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SUMMARY:The Compelling World of Augmented Perception  - A Perspective on S
 ensory Wearables - Dr Fahim Kawsar - Nokia Bell Labs
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CONTACT:Ben Karniely
DESCRIPTION:The wearable era is here. Computational models can now faithfu
 lly explain minute human behaviours and vital signs by analysing wearable 
 data. Representative learning models with acoustics and motion signatures 
 obtained from a pair of earbuds can meaningfully interpret an individual
 ’s facial expressions\, emotions\, and mental health. Naturally\, this n
 ew paradigm is creating interminable possibilities. It is opening doors fo
 r wearables to augment our awareness\, cognition\, and intelligence\; impr
 ove our health\; revolutionise our healthcare systems and help us experien
 ce physical and digital reality in radically different ways.\n\nIn this ta
 lk\, I will explore the system and algorithmic challenges in modelling and
  augmenting human behaviour in this new sensory wearable era. I will discu
 ss multiple sensory wearables and their capabilities and explain what drov
 e our design decisions. Then\, I will present SensiX - a multi-sensory edg
 e ML framework that dynamically creates an execution pipeline for collabor
 ative wearable sensing systems. SensiX operates on two key functions\, a n
 eural translation operation for principled mapping of device-to-device dat
 a and a selection operation to systematically choose the right device(s) a
 s a function of model accuracy. A contextual discovery function and resour
 ce-aware runtime scheduler further augment these two functions. Collective
 ly\, SensiX automates the selection and transformation of heterogeneous se
 nsor streams for accurate\, robust and energy-efficient execution of senso
 ry models on wearables. I will end the talk by highlighting a set of real-
 world case studies with this multi-sensory wearable platform in the areas 
 of Quantified Lifestyle\, Digital Health and Smart Enterprises.\n\nBio\n\n
 Dr Fahim Kawsar is the Founding Director of Pervasive Systems research at 
 Nokia Bell Labs\, Cambridge\, UK and holds a Design United Professorship a
 t TU Delft\, Netherlands. He spends most of his time at Cambridge building
  sensory systems with novel computational forms to explain human behaviour
  with other people\, places\, and things. He is intrigued by the power of 
 design and frequently visits TU Delft to teach and debate the influence of
  sensory systems in redefining data-driven design\, and vice versa. Fahim 
 is a frequent keynote speaker\, (co-)authored 150+ publications\, filed 40
 + patents\, is an AEIC of IEEE Pervasive Computing\, sits at the editorial
  board of ACM IMWUT\, serves (or served) as a committee member of leading 
 mobile and ubiquitous computing conferences and had multiple million-scale
  projects commissioned.\n\nLink to join: https://cl-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91
 253900399?pwd=SU5TNnpYdDlQbzQ4SEVPVWVWa0Nldz09\n\nA recording of this talk
  is available within the University of Cambridge at the following link: ht
 tps://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/seminars/wednesday/video/\n
LOCATION:Online
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