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2025
We will give the following presentations at the 2025 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. [2 July 2025]
Karunarathna T, Beten A, Lococo L, Baig A, Hoang N, Liang Z. Impact of Cross-Subject Distribution Shifts on Glucose Prediction Using Wearable Data.
Hoang N, Karunarathna T, Liang Z. Elevating Sleep Monitoring Accuracy in Wearable Trackers via Multi-Level Modeling.
We will give the following presentations at the World Sleep 2025, the premier international meeting in sleep and circadian science and medicine. [1 July 2025]
Hoang N, Liang Z. Interpretable Machine Learning Using Questionnaire Data: A Scalable Approach for Sleep Apnea Screening.
Liang Z, Hoang N, Karunarathna T. Uncovering Sleep-Linked Glucose Dynamics in Healthy Individuals Using Wearable Data. (Acceptance rate for oral presentation = 14.3%)
Liang Z, Melcer E, Hoang N, Hwang D, Chen S, Khotchasing K. Delivering Sleep Hygiene Interventions through Smartwatch-based Serious Sleep Games.
Liang Z, Chapa-Martell MA. Visualizing Temporal Patterns in Sleep Tracker Accuracy: A Novel Approach to Validating Consumer Sleep Technologies.
Liang Z. Improving Sleep Stage Classification from Consumer Wearables Using a Two-Level Machine Learning Framework with Selective Correction.
Liang Z. Unpacking the Discrepancy Between Subjective and Wearable-Measured Sleep: A Neurophysiological Perspective Using fNIRS.
Liang Z. Bedtime Stress and Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamics During Sleep: A Pilot Study Using Wearable fNIRS and Salivary Biomarkers.
We hosted an open lab for Chairman Mr. Nagamori, which was made possible by the hard work of our lab members and our wonderful interns from The Ohio State University. [26 June 2025]
Our following paper was accepted by SN Computer Science (Q2), indexed by Scopus. Priyadarshana YHPP, Liang Z, Piumarta I. Who Says What (WSW) 2.0 : Utterance Semantic Modelling for Speaker Identification in Text-Based Multi-Party Conversations. [16 June 2025]
Dr. Liang was invited to serve as a TPC member of the 19th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2026). [12 June 2025]
Our following papers were accepted by the 73rd Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Engineering Education (JSEE) - International Session. [2 June 2025]
Liang Z, Melcer E. Fostering Knowledge Convergence: Pedagogical Value of International and Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration.
Hoang NH, Liang Z. Navigating Stress in Academic Life: An EDA Study of Stress Responses across Research Activities.
Dr. Liang was invited to serve as a TPC member of the 2025 IEEE 14th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2025). [29 May 2025]
Our following paper was accepted by Sensors (Q1), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Thilini Savindya Karunarathna , Zilu Liang. Development of Non-invasive Continuous Glucose Prediction Models Using Multi-Modal Wearable Sensors in Free-living Conditions. [18 May 2025]
Welcome 5 research interns from Ohio State University. They will be working on sleep game development and continuous glucose prediction with wearable devices. [16 May 2025]
Our following paper was accepted by Brain Sciences (Q2), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Marina Saskovets, Mykhailo Lohachov, Zilu Liang. Validation of a New Stress Induction Protocol using Speech Improvisation. [Indexed by WOS/Scopus]. [16 May 2025]
Dr. Liang was invited to serve as an external PhD thesis examiner for The University of Queensland, Australia. [15 May 2025]
Our following research proposal was accepted by the KUAS Advanced Research Grant (PI: Dr. Zilu Liang). Crushing Blood Sugar: Developing an AI-Powered Smartwatch System for Non-Invasive, High-Accuracy Glucose Monitoring in Daily life (スマートウォッチを活用した高精度・非侵襲型血糖モニタリングAIシステムの開発). [15 May 2025]
Dr. Liang was invited to serve as an grant reviewer for the Dutch Research Council (NWO, Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek ), the Netherlands. [8 April 2025]
The following student team from our lab was selected as a Finalist Team of the 2025 IEEE CIS Student Grand Competition on Computational Intelligence in Biomedicine and Healthcare. [30 April 2025]
Karunarathna TS, Hoang NH, Khurshe S, Beten A, Lococo M. GlucoPatrol: AI-Powered, Non-Invasive Smartwatch System for Continous Glucose Monitoring.
Our lab contributed 1 full paper and 4 workshop papers at the 2025 ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. [28 April 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. (The Most Trending Paper Mention)
Our following paper was published by Frontiers in Digital Health (Q1), indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Priyadarshana YHPP, Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2025) ExDoRA: Enhancing transferability of large language models for depression detection using free-text explanations. [28 April 2025]
Dr. Liang was invited to serve as an external grant reviewer for the Dutch Research Council (NWO, Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek ). [8 April 2025]
We will make the following presentation at The 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society. Saskovets M, Lohachov M, Liang Z. Towards Personalized Stress Monitoring: Multilevel and Machine Learning Models for Cortisol Prediction. [7 Apr 2025]
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