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Dr. Janos L. Grantner is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of intelligent systems, robotics, and biomedical engineering, with a primary focus on developing assistive and evaluative technologies for surgical training and neurorehabilitation. His major contributions include the creation of an intelligent decision support system integrated with a robotic haptic device for eye-hand coordination therapy, demonstrating that robotic mapping from a haptic interface to a virtual environment can improve coordination in children. This foundational work, published in 2007 and cited 8 times, was extended in 2011 with the development of a formal evaluation function for such therapy, garnering 7 citations. More recently, Dr. Grantner has advanced surgical education by applying deep learning to the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) box trainer. His 2023 paper introduces a hybrid YOLOv8 and instance segmentation model to distinguish sealed tissue and detect tool tips, aiming to automate and objectify surgical skill assessment, reducing evaluator bias and time burden. This work underscores his sustained impact on both rehabilitation robotics and computer-assisted surgical training, with his research consistently pushing the boundaries of how intelligent systems can augment human performance and clinical evaluation.