Kynan Eng

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Group Leader -- ended Dec 2020
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I coordinate IP and tech transfer for the Institute. This work has led me to co-found a number of spin-offs in neuromorphic engineering (iniVation, iniLabs, SynSense) and medical technology (QuantActions, YouRehab). As a research group leader (currently on hold), I was working mainly on the neuroscience of virtual reality interactions, and applications of neurotechnologies in neurorehabilitation.

Main Projects

Spin-Off Companies

IniLabs
YouRehab AG
iniVation AG
QuantActions
SynSense (aiCTX)

Publications

2020

2019

  • Enrico Calabrese, Gemma Taverni, Christopher Awai Easthope, Sophie Skriabine, Federico Corradi, Luca Longinotti, Kynan Eng, Tobi Delbruck DHP19: Dynamic Vision Sensor 3D Human Pose Dataset, The IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops, 2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

  • Villiger, M and Grabher, P and Hepp-Reymond, MC and Kiper, D and Curt, A and Bolliger, M and Hotz-Boendermaker, S and Kollias, S and Eng, K and Freund, P Relationship between structural brainstem and brain plasticity and lower-limb training in spinal cord injury: a longitudinal pilot study, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6:(9) 254, 2015

2014

2013

  • Bannwart M, Pyk P, Kiper D, Eng K, Gassert R, Kim Y Usability assessment of low-cost vibration motors for presenting vibrotactile feedback in sensory and motor rehabilitation, 2013 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), Philadelphia, PA, USA 206–207, 2013
  • Villiger, M and Bohli, D and Kiper, D and Pyk, P and Spillmann, J and Meilick, B and Curt, A and Hepp-Reymond, M-C and Hotz-Boendermaker, S and Eng, K Virtual reality-augmented neurorehabilitation improves motor function and reduces neuropathic pain in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 27:(8) 675-683, 2013
  • Villiger, M and Estevez, N and Hepp-Reymond, M-C and Kiper, D and Kollias, S and Eng, K and Hotz-Boendermaker, S Enhanced activation of motor execution networks using action observation combined with imagination of lower limb movements, PLOS ONE, 8:(8) e72403, 2013
  • Villiger M, Broggi S, Pyk P, Kiper D, Curt A, Eng K, Bolliger M Innovationen in Rehabilitation und Rehabilitationstechnik – mobiles Gerät mit interaktiver virtueller Realität für die Rehabilitation der unteren Extremitäten bei Patienten mit Querschnittlähmung, 26. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Medizinischen Gesellschaft für Paraplegie - DMGP “Neue Technologien! Neue Perspektiven!? Neue Ergebnisse?,” Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany 55-56, 2013
  • Villiger M, Pyk P, Spillmann J, Estévez N, Bohli D, Kiper D, Hepp-Reymond M-C, Curt A, Bolliger M, Kollias S S, Hotz-Boendermaker S, Eng K Effects of virtual reality-augmented training on cortical activation in incomplete spinal cord injury patients: An fMRI study, Conference: World Congress of Neurology (WCN) / Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 333: e551, 2013
  • Zimmermann, R and Marchal-Crespo, L and Lambercy, O and Fluet, M-C and Metzger, J-C and Edelmann, J and Brand, J and Eng, K and Riener, R and Wolf, M and Gassert, R What’s Your Next Move? Detecting Movement Intention for Stroke Rehabilitation, Brain-Computer Interface Research: A State-of-the-Art Summary, SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering 23-37 , 2013

2012

2011

  • Brand, J. and Geisseler, O. and Holper, L. and Hepp-Reymond, M.C. and Morari, M. and Kiper, D. and Eng, K. The effects of manipulation of visual feedback in virtual reality on cortical activity: A pilot study, Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2011 International Conference on 1-2, 2011
  • Heinrichs A, Schuster C, Eng K, Keisker B, Holper L, Chevrier E, Pyk P, Kiper D Interactive Bimanual Virtual Mirror Therapy on Chronic Stroke: Two Single-Case Studies, Physiotherapy, vol. 97, no. Supplement S1:, 2011
  • Villiger, M. and Hepp-Reymond, M-C and Pyk, P. and Kiper, D. and Eng, K and Spillman, J. and Meilick, B. and Estevez, N. and Kollias, S. S. and Curt, A. and Hotz-Boendermaker, S. Virtual reality rehabilitation system for neuropathic pain and motor dysfunction in spinal cord injury patients , 2011 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR) 1-4, 2011
  • Villiger M, Bohli D, Kiper D, Pyk P, Estévez N, Kollias S S, Curt A, Hepp-Reymond M-C, Hotz-Boendermaker S, Eng K Virtual reality training for the rehabilitation of lower limb motor dysfunction and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury, ENRC 1st European NeuroRehabilitation Congress, Merano, Italy, 2011

2010

  • Eng K, Schuster C, Heinrichs A, Keisker B, Holper L, Chevrier E, Pyk P, Kiper D Two single-case studies of interactive bimanual virtual mirror therapy on chronic stroke patients, Eur. J. Neurol., 17: 587, 2010
  • Holper, L and Muehlemann, T and Scholkmann, F and Eng, K and Kiper, D and Wolf, M Testing the potential of a virtual reality neurorehabilitation system during performance of observation, imagery and imitation of motor actions recorded by wireless functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) , Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 7:(1) 57, 2010

2009

  • Boerlin, M and Delbruck, T and Eng, K Getting to Know Your Neighbors: Unsupervised Learning of Topography from Real-World, Event-Based Input, Neural Computation, 21:(1) 216-238, 2009 pdf
  • Eng, K and Pescatore, A and Chevrier, E and Pyk, P and Holper, L and Schuster, C and Heinrichs, A and Kiper, D Patient Evaluation of a Mirrored Display for Viewing of Co-located Virtual Arms, Proc. World Congress on Med. Phys. Biomed. Eng., 25/IV: 1861-1864, 2009 pdf
  • Vuillermot, S and Pescatore, A and Holper, L and Kiper, D and Eng, K An Extended Drawing Test for the Assessment of Arm and Hand Function with a Performance Invariant for Healthy Subjects, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 177:(2) 452-460, 2009 pdf
  • Wille, D. and Eng, K. and Holper, L. and Chevrier, E. and Hauser, Y. and Kiper, D. and Pyk, P. and Schlegel, S. and Meyer-Heim, A. Virtual reality-based paediatric interactive therapy system (PITS) for improvement of arm and hand function in children with motor impairment--a pilot study., Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 12:(1) 44-52, 2009

2008

  • Delbruck, T and Schrag, M and Boerlin, M and Eng, K Real-time Topology Learning, NIPS 2008 (Demonstration Track), 2008
  • Haegni, K and Eng, K and Hepp-Reymond, M-C and Holper, L and Keisker, B and Siekierka, E and Kiper, D Observing virtual arms that you imagine are yours increases the galvanic skin response to an unexpected threat, PLoS ONE, 3:(8) e3082, 2008 pdf
  • Pescatore, A and Holper, L and Pyk, P and Kiper, D and Eng, K A Display for Supporting Ownership of Virtual Arms, Presence 2008 270-273, 2008 pdf
  • Pyk, P. and Wille, D. and Chevrier, E. and Hauser, Y. and Holper, L and Fatton, I and Greipl, R and Schlegel, S and Ottiger, L and Rückreim, B and Pescatore, A. and Meyer-Heim, A. and Kiper, D and Eng, K A Paediatric Interactive Therapy System for Arm and Hand Rehabilitation, Virtual Rehabilitation 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 2008
  • Pyk, P and Wille, D and Chevrier, E and Hauser, Y and Holper, L and Fatton, I and Greipl, R and Schlegl, S and Ottiger, L and Rückreim, B and Pescatore, A and Meyer-Heim, A and Kiper, D and Eng, K A Paediatric Interactive Therapy System for Arm and Hand Rehabilitation, Virtual Rehabilitation 2008 127-132, 2008 pdf
  • Eng, K Miniaturized Human 3D Motion Input, Human-Computer Interaction: New Developments 231-242, 2008

2007

  • Delbrück, T. and Whatley, A. M. and Douglas, R. and Eng, K. and Hepp, K. and Verschure, P. F. M. J. A tactile luminous floor for an interactive autonomous space , Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 55:(6) 433-443, 2007 pdf
  • Eng, K A Miniature, One-Handed 3D Motion Controller, LNCS 4662 Part I: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2007), 2007 pdf
  • Eng, K, and Siekierka, E, and Pyk, P, and Chevrier, E, and Hauser, Y, and Holper, L, and Cameirao, M, and Hägni, K, and Zimmerli, L, and Duff, A, and Schuster, C, and Bassetti, C, and Verschure, P, and Kiper, D, Interactive Visuo-Motor Therapy System for Stroke Rehabilitation., Medical and biological engineering and computing, 45:(9) 901-907, 2007 pdf
  • Haegni, K and Eng, K and Hepp-Reymond, M-C and Holper, L and Keisker, B and Siekierka, E and Kiper, D The Effect of Task and Ownership on Time Estimation in Virtual Environments, The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence, 2007 pdf
  • Siekierka, E M and Eng, K and Bassetti, C and Blickenstorfer, A and Cameirao, M S and Dietz, V and Duff, A and Erol, F and Ettlin, T and Hermann, D M and Keller, T and Keisker, B and Kesselring, J and Kleiser, R and Kollias, S and Kool, J P and Kurre, A and Mangold, S and Nef, T and Pyk, P and Riener, R and Schuster, C and Tosi, F and Verschure, P F M J and Zimmerli, L New technologies and concepts for rehabilitation in the acute phase of stroke: a collaborative matrix, Neurodegenerative Diseases, 4:(1) 57-69, 2007 pdf

2006

  • Eng, K. and Mintz, M. and Delbruck, T. and Douglas, R. J. and Whatley, A. M. and Manzolli, J. and Verschure, P. F. M. J. An Investigation of Collective Human Behavior in Large-scale, Mixed Reality Spaces, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15:(4) 403-418, 2006 pdf
  • Eng, K and Siekierka, E and Cameirao, M and Zimmerli, L and Pyk, P and Duff, A and Erol, F and Schuster, C and Bassetti, C and Kiper, D and Verschure, P F M J Cognitive Virtual-Reality Based Stroke Rehabilitation, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, 2006 pdf

2005

  • Eng, K and Douglas, R J and Verschure, P F M J An interactive space that learns to influence human behaviour, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, 35:(1) 66-77, 2005 pdf
  • Eng, K and Mintz, M and Verschure, P F M J Collective Human Behavior in Interactive Spaces, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2057-2062, 2005 pdf
  • Eng, K and Mintz, M and Verschure, P F M J An investigation of collective human interaction with a large-scale, mixed-reality space, Presence 2005: The 8th Annual International Workshop on Presence 15-24, 2005
  • Hofstoetter, C and Gil, M and Eng, K and Indiveri, G and Mintz, M and Kramer, J and Verschure, P F M J The cerebellum chip: an analog VLSI implementation of a cerebellar model of classical conditioning, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 17: 577-584, 2005 pdf
  • Verschure, P F M J and Eng, K and Kuebli, S Ada - the intelligent room (photographs), Architectural Design, 75:(1) 87-90, 2005

2003

  • Delbruck, T. and Eng, K. and Baebler, A. and Bernardet, U. and Blanchard, M. and Briska, A. and Costa, M. and Douglas, R. and Hepp, K. and Klein, D. and Manzolli, J. and Mintz, M. and Roth, F. and Rutishauser, U. and Wassermann, K. and Wittmann, A. and Whatley, A. M. and Wyss, R. and Verschure, P. F. M. J. Ada: a playful interactive space, Human-Computer Interaction --- INTERACT'03 : IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 1st-5th September 2003, Zürich, Switzerland. 989-992, 2003 pdf
  • Eng, K. and Baebler, A. and Bernardet, U. and Blanchard, M. and Costa, M. and Delbruck, T. and Douglas, R. J. and Hepp, K. and Klein, D. and Manzolli, J. and Mintz, M. and Roth, F. and Rutishauser, U. and Wassermann, K. and Whatley, A. M. and Wittmann, A. and Wyss, R. and Verschure, P. F. M. J. Ada - Intelligent Space: An artificial creature for the Swiss Expo.02, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2003), 3: 4154–4159, 2003
  • Eng, K. and Klein, D. and Baebler, A. and Bernardet, U. and Blanchard, M. and Costa, M. and Delbruck, T. and Douglas, R. J. and Hepp, K. and Manzolli, J. and Mintz, M. and Roth, F. and Rutishauser, U. and Wassermann, K. and Whatley, A. M. and Wittmann, A. and Wyss, R. and Verschure, P. F. M. J. Design for a brain revisited: The neuromorphic design and functionality of the interactive space Ada, Reviews in the Neurosciences, 14:(1-2) 145-180, 2003 pdf
  • Marx, P and Eng, K and Whalley, A Connecting Stator Elements (US 2002644868, DE 10051223, EP 1199440), 2003
  • Wassermann, K and Manzolli, J and Eng, K and Verschure, P Live soundscape composition based on synthetic emotions, IEEE Multimedia, 10:(4) 82-90, 2003 pdf

2002

  • Eng, K. and Bäbler, A. and Bernardet, U. and Blanchard, M. and Briska, A. and Conradt, J. and Costa, M. and Delbrück, T. and Douglas, R. J. and Hepp, K. and Klein, D. and Manzolli, J. and Mintz, M. and Netter, T. and Roth, F. and Rutishauser, U. and Wassermann, K. and Whatley, A. M. and Wittmann, A. and Wyss, R. and Verschure, P. F. M. J. Ada: Constructing a Synthetic Organism, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2: 1808-1813, 2002 pdf
  • Eng, K and Pfeiffer, C and Wellenkamp, U A Heatshield for a Gas Turbine (EU 1041250, US 6361273, CN 1269459, DE 1995049), 2002

2001

  • Eng, K. and Baebler, A. and Bernardet, U. and Blanchard, M. and Briska, A. and Costa, M. and Delbruck, T. and Douglas, R. and Hepp, K. and Klein, D. and Manzolli, J. and Mintz, M. and Netter, T. and Roth, F. and Wassermann, K. and Whatley, A. and Wittmann, A. and Verschure, P. Ada - Buildings as Organisms, Game, Set and Match (Proceedings), Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, 2001

2000

  • Eng, K and Robertson, A P and Blackman, D Managing Complexity in Large Learning Robotic Systems, Journal of Intelligent Robotic Systems, 27:(3) 263-273, 2000 pdf

1997

  • Eng, K and Robertson, A P and Blackman, D Robbie the Running Robot: A Distributed Learning System, 1997 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Toowoomba, Australia, 1997 pdf

1996

  • Eng, K and Gomm, K and Robertson, A P Snapshot EIS: a saga of software innovation, Annals of Industrial Innovation, 6: 89-93, 1996
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