics at the University of Southern Denmark and an Emmy Noether research group leader for "Neural Control, Memory, and Learning for Complex Behaviors in Multi Sensori-Motor Robotic Systems" at Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN), Department for Computational Neuroscience, Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, the University of Goettingen, Germany. He received a B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering from the King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, in 2000, an M.Sc. degree in mechatronics from Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany, in 2002, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Siegen, Germany, in 2006. As a Ph.D. student, he worked in the areas of robotics, mechatronic systems, biologically inspired walking machines, evolutionary robotics and artificial neural networks at Fraunhofer institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS), Sankt Augustin, Germany. He was a JSPS Postdoctoral fellow at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Department of Brain Robot Interface, Kyoto, Japan. His research interests include neural locomotion control of walking machines, biomechanics, dynamics of recurrent neural networks, learning/plasticity, embodied cognitive systems, prosthetic and orthopaedic devices.
My small step can be the next big step for science!
My long-term agenda: "To understand how brain-like mechanisms including biomechanics can be realized in artificial agents so they can become more like living creatures in their level of performance"
In order to achieve my goal, I have developed neural control and learning mechanisms for locomotion generation and adaptation in legged robots, e.g., dynamic biped walking robot "RunBot" and adaptive animal-like robots “AMOS”.
Personal Details
Name: Poramate Manoonpong
Place of Birth: Nan, Thailand
Nationality and Race: Thai
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single
CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf),(doc)
Education Background
1991-1995, High school (Hons.), Kasetsart University Laboratory School, Bangkok, Thailand
1996-2000, B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering (Hons.), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
2000-2002, M.Sc. in Mechatronics, Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany
2002-2005, Ph.D. student at Fraunhofer Institut fuer Autonome Intelligente Systeme, Sankt Augustin, Germany
2002-2006, Dissertation, University of Siegen, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institut fuer Regelungs-und Steuerungstechnik, Siegen, Germany
Supervisors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert Roth, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Pasemann
Honors/ Awards
2000, Second Class Honor in Mechanical Engineering (B.Eng.) at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
2008, Best Ph.D. thesis award in Engineering and Industrial Research category from the Office of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
2008, Finalist of the Tzyh-Jong Tarn best paper award from IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2008
2010, Research Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS: Research Abroad)
2011, Research Fellowship of Japan Trust International Research Cooperation Program (Research Abroad)
2011, Emmy Noether Programme of the DFG (German Research Foundation) since 03/2011
2012, Distinguished alumni award for outstanding achievements in scientific research from FIBO at 16 year FIBO Homecoming
2013, Innovation Award 2013- For Practical Innovation in the Field of Robotics (Highly recommended) and Best Technical Paper Award (Highly recommended) from 16th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR)
Training Background/ Experiences
1998, Participated in Robot soccer contest on behalf of the Center of Operation for Field Robotics and Development (FIBO)
1999, Kung Yong Electric Co.Ltd., Bangkok Thailand as Practical training about Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
1999, Participated in Robot Ford contest on behalf of the Center of Operation for Field Robotics and Development (FIBO)
2000-2001, Vetter Injekt System GmbH & Co.KG , Ravensburg Germany as Practical training regarding SPS programming
2001, Tutor for Basic Control subject at Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten
2002-2005, Research assistant at Fraunhofer Institut AiS, Sankt Augustin, Germany
2006-2011, Research associate at Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN), Goettingen, Germany
January 2010-July 2010, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Department of Brain Robot Interface, Kyoto, Japan
June 2011-August 2011, Japan Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Department of Brain Robot Interface, Kyoto, Japan
Since March 2011, Emmy-Noether Research Group Leader at Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Department for Computational Neuroscience, Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, the University of Goettingen
Since November 2013, Associate Professor at the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Poramate Manoonpong
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Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN)
III Physikalisches Institut - Biophysik
Friedrich-Hund Platz 1
37077, Goettingen
Germany
Phone:+49 (0) 551 3910 763
Email Address:
poramate-at-manoonpong-dot-com
poramate-at-physik3-dot-gwdg-dot-de
Webmail:
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