Workshop 1: WAIRE - Workshop on AI integration with Renewable Energy harvesting sources
For more details, please visit the workshop website: sites.google.com/utexas.edu/ieebsn-waire
Location:
State Room, DoubleTree
Overview:
The potential of energy harvesting and batteryless sensing promises a future where IoT devices will become sustainable, long-lasting, and maintenance free. Given the significant challenges involved with building and programming such devices, it is reasonable to question whether energy harvesting based IoT can replace existing wearables (fitness trackers, smartwatches, or medical devices), while providing a reliable user experience. Hence, an important question arises: “What role can energy harvesting based sensing play in the age of AI and deep learning?” While energy harvesting based sensors can unlock new applications in wearables and personalized data analytics, the path towards integrating them into the modern deep learning landscape requires substantial intellectual innovation. This workshop aims to bridge multiple perspectives in wearable sensing and data analytics in the modern age of AI.
Workshop Schedule:
2:00 – 2:10 | Introduction
2:10 – 2:30
Keynote #1: AI and Algorithms
Radu Marculescu
2:30 – 2:50
Invited Talk: Integrated Circuits and Systems for Biomedical Devices
Yaoyao Jia
2:50 – 3:10 |Break
3:10 – 3:30:
Keynote #2: TinyML and Hardware
Hiroki Matsutani
3:30 – 3:45
Student Talk: Enabling Pervasive Intelligence at the Extreme Edge
Rohit Sahu
3:45 – 4:30
Panel: “Challenges of Integrating AI with Energy Harvesting-Based Sensors for Wearable Health Applications”
Panelists:
Nanshu Lu
Nivedita Arora
Arman Roohi
Yaoyao Jia
4:30 – 4:35 | Closing Remarks
Call for extended abstracts (presented as 10 minute “flash talks”)
For details on submitting, visit https://sites.google.com/utexas.edu/ieebsn-waire
Organizers:
Geffen Cooper
geffen@utexas.edu
Ganapati Bhat
ganapati.bhat@wsu.edu
Workshop 2: Machine Learning-Enhanced Wearable Platforms: Innovations in Biomedical Instrumentation and Mechanics
Location:
Lasalle Ballroom 1, DoubleTree
Overview:
This workshop will explore the latest advancements in Body Sensor Networks (BSN) augmented with Machine Learning (ML) technologies, with a focus on healthcare and biomedical applications. It aims to highlight cutting-edge research and future directions in sensor development and system-level integration, along with ML-enhanced data handling and device control. The workshop will cover the following main topics:
- Device Development and Control: This segment will explore the advancement of skin-interfaced electronics, including mechano-acoustic sensors and haptic systems, that mimic human skin functions. It will discuss improvements in device control accuracy and data processing efficiency facilitated by ML applications.
- Biomechanics and Bioelectronics: Focusing on the complex interactions between device mechanics and skin biomechanics, this topic will cover the challenges and recent breakthroughs in integrating flexible electronics with human skin. Research on analytical, computational, and experimental approaches in biomechanics to better understand these interactions will be highlighted.
- Translation to Clinical Practice: The translation of BSN technologies into clinical settings will be discussed. It will include case studies and current examples of how these technologies are being used in disease diagnosis, treatment, and robotic prostheses, emphasizing the role of ML in enhancing clinical outcomes.
Workshop Schedule:
2:00 – 5:00 pm | Workshop Events
Workshop Events:
Session 1: Brief introduction to the Workshop theme
Hyoyoung Jeong
Session 2 Talks: ML-enhanced sensor development and system integration
Speaker 1: Jae-Young Yoo
Speaker 2: Hee-Sup Shin
Session 3 Talks: ML-enhanced theoretical mechanics for bioelectronics
Speaker 3: Raudel Avila
Speaker 4: Jin Tae Jimmy Kim
Session 4 Talk: Translation to clinical practice, focusing on ML-reinforced biopotential classification and diagnosis.
Speaker 5: Andreas Tzavelis
Session 5: Closing remarks
Jin Tae Jimmy Kim
Organizer
Hyoyoung Jeong
ecejeong@ucdavis.edu
Workshop 3: Wearable biosensors and soft robotics for assistive devices
Location:
Lasalle Ballroom 2, DoubleTree
Overview:
We will focus our discussion on new applications and opportunities of wearable technology and soft actuators to patients relying on assistive care. Individuals in need of assistive care include elderly and handicapped people, patients in need of close medical monitoring, and mental health. Wearable technology and smart materials can promote functional capabilities to their needs, improving their quality of life. The application of on body sensors for assistive care brings new insights and advancement to the field while promoting inclusiveness, fairness, and equality for under-represented and under-served communities in digital health technologies and studies.
In this workshop experts will present the possible applications of wearable devices and soft robotic technology for assistive care, including (i) biosensors for health monitoring and early detection of diseases, (ii) bionic machines and bioelectronics for human enhancement and assistance, and (iii) machine learning for real-time feedback and big data analysis. In addition, we will discuss the main challenges and gaps for seamless integration of assistive devices and wearable technologies with further opportunities in the field.
Workshop Schedule:
2:00 – 2:10 pm
Opening Remarks
Juliane Sempionatto
2:10 – 2:40 pm
Implantable Systems to Monitor Chronic Disease
Andrew J. Sedlack
2:40 – 3:10 pm
Human augmenting assistive devices
Conor Walsh
3:10 – 3:40 pm
Human-machine interfaces for health, accessibility, and rehabilitation
Momona Yamagami
3:40 – 3:55 pm | BREAK
3:55 – 4:25 pm
Wearable sensors as rehabilitation and assistive device
Hananeh Esmailbeigi
4:25 – 5:00 pm
Panel Discussion
Our panelists (above) will discuss how their research could be integrated into assistive devices, what are the challenges and the needs of elderly population, disabled people and patients with diseases that need close monitoring.
Panel Moderator
Juliane Sempionatto
5:00 – 5:05 pm
Closing Remarks
Inho Kim (Workshop Organizer)
inhokim@caltech.edu
Juliane Sempionatto (Workshop Organizer)
jsemp@rice.edu
Workshop 4: Equity Driven Design through Phantom Validation
For more details, visit https://www.uncommonsenselabs.com/workshop
Location:
Stamler Conference Room, Northwestern Department of Preventive Medicine
Floor 14, 680 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60611
Overview:
This workshop will explore how we can more equitable devices by leveraging phantoms during iteration and validation. When the proper considerations are made, we can better account for the variability in measurement that we expect to encounter during deployment. Phantoms provide a means to have controlled variables in measurement and measurement conditions (i.e. adulterants, skin tone, skin thickness, BMI, environmental factors, etc.) They also provide a platform for pushing the limits of measurement past what is safe to induce in human subjects. We will discuss how and when it is appropriate to use phantoms, but also how to keep humans in the loop as much as possible.
Workshop Schedule:
2:00 – 5:00 pm | Workshop Events
Workshop Events:
Introduction:
What is Equity-Driven design and the role phantoms play in equitable technologies
Alexander Adams
Panel Discussion:
Panelists:
Matthew J Major
Matthew T. Flavin
Mashfiqui Rabbi
Nabil Alshurafa
Panel Discussion Points:
- Leveraging systematic, in-lab testing with phantoms to better design equitable solutions
- How are we doing this and how can it be improved?
- Balancing iteration with human trials
- How far can we, or should we, take it before introducing human trials?
- Remember who this is for
- How do we maintain focus on the people and not the product?
Brainstorming Session:
Introduction
PuffBot: We introduce one of our phantoms and discuss how it enables testing and iteration that would not otherwise be feasible (or safe).
Rishabh Goel
Breakout Group Discussions
Each group will choose one of the following topics:
- Sensing and Substance use Disorder
- Accounting for skin tone
- Accounting for Gender in metrology
Each group will identify one scenario and measurement in the topic. They will then identify why this would substantially benefit from phantom testing. The groups will them come up with a phantom setup that will help improve or even enable testing that would not otherwise be feasible. Each group will present their ideas, and discuss how this could enable more equitable design.
Organizer:
Alexander Adams
aadams322@gatech.edu
- Leveraging systematic, in-lab testing with phantoms to better design equitable solutions
Workshop 5: A Unique Approach to Writing NIH-Style Research Proposals
Full Title:
A UNIQUE APPROACH TO WRITING NIH-STYLE RESEARCH PROPOSALS: RHETORICAL PATTERNS, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, VERBAL FEEDBACK, COMMUNICATING WITH THE BRAINS OF REVIEWERS
Location:
Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University
Floor 2, 240 E Huron St, Chicago IL 60611
Overview:
Effective writing of research proposals is as complex a skill as the science they are written about. However, this complex skill is seldom taught in a way that reveals how reviewers’ brains have been conditioned to expect a precise pattern of communication. Even the best mentors often can’t explain, let along have the time to teach, this pattern. Furthermore, typical written feedback processes as proposals are developed are extraordinarily inefficient and often ineffective.
This workshop will introduce a unique approach developed over the past 20+ years to reframe the skills of proposal writing into a teaching and learning construct and its application at Northwestern University. The workshop will start with a presentation of this approach, its foundations, and internet-available tools for its application. The second part of the workshop will demonstrate how it can be applied to authentic NIH research proposals. Although designed around NIH-format proposals, the principles can be applied to any proposal which requires high-precision communication so that the importance and approach can be easily seen by a reader.
Target Audience:
Early career scientists from graduate students to faculty
Workshop Schedule:
2:00 – 5:00 pm | Workshop Events
Speakers:
Rick McGee
Sunghoon Ivan Lee
Organizer:
Rick McGee
r-mcgee@northwestern.edu