HABits Lab | The Northwestern University Health Aware Bits Lab

Title: Improved conceptual models of engagement in an mHealth intervention application
Title: Random Forests detects eating in a neck-worn sensor: Results from a Simulated Real-Life Eating Setting
Title: Machine Learning algorithms applied to detect feeding gestures

August 2016

Accepted paper at IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI)

Title: An Iterative Dimensionality-Scaling System for Real-Time Health Monitoring Applications

July 2016

Accepted paper at IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics (JBHI)

Title: Remote Health Monitoring Outcome Success Prediction Using Baseline and First Month Intervention Data

April 2016

Paper Accepted at ACM IMWUT (Ubicomp) 2019

Paper Accepted at ACM IMWUT (Ubicomp) 2019

Dr. Alshurafa receives NSF EAGER Award

Apple to sponsor our workshop at WristSense, IEEE PerCom in Kyoto, Japan

Presentation at Society of Behavior Medicine (SBM) 2019, Washington D.C.

Paper Accepted at ACM IMWUT (Ubicomp) 2018

Paper Accepted at ACM IMWUT (Ubicomp) 2018

Paper Accepted at IEEE/ACM CHASE 2018

Dr. Alshurafa invited and attended NSF CISE BPC (Broadening Participation in Computing) workshop in Washington D.C.

Dr. Alshurafa receives 5 year NIH NIDDK Career Grant​

Title: SenseWhy: Overeating in Obesity through the Lens of Passive Sensing​

Apple to sponsor our workshop at WristSense, IEEE PerCom in Athens, Greece

Organizing WristSense workshop at IEEE PerCom in Athens, Greece, March 19, 2017

Shibo Zhang Presents at ACM Ubicomp 2017

Paper accepted in Elsevier Information Fusion

Awarded NICO Northwestern Data Science Initiative Grant

"Redefining Gold Standard Measures for Obesity-Related Research"

Awarded NICO Northwestern Data Science Initiative Grant

"Conceptualizing Leveraging Engagement to Optimize mHealth Intervention Systems"

Paper Accepted at ACM Ubicomp 2017

Chaired symposium at Society Behavior Medicine (SBM) San Diego, CA

Papers Accepted at CHI 2017

New mHealth course bridges Preventive Medicine and Computer Science

Best Paper Award at IEEE PerCom: WristSense 2017

Rawan Alharbi Presents at IEEE PerCom 2017

Dzung Nguyen Presents at IEEE PerCom 2017

JAMA Article Published

Paper accepted at IEEE Percom 2016

Best Paper Award at BODYNETS 2016

Papers accepted at BODYNETS 2016

Paper accepted at ACM Wireless Health

Our paper is an Award Winner for The Obesity Society’s (TOS) eHealth/mHealth Section (EMS)

Title: Random Forest detects eating in a neck-worn sensor: Results from a Simulated Real-Life Eating Setting.

Accepted papers at The Obesity Society (TOS)

Title: Improved conceptual models of engagement in an mHealth intervention application

Title: Random Forests detects eating in a neck-worn sensor: Results from a Simulated Real-Life Eating Setting

Title: Machine Learning algorithms applied to detect feeding gestures

Accepted paper at IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI)

Accepted paper at IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics (JBHI)

Dr. Alshurafa journal featured in Popular Science!

Dr. Alshurafa mHealth interview featured by Cisco Network!

Dr. Alshurafa anti-cheating algorithm used in UCLA mHealth project featured in LA Times

Dr. Alshurafa receives 5 year NIH NIDDK Career Grant

Title: SenseWhy: Overeating in Obesity through the Lens of Passive Sensing