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SUMMARY:Sensing human activities: from the lab to the home of the elderly 
 - Professor Claudio Bettini - Department of Computer Science\, University 
 of Milan\, Italy
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CONTACT:Ben Karniely
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nSensor-based human activity recognition has long 
 been a central research challenge in pervasive computing. Despite signific
 ant advancements in sensing technologies and AI methods for processing sen
 sor data\, recognising complex activities remains difficult—especially i
 n contexts where labeled data is scarce and video-based sensing should be 
 avoided.\n\nAddressing this issue within smart homes holds particular prom
 ise for digital health and telemedicine. The recognition of complex activi
 ties and changes in the ability to perform them will enable the identifica
 tion of digital biomarkers for the early diagnosis and continuous monitori
 ng of medical conditions\, including cognitive decline.\n\nIn this talk\, 
 I will present the core research challenges and recent progress in address
 ing them\, with a focus on neuro-symbolic approaches and efforts to provid
 e explainable activity predictions. In addition to the technical advanceme
 nts\, I will share insights from an ongoing collaboration with neurologist
 s\, highlighting the practical challenges we encounter in deploying these 
 systems in the homes of elderly individuals.\n\n\nBio:\n\nClaudio Bettini 
 is professor of Distributed and Pervasive Systems in the Computer Science 
 Department at Università degli Studi di Milano (UniMi). He leads the Ever
 yWare Lab\, a research laboratory investigating mobile and pervasive compu
 ting data management with a focus on eHealth and assistive technology appl
 ications. He was a co-founder and CSO of the Everyware Technologies spin-o
 ff and he has been for more than a decade\, an affiliate research professo
 r at the Center for Secure Information Systems at George Mason University\
 , VA where he acted as PI of NSF funded projects related to privacy in mob
 ile and pervasive computing. At UniMi he is currently leading efforts in p
 rojects funded by the Next generation EU initiative. He is a steering comm
 ittee member of the IEEE PerCom conference\, and he has been associate edi
 tor of several journals including ACM IMWUT\, the IEEE Transactions on Kno
 wledge and Data Engineering\, The VLDB Journal\, and the Pervasive and Mob
 ile Computing Journal.\n\n\nLink to join virtually: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom
 .us/j/81322468305\n\nA recording of this talk is available at the followin
 g link: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/seminars/wednesday/video/\n\nThis talk is
  being recorded. If you do not wish to be seen in the recording\, please a
 void sitting in the front three rows of seats in the lecture theatre. Any 
 questions asked will also be included in the recording. The recording will
  be made available on the Department’s webpage
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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