Biography
Dr. Thanassis Rikakis is dean and professor of the Iovine Young 91传媒 (IYA) at the University of Southern California (USC). The IYA provides unique BS and MS degrees at the intersection of technology, creativity and innovation through a transdisciplinary Challenge Based Reflective Learning (CBRL) framework. Thanassis is also courtesy professor of Bioengineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and leads the 聽His research focuses on complex systems for cyber-human intelligence, interactive neurorehabilitation, adaptive learning and experiential media.聽 Before joining the IYA Thanassis served as founding director of the , an initiative that provided adaptive transdisciplinary learning pathways across five colleges. From 2015 until 2017 Thanassis served as executive vice president and provost at Virginia Tech.聽 He led the development of transdisciplinary discovery communities () and a new resource model () and co-led plans for the expansion of the in Roanoke and for cross sector VT initiatives in . From 2012 to 2015 he served as vice provost for design arts and technology at Carnegie Mellon University where he founded the (IDEATE) network.聽 He has also served as founding director of the at Arizona State University and Associate Director for Research and Development of the at Columbia University. He has led gift efforts from philanthropy and industry totaling more than $75,000,000. He has been PI or co-PI in research grants from NSF, NIH, NEA and industry totaling over $16,000,000. He has authored over 50 publications spanning computing, engineering, health, education, design and the arts. He has composed 30 original music compositions performed internationally. He remains an active teacher of undergraduate and graduate courses and research supervisor of graduate students.
Selected Publications
Talks
This is a presentation on the Iovine Young 91传媒 (IYA) Challenge Based Reflective Learning Framework (CBRL). Presentation was given at the 2024 Erich Bloch Materials Design and Innovation Symposium at the University of Buffalo.
, This is a presentation on Reflective Learning at the USC Iovine Young 91传媒 presented at the TEFL Kuwait 2023 meeting.
Books
Rikakis, T., Arnold, A., Keyel, J. et al. (2020). Adaptive Life Long Learning for an Inclusive Knowledge Economy. Virginia Tech Publications in partnership with the International Academic Forum and the Future Talent Council;
Papers
- T. Ahmed, T. Rikakis, A. Kelliher and S. L. Wolf, (2024), "A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Cyber-Human Assessment of Movement in Upper Extremity Stroke Rehabilitation," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, DOI:
- Sung, S., Thomas, D. & Rikakis, T., 鈥淓nacting Transdisciplinary Values for a Postdigital World: The Challenge-Based Reflective Learning (CBRL) Framework鈥.聽Postdigit Sci Educ听(2024).
- Sarker, A.; Emenonye, D.-R.; Kelliher, A.; Rikakis, T.; Buehrer, R.M.; Asbeck, A.T., 鈥淐apturing Upper Body Kinematics and Localization with Low-Cost Sensors for Rehabilitation Applications鈥, Sensors 2022, 22, 2300.
- Ahmed, Tamim; Thopalli, Kowshik; Rikakis, Thanassis; Turaga, Pavan; Kelliher, Aisling; Huang, Jia-Bin; Wolf Steven L., 鈥淎utomated Movement Assessment in Stroke Rehabilitation鈥, Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 12, 202,
- Y. Han, A. Varadarajan, T. Kim, G. Zheng, K. Kitani, A. Kelliher,聽T. Rikakis,聽and Y-L Park. 鈥淪mart Skin: Vision-Based Soft Pressure Sensing System for In-Home Hand Rehabilitation鈥, Soft Robotics, Vol 9, no 3, p 473-485, 2022,
- Arnold, Amy J., Jared Keyel, Alkan Soysal, Michael Kretser, Shahabedin Sagheb and Thanassis Rikakis. 鈥淭oward an Integrative Professional and Personal Competency-Based Learning Model for Inclusive Workforce Development鈥, International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics (滨惭厂颁滨听2021),
- A. Kelliher, S. Zilevu, T. Rikakis,聽T. Ahmed, Y. Troung, S. Wolf. (2020). 鈥淭owards standardized processes for physical therapists to quantify patient rehabilitation鈥, proceedings of ACM SIGCHI 2020 (CHI鈥20), Hawaii, USA, April 25 鈥 30, 2020,
Musical Compositions
Krisis, for flute, bassoon, cello and trombone聽[]
For a comprehensive list of the Dean's research, compositions and presentations, please visit聽.