Curriculum Vitae
Hai Jiang (蒋 海), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nakamura Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering
The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
Full academic records are available on researchmap, including awards, publications, and presentations.
Office: West Building 8, Room 416, The University of Electro-Communications.
Research interests
Human–machine co-adaptation; assistive robotics; continual learning; virtual evaluation and human-centered design; time-series data segmentation; robot manipulation; myoelectric prosthetic hands; human–robot interfaces; biosignal measurement and analysis; continuous multi-DOF control; few-shot and continual adaptation; embedded AI; compliant and underactuated mechanisms; multimodal grasp-state recognition; assistive robotics.
Academic appointments and research experience
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan.
Visiting Student / Research Internship
Center for Neural Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Education
Ph.D. in Engineering
The University of Electro-Communications, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering.
Master of Engineering
The University of Electro-Communications, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering.
Bachelor's degree
Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, China.
Selected awards
Tanaka Sakae Award
The University of Electro-Communications alumni association.
MyoChallenge 2024 — 3rd Place and DEI Award
Manipulation Track, NeurIPS 2024 Competition Track: Physiological Dexterity and Agility in Bionic Humans.
Additional awards listed on researchmap
- October 2026 — 学生優秀演題, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Coauthored work on a myoelectric prosthesis with forearm pronation/supination; the award is listed with Shunsei Hayakawa and coauthors. Record.
- September 2026 — Best Poster Award, Biomedical Engineering Symposium 2026. Coauthored work on a powered prosthetic finger informed by two-dimensional thumb-motion measurements; the award is listed with Miran Tanaka and coauthors. Record.
- April 2023 — Excellent Proposal, UEC Next-Generation Researcher Challenging Research Program, recurrent education tools. Record.
Research funding
- April 2023–March 2026: Development of multi-DOF myoelectric prosthetic-hand control based on hand synergy theory. JST Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING). researchmap record.
Intellectual property
- CN119632737B: 義手制御方法、装置、電子機器および記憶媒体. Listed as a co-inventor on researchmap.
- Japanese patent application 2025-181916: 義肢制御装置及び義肢システム. Listed as a co-inventor on researchmap.
Selected research contributions
- Developed regression-based methods for continuously estimating multiple finger-joint angles from surface EMG, including the two-stream TF2AngleNet architecture.
- Investigated cross-user, cross-day, and sensor-placement shifts, with emphasis on efficient personalization from limited calibration movements.
- Designed prosthetic finger mechanisms combining passive joint stability, hyperextension, and compliant fingertips to improve grasp adaptability.
- Integrated real-time inference, wireless communication, inertial sensing, and multimodal safety functions into multi-DOF prosthetic-hand systems.
Professional memberships
- IEEE, since 2026
- The Robotics Society of Japan, since 2026
- The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, since 2025
Teaching and mentoring
Research mentoring in myoelectric prosthetics, biosignal processing, embedded sensing and control, assistive robotics, and robot learning. Teaching experience includes the Advanced Course of Robotics and Control at UEC.
Publications
See the curated publication list, the full researchmap publication record, or the UEC researcher profile.