Background
Abdel-Malek, Karim A. was born on April 25, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt. Son of Antoun Abel-Malek and Josette Abdel-Malek.
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Simulate realistic human motion in a virtual world with an optimization-based approach to motion prediction. With this approach, motion is governed by human performance measures, such as speed and energy, which act as objective functions to be optimized. Constraints on joint torques and angles are imposed quite easily. Predicting motion in this way allows one to use avatars to study how and why humans move the way they do, given specific scenarios. It also enables avatars to react to infinitely many scenarios with substantial autonomy.
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Abdel-Malek, Karim A. was born on April 25, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt. Son of Antoun Abel-Malek and Josette Abdel-Malek.
Bachelor of Science, University Jordan, Amman, 1988. Master of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1993.
Senior Associate to the Provost, U of Iowa, 2016- present
Director, Iowa Technology Institute, 202005- present
Professor, Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering, 2005-present
Co-Founder, MALUM Inc.
Founder, VIVED Learning
CO-Founder, Santos Human, Inc.
Assistant professor University Iowa, Iowa City, 1994—2001, associate professor, 2001—2005, professor biomedical engineering, since 2005, director Center Computer-Aided Design, since 2005.
President Viztek, Inc., 2001—2005.
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Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman medical symposium, Best Paper award), SAM, Society of Automotive Engineers (chairman conference 2005).
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Married Mary Abdel-Malek. Children: Tony, Ella.