Invisibles: A New Frontier in Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing

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An important part of clinical triage methods continues to be mostly bound to hospital and momentary data acquisition settings. Still, a paradigm shift is emerging, in which everyday technology is increasingly capable of measuring relevant biomedical signals in a more pervasive manner. This is paving the way for systems that can better analyze and adapt to perceived changes in the health status or behavior of the user. In this lecture we will characterize the current landscape of data acquisition and signal processing methods, describe state-of-the-art work developed towards what has been coined as the ”invisibles” approach, and provide a discussion of the main challenges posed by these new methodologies. Experimental results show that data acquired using such an approach is highly correlated with data obtained through conventional methods. This lecture will show real-world examples of devices integrated into everyday use objects with which users regularly interact with.


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  • Fac. de Engenharia, Instituto Telec -DEM
  • Universidade da Beira Interior
  • Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Centro
  • Portugal 6201-001
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  • Co-sponsored by Instituto de Telecomunicações
  • Starts 04 December 2025 12:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 15 December 2025 09:59 AM UTC
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Hugo Silva of Instituto de Telecomunicações and Instituto Superior Técnico

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Invisibles: A New Frontier in Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing

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Hugo Plácido da Silva

 

Award-winning inventor, researcher, and entrepreneur. Co-founder of multiple innovative technology-based companies operating in the field of medical devices and data science for health. PhD in Electrical and Computers Engineering with Habilitation in Biomedical Engineering, both from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - University of Lisbon (UL), Hugo is coordinator of the “Information and Data Science” thematic line and Senior Researcher at the IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações (http://www.it.pt/person_detail_p.asp?id=1293) since 2004. He is also an Invited Professor at the Bioengineering Department of IST since 2019.

Both at a technical and scientific level, he has actively contributed to and participated in more than 70 national and international projects, funded by grants from Horizon 2020, Portugal 2020, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), and several other private and public institutions (e.g. BBC, Vodafone, or Nokia). Hugo has 10 granted patents and published 280+ papers in peer reviewed journals, international refereed conferences, and book chapters.

His main interest interests include biosignal research, system engineering, signal processing, and machine learning, and his work has been distinguished with several academic and technical awards such as the “IEEE Entrepreneurship Impact Award” in 2023, the “Career Award alumniIPS” in 2018, the “Best Industrial and Enabling Technology” at the European Commission’s DG-CONNECT Innovation Radar Prize in 2017, or the 1st place at the Ordem dos Engenheiros Young Engineer Innovation Award in 2015, just to name a few.

Biography:

Award-winning inventor, researcher, and entrepreneur. Co-founder of multiple innovative technology-based companies operating in the field of medical devices and data science for health. PhD in Electrical and Computers Engineering with Habilitation in Biomedical Engineering, both from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - University of Lisbon (UL), Hugo is coordinator of the “Information and Data Science” thematic line and Senior Researcher at the IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações (http://www.it.pt/person_detail_p.asp?id=1293) since 2004. He is also an Invited Professor at the Bioengineering Department of IST since 2019. 

Both at a technical and scientific level, he has actively contributed to and participated in more than 70 national and international projects, funded by grants from Horizon 2020, Portugal 2020, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), and several other private and public institutions (e.g. BBC, Vodafone, or Nokia). Hugo has 10 granted patents and published 280+ papers in peer reviewed journals, international refereed conferences, and book chapters.

His main interest interests include biosignal research, system engineering, signal processing, and machine learning, and his work has been distinguished with several academic and technical awards such as the “IEEE Entrepreneurship Impact Award” in 2023, the “Career Award alumniIPS” in 2018, the “Best Industrial and Enabling Technology” at the European Commission’s DG-CONNECT Innovation Radar Prize in 2017, or the 1st place at the Ordem dos Engenheiros Young Engineer Innovation Award in 2015, just to name a few.

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Address:Pattern and Image Analysis – Lx, IT/ IST/DEEC, Torre Norte, 10º piso, Lisboa, Portugal, 1049-001




Agenda

11:00am Hugo Silva, IT/IST, Invisibles: A New Frontier in Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing


 Keywords: Pervasive Healthcare; AAL; Sensor Integration; Internet of Things