Measuring Heart Rate using Biomagnetism-based Wearable Devices

Longfei Shangguan, University of Pittsburgh This project will aim to develop an innovative wearable system that leverages biomagnetism to deliver more accurate heart rate and respiration monitoring across diverse skin tones.

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Accelerating Balance Recovery Using Adaptive EVS Therapy

John Ralston, Neursantys Inc. VP Nguyen, UMass Amherst This project will develop ML-driven methods to adapt EVS stimulus parameters to each patient’s unique sensory and motor impairment profile to increase the effectiveness of NEURVESTA’s current treatment protocol.

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An academic-industrial partnership for AI-based sleep staging in the elderly using an EEG headband and a smartwatch

Joyita Dutta, UMass Amherst. This project will develop AI techniques for at-home sleep staging in seniors using multimodal data from EEG headband and smartwatch devices.

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AI-Supported In-Home Brain Assessments for Older Adults and Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

Quan Zhang, Massachusetts General Hospital. This project will create an adapted version of NINscan, a Near-Infrared Neuromonitoring Device, with the goal of enabling older adults and AD patients to collect high quality brain and physiological data at home.

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Preventing falls before they occur: validating a wearable sensor for Orthostatic Vital Signs

Amar Basu, Wayne State University, Michael Busa, UMass Amherst. This project will evaluate TRACE, a novel wearable sensor for monitoring orthostatic vital signs continuously at home, whenever an individual stands up.

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Expanding a Multimodal VR Fitness Platform to Remotely Assess, Monitor, and Report Cognitive and Physical Function for Seniors

Jennifer Stamps and Kyle Rand, Rendever, Inc. This pilot study will evaluate the utility of RendeverFit™, a VR fitness platform, in terms of its acceptance by and relevance to older adults, as well as collect data to support the construction of machine learning models.

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