Presenter: Dr. Santosh Kumar Presented: January 19, 2016 About the presentation: In the webinar, Dr. Kumar describes the puffMarker model for pinpointing the timing of a first lapse in a quitting smoker. The recent research has demonstrated the feasibility of detecting smoking from wearable sensors, but their performance on real-life smoking lapse detection is unknown. In a paper presented […]
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Presenter: Dr. Tiffany Cvrkel, UCLA Presented: February 18, 2016 Abstract: The Big Data Revolution brings enormous potential in acquisition and application of vast sums of data, and the possibilities are exciting. Collecting and working with this type of data also raises unique ethical concerns. The purpose of this talk is two-fold. First, we will be discussing some of […]
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Title: Consumer Wearables: The Path to Clinical Application Date presented: March 17, 2016 from 9:45 a.m.-11 a.m. PT (11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. CT, 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m. ET). Abstract: As the wearables market continues its remarkable growth, there is an increased awareness and interest to utilize this technology for clinical and research purposes. The ability to gather information from […]
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Title: Using A Continuous Measurement of Stress (cStress) to Trigger Just-in-time Stress Intervention on Mobile Phones Presenters: Dr. Karen Hovsepian of Troy University and Hillol Sarker, Ph.D. student at the University of Memphis Presented: March 10, 2016 About the presentation: This webinar is composed of two major components. In the first half, Hovsepian will present a computational model for […]
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Title: Social Determinants and Smoking Cessation Presenter: Dr. David Wetter of Rice University Presented: April 7, 2016 About the webinar: Health and health behaviors such as smoking cessation are highly patterned on a socioeconomic gradient. Healthy People 2020 defines the social determinants of health as the “conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, […]
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Title: Social Determinants and Smoking Cessation Presenter: Dr. David Wetter of Rice University Presented: April 7, 2016 About the webinar: Health and health behaviors such as smoking cessation are highly patterned on a socioeconomic gradient. Healthy People 2020 defines the social determinants of health as the “conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, […]
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Title: Interactive Computing Beyond Weiser’s Ubicomp Presenter: Dr. Gregory Abowd Presented: April 20, 2016, University of Michigan School of Information About the presentation: Mark Weiser’s vision of ubiquitous computing, or ubicomp, was inspiring and influential, but it is becoming a rather old vision. While the grand idea of ubiquitous computing can still inspire lots of research, there are several […]
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Title: Towards continuous eye monitoring in the mobile environment with ultra low-power computational eyeglasses Presenters: Dr. Deepak Ganesan and Graduate Researcher Addison Mayberry of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Date: May 26, 2016 About the webinar The human eye offers a fascinating window into an individual’s health, cognitive attention, and decision making, but we lack the ability […]
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Title: ResearchStack: Building a Cross-Platform Mobile Research Study in 30 Minutes! Presenter: Michael Carroll, ResearchStack project manager Date presented: August 25, 2016 About the Webinar: ResearchKit (Apple) and ResearchStack (Android) are open source frameworks for researchers to inform and consent patients, and to collect personal health data from participants in trials. Carroll’s presentation will cover the basics about […]
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Title: Machine Learning Methods for Mobile Health Research Presenter: Benjamin Marlin, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst Date presented: October 18, 2016 About the presentation: This presentation, given at the University of Southern California, is similar to one Dr. Marlin gave at Wireless Health 2016, held Oct. 25-27 in Washington, D.C. See the slides here. About the presenter: Dr. Marlin […]
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