RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Journal
[Q1] Priyadarshana YHPP, Senanayake A, Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2024) Prompt Engineering for Digital Mental Health: A Short Review. Frontiers in Digital Health - Digital Mental Health 6:1410947. Doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1410947. [SCI/Scopus/PubMed]【First author is PhD student】
Saskovets M, Liang Z, Piumarta I, Saponkova I. (2024) Effects of Sound Interventions on the Mental Stress Response in Adults: Protocol for A Scoping Review. JMIR Research Protocols 13:e54030. Doi:10.2196/54030. [SCI/Scopus/PubMed]【First author is PhD student】
[Q1] Liang Z, Melcer EF, Khotchasing K, Chen S, Hwang D, Hoang NH. (2024) The Role of Relevance in Shaping Perceptions of Sleep Hygiene Games Among University Students: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Serious Games. Doi: 22/09/2024:64063. [SCI/Scopus/PubMed]
[Q1] Liang Z, Melcer E, Khotchasing K, Hoang NH. (2024) Co-design Personal Sleep Health Technology for and with University Students. Front. Digit. Health - Human Factors and Digital Health 6:1371808. Doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1371808. [SCI/Scopus/PubMed]
[Q1] Liang Z. (2024) Developing Probabilistic Ensemble Machine Learning Models for Home-Based Sleep Apnea Screening using Overnight SpO2 Data at Varying Data Granularity. Sleep and Breathing. Doi: 10.1007/s11325-024-03141-x. [SCI/Scopus/PubMed]
[Q2] Liang Z. (2024) More Haste, Less Speed?: Relationship between Response Time and Response Accuracy in Gamified Online Quizzes in an Undergraduate Engineering Course. Front. Educ. - Higher Education, 9. Doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1412954. [SCI/Scopus]
Preprints
Priyadarshana YHPP, Liang Z, Piumarta I. HelaDepDet 2.0 - A Novel Deep Learning Approach for Detecting the Severity of Human Depression on Social Media Analysis. JMIR Preprints. 05/12/2023:55181. DOI: 10.2196/preprints.55181.【First author is PhD student】
Saskovets M, Lohachov M, Liang Z, Piumarta I. Validity of a New Stress Induction Protocol using Speech Improvisation (IMPRO). BioRxiv 2024.09.10.612289. DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.10.612289. 【First author is PhD student】
Book Chapter
Priyadarshana, Y.H.P.P., Liang, Z., Piumarta, I. (2023). HelaDepDet: A Novel Multi-class Classification Model for Detecting the Severity of Human Depression. In: Takada, H., Marutschke, D.M., Alvarez, C., Inoue, T., Hayashi, Y., Hernandez-Leo, D. (eds) Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing. CollabTech 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14199. Springer, Cham. [Scopus]【First author is PhD student】
Invited Talk
Liang Z, Yapa H. P. P. P. (2024) From smartwatches to social network services: digitalize health with ubiquitous and personal computing technologies. Language & Semantic Technology Research Team (LST), Artificial Intelligence Research Unit (AINRU), National Electronic & Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand.
Conference Proceedings (Reviewed and Indexed)
Liang Z, Hwang D, Chen S, Hoang NH, Khotchasing K, Melcer EF. (2025) User Preferences for Interaction Timing in Smartwatch Sleep Hygiene Games. In the Proceedings of the 2025 ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025). (Acceptance rate = 10%) [Scopus]
Kosasih KK, Karlsson DC, Karunarathna TS, Liang Z. (2025) Eyes as Windows to the Heart: Predicting Heart Rate from Pupillometric Features. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal.【First author is master student】[Scopus]
Carvalho CF, Karunarathna T, Liang Z. (2025) Multiscale Entropy Analysis of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data: A Comparative Study of Diabetic and Healthy Populations. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal.【First author is master student】 [Scopus]
Senanayake A, Liang Z. (2025) Anxiety Detection in Reddit Posts through Emotion Dynamics Analysis. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal.【First author is master student】 [Scopus]
Hoang N, Liang Z. (2025) Reconsidering AHI as an Indicator of Sleep Apnea Severity: Insights from Mining Large, Longitudinal Sleep Datasets. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal. 【First author is PhD student】 [Scopus]
Liang Z. (2025) Assessing Dietary Protein Intake: A Comparative Study of Two Consumer Mail-In Nutrition Test Kits. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal. [Scopus]
Karunarathna T, Liang Z. (2024) Developing Consumer Wearable Compatible Computational Models for Non-Invasive Glucose Estimation in Diabetes Patients. In Proceedings of 2024 IEEE Consumer Life Tech Conference (ICLT 2024), Sydney, Australia.【First author is undergraduate student】 [Scopus]
Ahmed H, Liang Z. (2024) CLOUDS: Seamless Mood Tracking on the Wrist. In Proceedings of 2024 IEEE Consumer Life Tech Conference (ICLT 2024), Sydney, Australia.【First author is undergraduate student】[Scopus]
Karunarathna T, Liang Z. (2024) Physiological Signal Based Blood Glucose Prediction in Diabetics and Non-Diabetics. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom 2024), Nara, Japan. 【First author is undergraduate student】 [SCI/Scopus]
Khotchasing K, Hoang HN, Saleh A, Liang Z. (2024) WristPet: Promoting Daily Physical Activity Through Nudge Theory in a Smartwatch App. In Proceedings of the 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2024), Kitakyushu, Japan. 【First author is master student】[Scopus]
Carvalho CF, Karunarathna TS, Liang Z. (2024) LSTM-Based Glucose Prediction for Prediabetes. In Proceedings of the 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2024), Kitakyushu, Japan.【First author is master student】[Scopus]
Senanayake A, Liang Z. (2024) Time Series Analysis for Social Media Anxiety Detection: A Mini Review. In Proceedings of the 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2024), Kitakyushu, Japan.【First author is master student】[Scopus]
Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2024) Apnea hypopnea index estimation from low-granularity overnight oxymetry data. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2024), Rome, Italy. [Scopus]【First author is PhD student】
Yapa H. P. P. P., Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2024) ProDepDet: Out-Of-Domain Knowledge Transfer of Pre-Trained Large Language Models for Depression Detection in Text-Based Multi-Party Conversations. In the Proceedings of The International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2024), Yokohama, Japan.【First author is PhD student】[Scopus]
Hoang HN, Khotchasing K, Melcer E, Liang Z. (2024) Serious gamification app for improving sleep-wake cycle and sleep education. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2024), Rome, Italy.【First author is PhD student】
Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2024) Exploring Sleep Apnea Risk Factors with Contrast Set Mining: Findings from the Sleep Heart Health Study. In Proceedings of The 11th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-11), online.【First author is PhD student】
Carvalho C, Liang Z. (2024) Glucose Prediction with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Models on Three Distinct Populations. In Proceedings of The 11th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-11), online.【First author is master student】[Scopus]
Liang Z, Nishida S, Noguchi T, Maenaka T. (2024) GyroTetris: Merging Mobile Gaming and Motion Sensing to Boost Motor Skills and Enjoyment. In Proceedings of the 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2024), Kitakyushu, Japan. [Scopus]
Liang Z. (2024) Harnessing Consumer Smartwatches for Heart Rate Streaming in Unity Game Engine. In Proceedings of 2024 IEEE Consumer Life Tech Conference (ICLT 2024), Sydney, Australia. [Scopus]
Liang Z (2024) Exploring the Impact of Wearable Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Glucose Regulation and Eating Behavior in Healthy Individuals: A Pilot Study. In Proceedings of The 2nd Behavior Transformation by IoT International Workshop (BTIW 2024), Tokyo, Japan. [Scopus]
Conference Proceedings (Non-Reviewed or Non-Indexed)
Yapa HPPP, Liang Z. (2025) Improving In-Context Learning Interpretability with Free-Text Explanations for Complex Tasks. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal. 【First author is PhD student】
Liang Z, Melcer EF, Hwang D, Chen S, Hoang NH, Khotchasing K. (2025) Game On for Better Sleep: Designing Serious Games to Promote Sleep Hygiene in University Students. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2025), Porto, Portugal.
Marina Saskovets. (2024) Evaluating stress management through brain imaging and voice acoustics. OIST Workshop "Principles of Synapse Organization and Neural Nework Regulation Gained Through Evolution", Okinawa, Japan. 【First author is PhD student】
Franca Carvalho C, Liang Z. (2024) Glucose Prediction with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Models. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Big Data and Computational Intelligence (BDCI 2024), Kyoto, Japan.【First author is master student】【Best Presentation Award】
Liang Z. (2024) Middleware Solution for Real-Time Physiological Data Streaming from Consumer Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 6th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2024), Kyoto, Japan.【Best Presentation Award】
Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2024) Wearable-Friendly Apnea Severity Classification. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom 2024), Nara, Japan. (reviewed) 【First author is PhD student】
Priyadarshana, Y.H.P.P., Liang, Z., Piumarta, I. (2024). Transferring Large Language Models for Depression Detection through Multi-Party Conversation Analysis. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom 2024), Nara, Japan. (reviewed) 【First author is PhD student】
Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2024) Apnea-Hypopnea Index Estimation from Single Channel Blood Oxygen Saturation Data. In Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research (JSSR 2024), Yokohama, Japan. (reviewed)【First author is PhD student】
Saskovets M, Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2024) The Utility of fNIRS for Evaluating Human Voice Acoustics for Stress Management. In Proceedings of the VIII Biennial Meeting of the Society for functional near-infrared spectroscopy (SfNIRS 2024), Birmingham, UK. (reviewed)【First author is PhD student】
Saskovets M, Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2024) The Effect of Soothing Human Voice on the Stress Response. In Proceedings of the joint meeting of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS), the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN), the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry (JSBP), and the 8th Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) Congress (NEURO 2024), Fukuoka, Japan. (reviewed)【First author is PhD student】
Karunarathna ST, Liang Z. (2024) Glucose Estimation Models for Diabetes and Their Utility on Healthy Individuals. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Big Data and Computational Intelligence (BDCI 2024), Kyoto, Japan.【First author is undergraduate student】
Khotchasing K, Hoang HN, Liang Z. (2024) A Human-Computer Interaction Study of Smartwatch Application for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle. In Proceedings of the 6th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2024), Kyoto, Japan.【First author is master student】
Hoang HN, Khotchasing K, Melcer E, Liang Z. (2024) Serious gamification app for improving sleep-wake cycle and sleep education. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2024), Rome, Italy. (reviewed)【First author is PhD student】 【Best Doctoral Candidate Project Award】
Kosasih K. K., Liang Z. (2024) Predicting heart rate from pupilometric data. IEICE General Conference 2024, Hiroshima.【First author is master student】
Kosasih K. K. (2024) A multi modal dataset of exe tracking and other physiologlcal measures. IEICE GlobalNet Workshop 2024, Hiroshima.【First author is master student】
Liang Z. (2024) Computational Modeling for Effective Sleep Apnea Screening with Consumer Wearable Devices. In Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Computing, Big Data and Internet of Things (CCBDIoT 2024), Chengdu, China.
Liang Z. (2024) Analysis of Students’ Response Time and Performance in Kahoot! Quiz Games in a University Engineering Course. In Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET 2024), Yamaguchi, Japan.