Ubiquitous and Personal Computing Lab
Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS), Japan
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Computing for Anyone, at Anytime, Anywhere
We research, develop and validate novel computing technologies to improve health, productivity, and well-being of individuals.
Devoted to creating computing technologies that can be used anytime, anywhere, by anyone, we envision a world where everyone is able to design and conduct self-experiments to test their personal hypothesis, to gain a better understanding into the-self, and to maximize their potential.
Researching and developing innovative AI computing systems that foster personal health, well-being, and self-realization.
Sharing our discoveries with the community and the world through publishing at premier conferences and journals.
Crushing it in sports, hanging out with friends, living the 'work hard, play harder' life.
Internship Opportunity
We welcome interns from all our partner universities. For more information about internship projects provided by the Ubicomp Lab, please check the list of internship projects we offer for AY2025.
NEWS
Our following paper was accepted by Frontiers in Digital Health (Q1), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Hoang NH, Liang Z. AI-Driven Sleep Apnea Screening With Overnight Blood Oxygen Saturation: Current Practices and Future Directions. [24 March 2025]
Our following papers will be published in the Proceedings of the 2025 ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. [15 March 2025]
Main conference: Liang Z, Hwang D, Chen S, Hoang NH, Khotchasing K, Melcer EF. User Preferences for Interaction Timing in Smartwatch Sleep Hygiene Games. (Acceptance rate = 7.8%)
HCI+Health Workshop
Liang Z. Statistical Lessons Learned in Personal Informatics Research.
Liang Z, Hoang NH, Karunarathna T. A Pilot Study on Sensemaking of Consumer Micronutrient Tests: Sufficiencies, Deficiencies, and Barriers to Improvement.
Ahmed H, Liang Z. (2025) Wandering as CLOUDS: Designing Soft Nudges for Mood Logging and Reflection on Smartwatches.
Human-Centered Evaluation and Auditing of Language Models Workshop (HEAL@CHI'25)
Yapa HPPP, Senanayake A, Liang Z. (2025) PIFU: A novel framework to evaluate the interpretability of synthetic free-text explanations in digital mental health.
Our following paper was accepted by Sensors (Q1), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Hoang NH, Liang Z. Detection and Severity Classification of Sleep Apnea Using Continuous Wearable SpO2 Signals: A Multi-Scale Feature Approach. [7 March 2025]
Our following poster received an Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award at the 18th International Conf on Health Informatics, a premier international conference of health informatics. Senanayake A, Liang Z. (2025) Anxiety Detection in Reddit Posts through Emotion Dynamics Analysis. [22 Feb 2025]
Dr. Liang was honored to receive Special Recognition for Outstanding Review for her work at the 2025 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'25), the premier international conference in Human-Computer Interaction. This marks the third time she has received this recognition, following CHI'22 and IMWUT'21. [18 Feb 2025]
Our following paper was accepted by JMIR Mental Health (Q1), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Saskovets M, Saponkova I, Liang Z. Effects of Sound Interventions on the Mental Stress Response in Adults: A Scoping Review. (Acceptance rate = 25%) [5 Feb 2025]
Our PhD student Ms. Nhung Huyen Hoang won the Best Doctoral Candidate Project Award at the Doctoral Consortium at the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2024) for the project "Serious Gamification App for Improving Sleep-Wake Cycle and Sleep Education". [9 Jan 2025]
Our master student Mr. Cleber Franca Carvalho received a Best Presentation Award at the 4th International Conference on Big Data and Computational Intelligence (BDCI 2024) for the presentation entitled "Glucose Prediction with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Models". [14 Sep 2024]
Dr. Liang received a Best Presentation Award at the 6th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2024) for the presentation entitled "Middleware Solution for Real-Time Physiological Data Streaming from Consumer Smartwatches". [14 Sep 2024]
Our following paper was published by JMIR Serious Games (Q1), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Liang Z, Melcer EF, Khotchasing K, Chen S, Hwang D, Hoang NH. Game On for Zzz’s: The Role of Relevance in Shaping Perceptions of Sleep Hygiene Games Among University Students. [23 Sep 2024]
Our PhD student Mr. Yapa Prasan won an Honorable Mention Award at the 2024 IEEE CIS Student Grand Competition in Computational Intelligence in Biomedicine and Healthcare, with the following project Vishadha: Early Smart Depression Detector . [30 June 2024]
Address
〒615-8577 京都市右京区山ノ内五反田町18番地 南館工学部5階研究室508
South Building F5-508, Faculty of Engineering
Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS)
18 Yamanouchi Gotanda-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8577, Japan
E-mail: ucpi.kuase[at]gmail.com