Roni Barak Ventura
Assistant Professor, School of Applied Engr & Tech
251 Fenster Hall (FENS)
Education
Ph.D.
; New York University Tandon School of Engineering
; Mechanical Engineering
; 2021
M.S. ; New York University Tandon School of Engineering ; Biomedical Engineering ; 2017
B.Sc. ; University of Rochester ; Evolutionary Biology and Ecology ; 2014
M.S. ; New York University Tandon School of Engineering ; Biomedical Engineering ; 2017
B.Sc. ; University of Rochester ; Evolutionary Biology and Ecology ; 2014
Past Courses
FED 101: NCE - FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
Research Interests
Causal inference, Complex systems, Firearm violence, Future of work, Human behavior, Human-computer interactions, Interface design, Quantitative policy evaluation, Telerehabilitation, Time series analysis, Virtual and augmented reality.
Journal Article
Roni Barak Ventura, Angelo Catalano, Joo H. Kim, Maurizio Porfiri.
2026. "A machine learning approach to predict wrist posture in telerehabilitation with haptic devices."
Mechatronics , vol. 113 , pp. 103423.
Kevin Slote, Kevin Daley, Rayan Succar, Roni Barak Ventura, Maurizio Porfiri, Igor Belykh. 2025. "How advocacy groups on Twitter and media coverage can drive US firearm acquisition: A causal study." PNAS Nexus , vol. 4 , no. 6 , pp. pgaf195.
Inês Figueira, Rayan Succar, Roni Barak Ventura, Maurizio Porfiri. 2025. "Urban scaling with censored data." PLOS Complex Systems , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. e0000029.
Roni Barak Ventura, James Macinko, Manuel Ruiz Marín, Maurizio Porfiri. 2024. "Association of State Firearm Laws With Firearm Ownership and Mortality." AJPM Focus , vol. 3 , no. 4 , pp. 100250.
Rayan Succar, Salvador Ramallo, Rishita Das, Roni Barak Ventura, Maurizio Porfiri. 2024. "Understanding the role of media in the formation of public sentiment towards the police." Communications Psychology , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 11.
Kevin Slote, Kevin Daley, Rayan Succar, Roni Barak Ventura, Maurizio Porfiri, Igor Belykh. 2025. "How advocacy groups on Twitter and media coverage can drive US firearm acquisition: A causal study." PNAS Nexus , vol. 4 , no. 6 , pp. pgaf195.
Inês Figueira, Rayan Succar, Roni Barak Ventura, Maurizio Porfiri. 2025. "Urban scaling with censored data." PLOS Complex Systems , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. e0000029.
Roni Barak Ventura, James Macinko, Manuel Ruiz Marín, Maurizio Porfiri. 2024. "Association of State Firearm Laws With Firearm Ownership and Mortality." AJPM Focus , vol. 3 , no. 4 , pp. 100250.
Rayan Succar, Salvador Ramallo, Rishita Das, Roni Barak Ventura, Maurizio Porfiri. 2024. "Understanding the role of media in the formation of public sentiment towards the police." Communications Psychology , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 11.
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Conference Proceeding
"WIP: Evaluating the impact of an introductory first-year engineering design course in shaping students’ experience and academic preparedness"
ASEE Conferences, 2025.
"Automating the assessment of wrist motion in telerehabilitation with haptic devices"
SPIE, May, 2024.
"Detecting impaired movements of stroke patients in bimanual training from motion sensor data"
SPIE, May, 2024.
"Automated classification of bimanual movements in stroke telerehabilitation: a comparison of dimensionality reduction algorithms"
SPIE, March, 2021.
"Interactive experiments in a robotics-based platform to simulate zebrafish response to a predator"
SPIE, March, 2018.
ASEE Conferences, 2025.
"Automating the assessment of wrist motion in telerehabilitation with haptic devices"
SPIE, May, 2024.
"Detecting impaired movements of stroke patients in bimanual training from motion sensor data"
SPIE, May, 2024.
"Automated classification of bimanual movements in stroke telerehabilitation: a comparison of dimensionality reduction algorithms"
SPIE, March, 2021.
"Interactive experiments in a robotics-based platform to simulate zebrafish response to a predator"
SPIE, March, 2018.