Name:
Dr. Chinwe Ekenna
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department at the University at Albany, SUNY, USA
Short Bio:
Chinwe Ekenna is with the Computer Science Department at the University at Albany, SUNY, and
Director of the RACS Laboratory. Her research focuses on intelligent motion planning in robotics and
proteins, exploring robotic motion adaptation, topological data analysis in robot planning, and IoT
systems' vulnerabilities in robot applications. She also delves into machine learning, cybersecurity,
computational geometry, and computational biology. Chinwe, an NSF-CRII awardee, has published
extensively on topology in robotics, contributing to ICRA and IROS, and served on committees for major
robotics conferences. She's a member of the IEEE RAS Committee on Automation and Robotics (CESAR).