Nicos Haralabidis - Research Associate

Nicos Haralabidis

Research Associate

Australia

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Nicos Haralabidis is a biomechanics researcher and research associate with 8 years’ experience combining in vivo measurement, musculoskeletal modeling, and optimal control to solve sporting and clinical movement problems. He completed a PhD in Biomechanics and advanced his research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, exploring stochastic optimal control and reinforcement learning for performance analysis. His work spans applied studies—from jockey safety and sprint cycling to wearable sensor validation—and translational simulation, including contributing new contact-impulse tracking functionality to the widely used OpenSim Moco codebase. Based in Australia, he blends rigorous academic methods with practical intervention studies and industry collaboration, evidenced by partnerships with the Racing Foundation and MAS Holdings. Notably, he delivers both experimental insight and backend simulation tooling, enabling a clearer link between measured data and predictive movement models.

8 years of coding experience

1 year of employment as a software developer

Dixons City Academy

Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at The Manchester Metropolitan University

Stanford Ignite - Part-Time, Stanford Ignite - Part-Time at Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master of Science - MS Biomechanics, Master of Science - MS Biomechanics at Loughborough University

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biomechanics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biomechanics at University of Bath

English, Greek

Github Skills (8)

simulations10

simulation10

biomechanics10

c-language10

cprogramming-language10

opensimulator10

computational-science9

computational-biology9

Programming languages (4)

TypeScriptC++PythonMatlab

Github contributions (5)

opensim-org/opensim-core

Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

SimTK OpenSim C++ libraries and command-line applications, and Java/Python wrapping.

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:6 reviews, 17 commits, 5 PRs in 5 months

Contributions summary:Nicos primarily contributed to the implementation of the MocoImpulseTrackingGoal, a new feature within the OpenSim Moco module. Their work involved creating new classes and modifying existing ones, including related header and source files. These changes added functionality for tracking contact impulses using data from ExternalLoads, indicating a focus on biomechanical simulations. They also integrated with and utilized other OpenSim components like SmoothSphereHalfSpaceForce and ExternalLoads, demonstrating proficiency in the project's core codebase.

biomechanicspythonsciencecppmusculoskeletal-models

nicos1993/Basic-ML-Biomechanics

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024

Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches, 4 comments in 2 months

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