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[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News] September 25, 2018 "Virtual reality motion sickness may be predicted and counteracted"

[] December 15, 2018 "Aging warps our perception of time, study finds"

[] October 12, 2017Ìý"Aging slows perception of falls: UW study"

Research Interests:

• Mobility assistive devices
• Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Modeling of Human Locomotion
• Autonomous Navigation Using Artificial Neural Networks
• Dynamic Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding, Arc Acoustics in GMA welding, Walking Robot Welder
• Automatic end-of-arm and tool-centre-point calibration

Research interests:

Research Interests:

• Improving nutrition and health in hospitals, long term care and the community
• Dementia

[] March 15, 2019 "Good food, better healing: How GRH is studying to improve food for patients in hospital"

​[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News] March 23, 2017 "Survey will reduce rates of malnutrition in hospitals"

Research Interests:

• Biomedical systems & biomechatronics - rehabilitation, assistive devices, intelligent design of prostheses and orthoses, 3D body surface measurement
• Optomechatronics - computer vision (2D and 3D),Ìýrange-image registration,Ìýrange-sensing, range-sensor design,Ìývision-based 3D surface measurement systems,Ìýoptical system design, laser-camera range, sensor design, phase-shifting / fringe-projection 3D surface measurement systems,Ìýreal-time full-field 3D imaging sensors / real-time full-field 3D surface measurement systems,Ìýhand-held 3D imaging sensors / hand-held 3D surface measurement systems,Ìývision-based robot control, vision-based human-robot interfaces
• Robotics - robot teleoperation,Ìýrobot vision,Ìýhuman-robot interfaces, human-robot interaction,Ìýhuman-guided robot learning,Ìývision-based robot control (visual servoing),Ìýhuman-assistive/service robots

Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:

• Real-Time Full-Field 3D Shape Measurement

Research Interests:

• Musculoskeletal biomechanics related to human health and injury prevention, and the role that advanced age has on these relationships.
• Fall-related tissue trauma including hip fractures, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries
• Workplace musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD)
• Orthopedic biomechanics

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[] Andrew Laing, Department of Kinesiology, UW

Research interests:

• Aging andÌýneurodegeneration
• Movement disorders
• Gait kinematics
• Neuropsychology and neurocognitive assessment
• Mood, emotionÌýand cognition
• Fear, threat, anxietyÌýand depression
• Virtual reality

Research Interests:

• mHealth and wearable technology design
• Ubiquitous sensors for smart homes and remote patient monitoring
• Big data and health data analytics
• Technology to support longer independent living

[] April 26, 2018 "UbiLab team winsÌýHealthy Behaviour Data Challenge"

Alternate Location:

• Satellite Campus, UW-Schlegel Research Institute for Aging, Research Building, Sensors and Devices Lab

Research Interests:

• Bio-wearable electronics and systems
• Bio-electromagnetics, bio-technology, bio-sensors and energy harvesting systems
• RF/microwave/millimeter wave/Terahertz (THz) circuits and antenna systems
• Radio frequency (RF)/microwave packaging and Electromagnetic compatibilityÌý
• (EMC)/Electromagnetic interface (EMI) analyses
• Vehicle and UAV wireless communications, navigation systems, and telematics systems
• Complex propagation and scattering phenomena
• Devices and novel electromagnetic materials and wireless sensors

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Awards:

• Top downloaded paper in Medical Physics (arXiv) – October 2019
• Best Imaging Paper, CVS, 2018
• ACM MobileHCI 2017 Best Worskshop Paper Award
• IEEE APS 2017 SPC Honorable Mention Paper Award
• IEEE Sensors Most Popular Article (March 2017)
• IEEE Sensors Annual Volume Cover Page

[CBB Events] November 15, 2019 "Professor Shaker organizes a Health Canada Regulatory insights Workshop"

[] November 11, 2019 "Scientists develop sensor to save children and pets from hot car deaths"

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News] October 29, 2019 "Advancing healthcare through innovative technology"

[] June 3, 2019 "Study: Radar Monitors Sleep with Accuracy Comparable to Current Standards"

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News]Ìý June 28, 2018 "AI and radar technologies could help diabetics manage their disease"

[Engineering News] June 28, 2018 "Researchers developing a prick-free glucose monitor"

[] June 28, 2018 "AI and Radar Technologies Could Help Diabetics Manage Their Disease"Ìý

[Engineering News] July 5, 2016 "À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ wins big with tiny power device"

Research Interests:

• Rehabilitation engineering and assistive technologies (gerontology, Osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, fall risk in stroke survivors, and rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury)

• Neuromotor control

• Biomedical signal analysis

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[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories] July 8, 2014 "GPS technology may help detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier"

Research interests:

• Aging
• Balance and mobility impairment
• Central nervous system function
• Wireless sensor technologies

[] August 31, 2019 "Key factors for the assessment of mobility in advanced dementia: A consensus approach"

[] September 26, 2019 "Wearable technologies to improve health outcomes in people with neurodegenerative diseases?"

Research Interests:

• Biomedical image processing and analysis (prostate, breast, lung and dermatological cancer analysis, retinal photoreceptor and blood vessel analysis, musculoskeletal kinematic analysis

• Remote sensing data processing and analysis (sea ice, underwater object, oil spill analysis)

• Perceptual based video and image processing (noise reduction, compression, enhancement)

• Computer vision and pattern recognition

• Multimedia management systems

• 3D graphics and game development

• Cognitive radio networks

Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems []

[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News] []Ìý[] May 16, 2018, Co-authors discussÌýthe use of aerobic fitness data from wearable tech to predict illness

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News] May 15, 2018 "Researchers combine wearable technology and AI to predict the onset of health problems"

[Global Impact] [] [] April 11, 2018 "How AI is helping doctors diagnose Cancer"Ìý

[] February 9, 2018 "How TheRedPin aims to take a swipe at the real estate industry"

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ News] June 7, 2017 "Artificial intelligence-driven imaging research makes diagnosing disease easier"

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories] January 28, 2017 "Artificial intelligence and the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ-Toronto tech supercluster"

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories] May 20, 2016 "Breakthrough tech helps doctors more accurately diagnose cancer"

[CBB researcher story] January 9, 2013 "Improving Early Diagnosis to Save Lives"

[À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories] January 9, 2013 "Making it harder for cancer to hide"

[] October 1, 2014 "Integrative systems for biomedical imaging and analysis"

Research interests:

• Vision rehabilitation
• Systems for optimizing patient care outcomes
• Retinal disease
• Pharmacology.