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SUMMARY:Earable Computing: Ear-worn Systems for Healthcare Applications - 
 Tam Vu (University of Oxford)
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CONTACT:Lorena Qendro
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* This talk discusses the concept of "Earable comput
 ers"\, small computing and actuating devices that are worn inside\, behind
 \, around\, or on user's ears for sensing many important physiological sig
 nals such as the brain\, eyes\, facial muscles\, heart rate\,  blood press
 ure\, core body temperature\, and more. These signals could enable a wide 
 range of applications from human computer interaction\, health care\, atte
 ntion/focus monitoring\, and opioid use reduction\, just to name a few. Dr
 awing the analogy from the evolutions of mobile systems and wearable syste
 ms\, in this talk\, I will discuss the opportunities that earable system c
 ould bring. I will share our experience and lessons learned through realiz
 ing such earable systems in the context of human computer interaction and 
 healthcare.  I will also elaborate the software\, hardware\, and practical
  challenges of earable systems and identify the potential solutions.\n\n*B
 io:* Tam Vu is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in Oxford Univer
 sity. He leads the Mobile and Networked Systems(MNS) Lab where he and his 
 team conduct system research in the areas of wearable and mobile systems\,
  exploring the physiological signals of a user and use them for inventing 
 new human-computer interaction techniques and health-care solutions. The o
 utcomes of his works resulted in a Alfred Sloan Fellowship\,  NSF CAREER a
 ward\, 02 Google Faculty Awards\, 12 best paper awards\, best paper nomina
 tion\, and research highlights in flagship venues in mobile system researc
 h. He is also actively pushing his research outcomes to practice through t
 echnology transfer activities with 27 patents filed and attracted external
  investment for 02 venture-backed startups that he co-founded to commercia
 lize them.
LOCATION:Virtual (see abstract for Zoom link)
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