Abstract:
This talk summarises our recent contributions related to body-wearable sensor devices used for physiological monitoring. In the context of healthcare applications, we empirically profile the impact of the body and human activity on the wireless link, and identify opportunities for energy savings by adapting radio transmit power. For sports applications, we profile the inter-connectivity on the soccer field, and develop models and algorithms for extracting player vital signs in real-time. We hope to foster discussion on new research challenges related to body-worn devices.

Bio:
Vijay Sivaraman received his B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India, in 1994, his M.S. from North Carolina State University in 1996, and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2000. His PhD studies were funded by a Fellowship from Bell Labs. He has worked at a silicon valley start-up manufacturing optical switch-routers, and is now a faculty member at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His research interests include Optical Networking, packet switching and routing, and more recently wireless sensor networks for healthcare applications.