Michael Jenkin

Michael Jenkin is affiliated with York University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering, computer science, and neuroscience, with a significant focus on subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, and biomedical engineering.

Jenkin's research spans several main topics, including:

• Tactile and Sensory Interactions
• Visual perception and processing mechanisms
• Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
• Spaceflight effects on biology
• Robot Manipulation and Learning
• Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
• Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Their recent papers illustrate a range of applications and venues of publication:

• "Visuotactile-RL: Learning Multimodal Manipulation Policies with Deep Reinforcement Learning," 2022, published in the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
• "Finger-STS: Combined Proximity and Tactile Sensing for Robotic Manipulation," 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
• "Load Balancing for Communication Networks via Data-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning," 2021, presented at the 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
• "Virtual and Augmented Reality Direct Ophthalmoscopy Tool: A Comparison between Interactions Methods," 2021, published in Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
• "Electric Load Forecasting for Individual Households via Spatial-Temporal Knowledge Distillation," 2024, featured in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Jenkin has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Gregory Dudek, Laurence R. Harris, Di Wu, Francois R. Hogan, and Xue Liu. The counts of their joint publications range from 7 to 16, indicating ongoing partnerships in multiple research initiatives.

The scholar's work is published in notable venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), npj Microgravity, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, and the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

In addition to journal articles and conference papers, Michael Jenkin has authored books published by Cambridge University Press, including:

• Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics (2024)
• Visual-vestibular Integration in Challenging Environments (2024)