Heather E. Williams, Ph.D.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Heather E. Williams, Ahmed W. Shehata, Kodi Y. Cheng, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “A multifaceted suite of metrics for comparative myoelectric prosthesis controller research,” PLOS One, 19(5):e0291279, May 2024.

Kodi Y. Cheng, Heather E. Williams, Ahmed W. Shehata, Patrick M. Pilarski, Craig S. Chapman and Jacqueline S. Hebert, “The Effect of an Advanced Myoelectric Prosthesis Controller on Visuomotor Behaviours,” under review at Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, May 2024.

Heather E. Williams, Ahmed W. Shehata, Kodi Y. Cheng, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “Myoelectric Prosthesis Control using Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network Regression Mitigates the Limb Position Effect,” submitted to Neural Computing and Applications, February 2024.

Hikaru Yokoyama, Koshi Shibagaki, Suzufumi Arai, Heather E. Williams, Albert H. Vette, Taishin Nomura, Matija Milosevic, “Experimental validation of a finite state controlled functional electrical stimulation walking system based on wearable sensors,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, December 2023.

Naoki Hayami, Heather E. Williams, Koshi Shibagaki, Albert H. Vette, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kimitaka Nakazawa, Taishin Nomura, Matija Milosevic, “Development and validation of a closed-loop functional electrical stimulation-based controller for gait rehabilitation using a finite state machine model,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 30:1642–51, July 2022. (co-first author).

Heather E. Williams, Ahmed W. Shehata, Michael R. Dawson, Erik Scheme, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “Recurrent Convolutional Neural Networks as an Approach to Position-Aware Myoelectric Prosthesis Control,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 69(7):2243–55, July 2022.

Paul D. Marasco, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Jon W. Sensinger, Dylan T. Beckler, Zachary C. Thumser, Ahmed W. Shehata, Heather E. Williams, Kathleen R. Wilson, “Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors,” Science Robotics, 6(58):eabf3368, September 2021.

Ahmed W. Shehata, Heather E. Williams, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “Machine Learning for the Control of Prosthetic Arms: Using electromyographic signals for improved performance,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 38(4):46–53, June 2021. (co-first author)

Heather E. Williams, Craig S. Chapman, Patrick M. Pilarski, Albert H. Vette, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Myoelectric prosthesis users and non-disabled individuals wearing a simulated prosthesis exhibit similar compensatory movement strategies,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 18:72, May 2021.

Ben W. Hallworth, James A. Austin, Heather E. Williams, Mayank Rehani, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “A Modular Adaptable Transhumeral Prosthetic Socket for Evaluating Myoelectric Control,” IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health & Medicine 8:0700210, July 2020.

Heather E. Williams, Craig S. Chapman, Patrick M. Pilarski, Albert H. Vette, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Gaze and Movement Assessment (GaMA): Inter-site validation of a visuomotor upper limb functional protocol,” PLOS One 14(12):e0219333, December 2019.

Jonathon S. Schofield, Katherine R. Schoepp, Heather E. Williams, Jason P. Carey, Paul D. Marasco, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Characterization of interfacial socket pressure in transhumeral prostheses: A case series,” PLOS One 12(6):e0178517, June 2017.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Laura C. Petrich, Heather E. Williams, Johannes Günther, Matthew E. Taylor, Patrick M. Pilarski, “Feasibility Study of Dendritic Gated Networks for Upper Limb Prosthetic Control,” accepted to the 6th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2024) for poster presentation, November 5–8, 2024, La Granja, Spain,

Michael R. Dawson, Adam S. R. Parker, Heather E. Williams, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Craig S. Chapman, Patrick M. Pilarski, “Joint Action is a Framework for Understanding Partnerships Between Humans and Upper Limb Prostheses,” accepted to the International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) for podium presentation, September 1–4, 2024, Heidelberg, Germany.

Heather E. Williams, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, Ahmed W. Shehata, “Evidence that a deep learning regression-based controller mitigates the limb position effect for an individual with transradial amputation,” Proceedings of the Myoelectric Controls Symposium (MEC24), August 12–15, 2024, Fredericton, Canada.

Laura C. Petrich, Heather E. Williams, Matthew E. Taylor, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Pierre Lemelin, Ahmed W. Shehata, Patrick M. Pilarski, “A preliminary investigation into bio-inspired data collection for transhumeral targeted muscle reinnervation prosthetic control,” Proceedings of the Myoelectric Controls Symposium (MEC24), August 12–15, 2024, Fredericton, Canada.

Heather E. Williams, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, Ahmed W. Shehata, “A Case Series in Position-Aware Myoelectric Prosthesis Control using Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network Classification with Transfer Learning,” Proceedings of the International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2023), September 24–28, 2023, Singapore.

Heather E. Williams, Johannes Günther, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, Ahmed W. Shehata, “Composite Recurrent Convolutional Neural Networks Offer a Position-Aware Prosthesis Control Alternative While Balancing Predictive Accuracy with Training Burden,” Proceedings of the International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2022), July 25–29, 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Michael R. Dawson, Heather E. Williams, Glyn S. Murgatroyd, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “brachIOplexus: Myoelectric Training Software for Clinical and Research Applications,” Proceedings of the Myoelectric Controls Symposium (MEC20), August 10–13, 2020, Fredericton, Canada, p. 83–86 (conference cancelled).

Heather E. Williams, Quinn A. Boser, Patrick M. Pilarski, Craig S. Chapman, Albert H. Vette, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Hand Function Kinematics when using a Simulated Myoelectric Prosthesis,” Proceedings of the International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2019), June 24-28, 2019, Toronto, Canada, p. 169–174.

Presentations

Podium Presentations

Heather E. Williams, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, Ahmed W. Shehata, “Evidence that a deep learning regression-based controller mitigates the limb position effect for an individual with transradial amputation,” the Myoelectric Controls Symposium (MEC24), August 12–15, 2024, Fredericton, Canada.

Heather E. Williams, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, Ahmed W. Shehata, “A Case Series in Position-Aware Myoelectric Prosthesis Control using Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network Classification with Transfer Learning,” the International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2023), September 24–28, 2023, Singapore.

Vincent Castonguay-Siu, Dalen Mimeault, Pratik Shah, Craig Trischuck, Heather Williams, Michael Lipsett, “Design And Analysis Of Soft-robotic Exoskeleton For Restoration Of Hand Function,” Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), June 23, 2017, Tucson, USA.

Posters

Michael R. Dawson, Heather E. Williams, Glyn S. Murgatroyd, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “brachIOplexus: Myoelectric Training Software for Clinical and Research Applications,” Myoelectric Controls Symposium (MEC22), August 9–11, 2022, Fredericton, Canada.

Heather E. Williams, Johannes Günther, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, Ahmed W. Shehata, “Composite Recurrent Convolutional Neural Networks Offer a Position-Aware Prosthesis Control Alternative While Balancing Predictive Accuracy with Training Burden,” International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2022), July 25–29, 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Heather E. Williams, Pouria Faridi, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, "Using Transfer Learning to Reduce the Burden of Training for Position-Aware Myoelectric Prosthetic Control,” RehabWeek Virtual '21, September 23–25, 2021, Online.

Michael R. Dawson, Adam S. R. Parker, Heather E. Williams, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Craig S. Chapman, Patrick M. Pilarski, "Joint Action is a Framework for Understanding Partnerships Between Humans and Upper Limb Prostheses,” RehabWeek Virtual '21, September 23–25, 2021, Online.

Heather E. Williams, Pouria Faridi, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Patrick M. Pilarski, “Position-Aware Myoelectric Prosthetic Control using Recurrent Convolutional Neural Networks and Transfer Learning,” Amii Research Retreat Day, June 15, 2021, Edmonton, Canada.

Heather E. Williams, Quinn A. Boser, Patrick M. Pilarski, Craig S. Chapman, Albert H. Vette, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Hand Function Kinematics when using a Simulated Myoelectric Prosthesis,” Bioengineering Colloquium 2019, July 12, 2019, Osaka, Japan.

Ben W. Hallworth, James A. Austin, Heather E. Williams, Mayank Rehani, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Modular Adaptable Transhumeral Prosthetic Socket for Evaluating Myoelectric Control,” ISPO Canada RehabWeek 2019, June 24–28, 2019, Toronto, Canada.

Heather E. Williams, T. Riley Dawson, Craig S. Chapman, Patrick M. Pilarski, Jacqueline S. Hebert, Albert H. Vette, “Assessing the Inter-Rater Reliability of Two Functional Upper Limb Tasks,” Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Spotlight on Innovation Breakfast & Symposium 2018, November 7, 2018, Edmonton, Canada.

Ben W. Hallworth, James A. Austin, Heather E. Williams, Mayank Rehani, Ahmed W. Shehata, Jacqueline S. Hebert, “Modular Adaptable Trans-Humeral Prosthetic Socket for Evaluating Myoelectric Control,” Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Spotlight on Innovation Breakfast & Symposium 2018, November 7, 2018, Edmonton, Canada.