ARCHIVED NEWS 2022
2023
Our following proposal was selected as one of the finalists in the 2024 IEEE CIS Student Grand Competition. Yapa H. P. P. P. (2024) Vishadha: Early Smart Depression Detector. [25 March 2024]
Dr. Liang provided a lecture entitled "薬ではない“薬”～デジタル健康の最前線～ (“Medicine” that is not a medicine ~frontiers of digital health~ )" on YumeNavi video stream platform to promote our research among high school students. [23 March 2024]
We presented the following work at the 12th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET 2024). Liang Z. (2024) Analysis of Students’ Response Time and Performance in Kahoot! Quiz Games in a University Engineering Course. [18 March 2024]
Our following short paper was published in the Proceedings of the 2024 General Conference of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. [6 March 2024]
Kosasih K. K., Liang Z. (2024) Predicting heart rate from pupilometric data.
Kosasih K. K. (2024) A multi modal dataset of eye tracking and other physiologlcal measures.
Our following papers were published in the Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2024). [23 Feb 2024]
Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2024) Apnea hypopnea index estimation from low-granularity overnight oxymetry data.
Hoang HN, Khotchasing K, Melcer E, Liang Z. (2024) Serious gamification app for improving sleep-wake cycle and sleep education.
Dr. Liang and Mr. Yapa gave an invited talk at the Language & Semantic Technology Research Team (LST), Artificial Intelligence Research Unit (AINRU), National Electronic & Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand. From smartwatches to social network services: digitalize health with ubiquitous and personal computing technologies. [18 Feb 2024]
Dr. Liang attended the ACM CHI 2024 Program Committee meeting as an Associate Chair of the HEALTH subcommittee. [16 Jan 2024]
Dr. Liang gave a lecture on data analytics for wearable technology in the MS&AD Digital College from Kyoto, a customized employee training and development program for the MS&AD Insurance Group. [15 Jan 2024]
Dr. Liang provided a demo lecture on app development based on OpenAI in an webinar for Indian students, co-organized by KUAS and Education Japan. [13 Jan 2024]
We hosted an open lab event for visitors from our industrial collaborators. [10 Jan 2024]
Our following submissions were accepted to present at the 4th Sleep Congress of Asian Society of Sleep (ASSM 2023). [10 Dec 2023]
Liang Z, Yahya KN, Setiawan EN, Kasan JA, Firdauzi MO. (2023) FunAlarm: Gamification-Based Smartphone Alarm Application for Reducing Wakeup Delay.
Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2023) Shallow and Deep Learning Models for Detecting Apnea Events in Stroke Patients.
Khotchasing K, Liang Z. (2023) A Pilot Study into the Feasibility of Utilizing Contagious Yawning to improve Sleep Quality.
Our following paper was published in the Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2023), indexed by Scopus. Liang Z. (2023) Enhancing Learning Experience in University Engineering Classes with Kahoot! Quiz Games. [6 Dec 2023]
Our following paper was published in the Proceedings of the14th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU 2023), indexed by Scopus. Liang Z. (2023) Effect of Decision Boundary for Logistic Regression Classifiers on Sleep Apnea Screening Accuracy with Wearable SpO2 Data. [30 Nov 2023]
Our following paper was published in the Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE 2023), indexed by Web of Science and Scopus. Liang Z. (2023) Comparing Attitudes Towards Mobile App Development between International Students and Domestic Japanese Students. [30 Nov 2023]
We organized a co-design workshop Gamified Smartwatch for Sleep Health Workshop, which was facilitated by Prof. Edward Melcer and was attended by 47 students. This workshop was a follow-up of the three co-design workshops that we had during the summer and fall of 2023 and aimed to further explore the interdisciplinary research field at the intersection of gamification, digital health, and human-computer interaction. Instagram / Facebook [22 Nov 2023]
Our following paper was published in the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST 2023), indexed by Scopus. Yapa H. P. P. P., Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2023) Who Says What (WSW): A Novel Model for Utterance-Aware Speaker Identification in Text-Based Multi-Party Conversations. This paper received a Best Paper Award [15 Nov 2023].
We following submissions were published in the Proceedings of the 10th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA2023). [15 Nov 2023]
Liang Z. (2023) Developing and Validating Ensemble Classifiers for At-Home Sleep Apnea Screening.
Sirithummarak P, Liang Z. (2023) Developing a Cross-Platform Application for Integrating Real-time Time-series Data from Multiple Wearable Sensors.
Our following paper will be published in the Proceedings of 7th the International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA), indexed by Scopus. Del Valle A, Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2023) A bi-national investigation of the needs of visually disabled people from Mexico and Japan. [15 Nov 2023]
Our following paper will be published in Digital Health, indexed by Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. Liang Z. (2023) Novel method combining multiscale attention entropy of overnight blood oxygen level and machine learning for easy sleep apnea screening. [16 Oct 2023]
Our following paper will be published in the Proceedings of the 12th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2023) [10 Oct 2023]
Liang Z. (2023) Developing Sleep Apnea Screening Models Compatible With Low-Resolution SpO2 Data
Jayen H, Lukovnikova A, Nhung HH, Liang Z. (2023) Mining Contrast Rules in a Sleep Apnea Dataset
We will give the following presentations at the 2023 International Artinis (f)NIRS Symposium. [22 Sep 2023]
Saskovets M, Liang Z. (2023) Validation of a New Stress Induction Protocol using Speech Improvisation in Front of Audience: an fNIRS Pilot Study
Liang Z, Saskovets M. (2023) Investigating Subjective-Objective Sleep Discrepancy with Consumer Sleep Tracking and Wearable fNIRS Technologies
Our following submissions were accepted to present at the 48th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research. [15 Sep 2023]
Nhung HH, Jayen H, Lukovnikova A, Liang Z. (2023) Beyond Statistical Analysis: Identifying Meaningful Patterns in Sleep Apnea Dataset using Contrast Set Mining.
Khotchasing K, Nhung HH, Liang Z. (2023) Design and Development of Gamification mHealth Application for Sleep Hygiene Intervention.
Liang Z. (2023) Machine Learning based Sleep Apnea Screening with Overnight SpO2 Recordings.
We organized two co-design workshop to prototype a smartwatch serious games app for sleep health. The workshops were coordinated by Prof. Edward Melcer and Dr. Liang. Thank you everyone for your participation! It was a blast. [7 Sep 2023]
Welcome a new PhD student Nhung Huyen HOANG and a new master student Cleber CARVALHO. [6 Sep 2023]
Congradulations to View and Pana for obtaining their master's degree! Well done! [6 Sep 2023]
Our following paper will be published in the Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing (CollabTech 2023). Yapa H. P. P. P., Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2023) HelaDepDet: A Novel Multi-Class Classification Model for Detecting the Severity of Human Depression. [31 Aug 2023]
Prof. Edward Melcer (University of California, Santa Cruz) gave a talk "Building Better Serious Games: Novel Approaches to Learning and Assessment" in our Ubicomp Lab Research Talk Series. [21 Aug 2023]
Our following paper will be published in the Proceedings of the 35th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T 2023), indexed by DBLP and Scopus. Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2023) An experience report on English medium instruction (EMI) based computing education in a faculty of engineering in Japan. [9 Aug 2023]
Dr. Liang provided a demo lecture on app development based on ChatGPT in KUAS Open Campus. [6 Aug 2023]
Our lab showcased our research projects in the open campus event. [9 July 2023]
Dr. Liang provided a demo lecture on app development based on ChatGPT in an webinar for Indian students, co-organized by KUAS and Education Japan. [9 July 2023]
Dr. Liang was invited to give a talk at the KUAS Research Network Symposium. From Serious Games to Wearables: Supporting People with Developmental Disorders with AI-Empowered Ubiquitous Computing Technologies. [5 July 2023]
Our following paper was published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, indexed by PubMed, SCI, and Scopus. Nhung, H. H., Liang Z. (2023) Knowledge discovery in ubiquitous and personal sleep-tracking: scoping review. [6 June 2023]
Dr. Liang was invited to serve as an Associate Chair (AC) for ACM CHI 2024 (Subcommittee: Health), a top conference in human-computer interaction. [2 June 2023]
Our following research proposal was accepted by the KUAS Overseas Collaboration Research Grant (PI: Dr. Zilu Liang, overseas collaborator: Dr. Edward Melcer / University of California, Santa Cruz, JPY 2,000,000, 2023-2024. When Smartwatch Meets Serious Games: Towards a New Paradigm of swHealth (SmartWatch Health) for Improving Sleep Hygiene. [11 May 2023]
Our following paper was published in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics, indexed by Scopus. Liang Z. (2023) Multiscale attention entropy (MSAE) of overnight pulse oximetry for assessing sleep apnea. [8 May 2023]
Our following research proposal was accepted by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)/科研費基盤研究(B) (PI: Prof. Hiroyuki Mitsuhara/University of Tokushima, Co-PIs: Prof. Hisashi Hatakeyama/Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Kaede Kido/Nara Medical University, Dr. Zilu Liang, Amount: JPY 13,600,000, 2023-2028). 仮想と現実を密にリンクする避難訓練XRシステム (Research and Development of Immersive Evacuation Training XR System) [1 April 2023]