Professor Mohammad Osman Tokhi

I received my BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Kabul University, Afghanistan in 1978 and PhD degree from Heriot-Watt University, UK in 1988. I am a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology), Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineering), Member of IIAV (International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration) and Member of CLAWAR (Climbing and Walking Robots) Association.

I have worked for industry and at various higher education establishments, and am currently Professor of Robotics at the School of Engineering, London South Bank University, UK. My current research interests include Active Noise and Vibration Control, Adaptive/intelligent Control, Assistive Robotics, and bio/nature-inspired computational intelligence. I have published extensively and have completed numerous projects in these areas.
I act as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Low-Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, Editor of book series on Service Robotics (published by World Scientific Publishing Company), Co-editor of book series on Mobile Service Robotics (published by Elsevier Publishing Company), member of Editorial Advisory Board of Industrial Robot Journal. I have previously acted as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and member of editorial board of several other international journals.
I act as Chair of CLAWAR Association, Chair of BSI (British Standards Institute) Technical Committee AMT10 (Robotics) Sub-Committee SC1 on Robot Ethics, Member of IFAC Technical Committees TC 3.1 (Computers for Control) and TC 3.2 (Computational Intelligence for Control). I am Govenor of ISO technical committee TC299 (Robotics) working group WG2 – Service Robot Safety, Member of several working groups of ISO/TC299 – Robotics Committee, the IEC/TC62/SC62A – Common aspects of Electrical Equipment used in Medical Practice, and of BSI AMT/010 Robotics Committee.

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