Journal Publications:

Deepesh Kumar, Abhijit Das, Uttama Lahiri, Anirban Dutta (2015) A human-machine
interface integrating low-cost sensors with a neuromuscular electrical stimulation system for
post-stroke balance rehabilitation, Journal of Visual Experiments [Accepted]
Selvia Kuriakose, and Uttama Lahiri, 2015. Understanding the psycho-physiological
implications of interaction with a virtual reality based system in adolescents with autism: a
feasibility study, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
23(4), 665-675.
Uttama Lahiri, Esubalew Bekele, Elizabeth Dohrmann, Zachary Warren, Nilanjan Sarkar
(2014) A Physiologically Informed Virtual Reality Based Social Communication System for
Individuals with Autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI
10.1007/s10803-014-2240-5.
Anirban Dutta, Uttama Lahiri, Abhijit Das, MA Nitsche and David Guiraud (2014) Post-
stroke balance rehabilitation under multi-level electrotherapy: a conceptual review, Front.
Neurosci. 8:403. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00403.
Anirban Dutta, Deepesh Kumar, Uttama Lahiri, Abhijit Das, and M. V. Padma (2014)
"Post-stroke Engagement-sensitive Balance Rehabilitation Under An Adaptive Multilevel
Electrotherapy: Clinical Hypothesis and Computational Framework. Neuroscience and
Biomedical Engineering, no. 2: 68-80.
Uttama Lahiri, Esubalew Bekele, Elizabeth Dohrmann, Zachary Warren, Nilanjan Sarkar
(2013) Design of a Virtual Reality based Adaptive Response Technology for Children with
Autism, Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 21(1), 55 64.
Esubalew Bekele, Uttama Lahiri, Amy Swanson, Julie A. Crittendon, Zachary Warren,
Nilanjan Sarkar (2012) A Step towards Developing Adaptive Robot-mediated Intervention
Architecture (ARIA) for Children with Autism, Transactions on Neural Systems and
Rehabilitation Engineering, 21(2), 289-299.
Uttama Lahiri, Zachary Warren, Nilanjan Sarkar (2011) Design of a Gaze-sensitive Virtual
Social Interactive System for Children with Autism, Transactions on Neural Systems and
Rehabilitation Engineering, 19(4), 443-452.
Uttama Lahiri, Adam Trewyn, Zachary Warren, Nilanjan Sarkar (2011) Dynamic Eye gaze
and its Potential in Virtual Reality Based Applications for Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders, Autism-Open Access Journal,1-7.
Karla Welch, Uttama Lahiri, Nilanjan Sarkar, Zachary Warren (2010) An Approach to the
Design of Socially Acceptable Robots for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders,
International Journal of Social Robotics, 2(4), 391-403.
Uttama Lahiri, Robert F. Labadie, Changchun Liu, R. Balachandran, Omid Majdani,
Nilanjan Sarkar (2010) A Step Towards Identification of Surgical Actions in
Mastoidectomy, IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering, 57(2), 479-487.
Uttama Lahiri, Ashok K. Pradhan, and Siddhartha Mukhopadhyaya (2005) Modular neural
network based directional relay for transmission line protection, IEEE Power Engineering
Society Letters, 20(4), 2154 2155.
Conference Publications:

Deepesh Kumar, Gorish Aggarwal, Rishabh Sehgal, Abhijit Das, Uttama Lahiri, Anirban
Dutta, (2015) An Engagement-Sensitive Interactive Neuromuscular Electrical Therapy
System for Post-Stroke Balance Rehabilitation - Concept Study, 7th International IEEE
EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, 22nd 24th April, Montepellier, France.
Yadav, Taruna and Lahiri, Uttama, (2015) "Computer Assisted Interactive
System:Understanding its Implications on Psychophysiology", in the 2nd International
Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks http://spin2015.com/, Amity
School of Engineering and Technology,U.P., IN.
Kuriakose, Selvia; K. B, Pradeep Raj; Shah, Griva; Lahiri, Uttama, (2015) "Virtual Reality-
based Social Communication Task for Autism: Physiology as Bio-markers to Anxiety",
South Asia International Autism Conference 2015 (SAIAC 2015), New Delhi.
D. Solanki, P. Oza, P., and U. Lahiri, (2015) Towards a wearable non-invasive low-cost
device for Measuring Physiological Indices, IEEE Tensymp Conference, Ahmedabad.
S. Kuriakose, P. Kumar, P. Raghavan and U. Lahiri. (2014) "A Step Towards Anxiety-
Sensitive Virtual Reality Based Social Communication Platform: Implication on Physiology
for Children with Autism". International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2014),
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
D. Kumar, Y. Goyal, S. Nair, A. Chauhan, U. Lahiri, (2014) "Design of a Physiologically
Informed Virtual Reality based Interactive Platform for Individuals with Upper Limb
Impairment, IEEE International System on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
(Ro-MAN 2014), UK.
S. Kuriakose, S. Kunche, N. Balasubramoni, P. Jain, S. Sonker, U. Lahiri, (2013) "A Step
towards Virtual Reality based Social Communication for Children with Autism". IEEE
Control, Automation, Robotics and Embedded System (CARE, 2013).
P. Sankhe, S. Kuriakose, U. Lahiri, (2013), "A Step towards a Robotic System With
Smartphone Working As Its Brain :An Assistive Technology". IEEE Control, Automation,
Robotics and Embedded System (CARE).
S. Bhattacharya, C. Joshi, A. Chauhan, U. Lahiri, (2013), "A Step Towards Developing a
Virtual Reality Based Rehabilitation System for Individuals with Post-Stroke Forearm
Movement Disorders", IEEE Control, Automation, Robotics and Embedded System (CARE).
S. Kuriakose, N. Sarkar, U. Lahiri, (2012), "A Step Towards an Intelligent Human Computer
Interaction: Physiology-based Affect-Recognizer". IEEE Intelligent Human Computer
Interaction (IHCI, 2012).
C. Joshi, U. Lahiri, N.V. Thakor, (2012), "Classification of Gait Phases from Lower Limb
EMG: Application to Exoskeleton Orthosis". IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on
Point-of-Care Healthcare Technologies.
U. Lahiri, (2012), "Characterization of Surgical Actions in Mastoidectomy", International
Bioconference and Event, BIOFEST 2012.
U. Lahiri, M. Sarkar, (2012), "Adaptive Gaze-Sensitive Virtual Reality based Human-
Computer Interaction for Adolescents with ASD", IASTED, Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI, 2012), DOI: 10.2316/P.2012.772-008.
U. Lahiri, K. Welch, M. Sarkar, (2012), "Psychophysiological Response in Virtual Reality
based Human-Computer Interaction in Adolescents with ASD". Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI, 2012), DOI: 10.2316/P.2012.772-007.
 U. Lahiri, E. Bekele, E. Dohrmann, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2011),"Design of a Virtual
Reality based Adaptive Response Technology for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder".
Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII, 2011), 165 174.
U. Lahiri, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2011), "Virtual Reality Based Gaze Sensitive System for
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Implications on Behavioral Viewing Patterns",
International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR, 2011), (Poster Presentation).
U. Lahiri, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2011), "Dynamic Gaze Measurement with Adaptive
Response Technology in Virtual Reality based Social Communication for Autism", IEEE
International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, I - 8.
U. Lahiri, K. Welch, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2011), "Understanding Psychophysiological
Response in Virtual Reality based Social Communication System for Children with ASD.
IEEE International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, 1 - 2".
E. Bekele, U. Lahiri, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2011), "Robot-mediated joint attention tasks for
children at risk with ASD: A step towards robot-assisted intervention. International Meeting
for Autism Research (IMFAR 2011), (Poster Presentation)".
E. Bekele, U. Lahiri, J. Davidson, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2011), "Towards Robot-Mediated
Adaptive Response System in Joint Attention Task for Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder". IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
(RO-MAN 2011), 276 281.
U. Lahiri, K. Welch, Z. Warren, N. Sarkar, (2010), "Virtual Reality Based Social Interaction
for Children with Autism: Implications for Physiological Response. International Meeting for
Autism Research (IMFAR 2010), (Poster Presentation).
U. Lahiri, R.F. Labadie, C. Liu, O. Majdani, and N. Sarkar, (2010), "A Step Towards
Characterization of Surgical Actions Involved in Mastoidectomy". In Tiwari, R., Shukla, A.
(Eds.), Intelligent Medical Technologies and Biomedical Engineering: Tools and
Applications, Publisher : IGI Global, ISBN No. 978-1-61520-977-4.
K. Welch, U. Lahiri, N. Sarkar, Z. Warren, W. Stone, C. Liu, (2010), "Affect-sensitive
Computing and Autism", In Gulsen, Didem (Eds.), Affective Computing and Interaction:
Psychological, Cognitive and Neuroscientific Perspectives, Publisher: IGI Global.
K. Welch, U. Lahiri, C. Liu, R. Weller, N. Sarkar, Z. Warren, (2009), "An Affect-sensitive
Social Interaction Paradigm utilizing Virtual Reality Environments for Autism Intervention".
In Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Human-Comp. Interaction (HCII 2009), 703 - 712.

Current Research Projects

Intelligent Adaptive Physiology-based Affect Sensitive Virtual Social Communication

System for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Sponsoring Agency: IIT Gandhinagar.
Intelligent Virtual Reality based Gaze-sensitive Social Communication System for
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Post Stroke tele-neurohabilitation using an operant conditioning paradigm under
volitionally driven transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology-INRIA.
 Intelligent Adaptive Reality based Stoke Rehabilitation Platform for Elderly.
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology.
Integrating Robotic Gait Training System with Virtual Reality for Gait Rehabilitation -
a novel approach in Neurorehabilitation. Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and
Technology-A STAR.