Edward Sazonov (IEEE M’02, SM’11) received the Diploma of Systems Engineer from Khabarovsk State University of Technology, Russia, in 1993 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, in 2002. Currently, he is a James R. Cudworth Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, and the head of the Computer Laboratory of Ambient and Wearable Systems (http://claws.eng.ua.edu).

His research interests span wearable devices, sensor-based behavioral informatics, and methods of biomedical signal processing and pattern recognition. Devices developed in his laboratory include a wearable sensor for objective detection and characterization of food intake (AIM – Automatic Ingestion Monitor); a highly accurate physical activity and gait monitor integrated into a shoe insole (SmartStep, winner of Bluetooth Innovation WorldCup 2009); a wearable sensor system for monitoring of cigarette smoking (PACT); and others. The research in his lab has been recognized by several awards, including best paper awards and the President’s Research Award at the University of Alabama. He has published over 100 journal papers and 150 conference papers/abstracts and holds 7 issued patents. In 2020, Dr. Sazonov served as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Academies of Science, as well as by state agencies, private industry, and foundations. Dr. Sazonov has served as an organizing committee member for multiple years at IEEE BHI/BSN (special sessions co-chair, publication chair, general co-chair), as invited session co-chair and organizer for the IEEE EMBS Conference, and as tutorials co-chair for the IEEE Sensors Conference. He has also served as Associate Editor for IEEE EMBC, BHI/BSN, and Sensors conferences, as well as on numerous technical program committees for conferences focused on biomedical engineering and biomedical instrumentation. Dr. Sazonov is an active member of Technical Committees on Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems and on Biomedical Health Informatics. From 2018 to 2022, he served as the EMBS representative on the IEEE Sensors Council. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Sensors, and MDPI Sensors, and as Chief Section Editor for Wearable Electronics in Frontiers in Electronics.