Welcome!

I am a postdoctoral research fellow working with Prof. Sunghoon Ivan Lee at Advanced Human & Health Analytics (AHHA) Laboratory, College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst. My research focuses on improving the quality of the rehabilitation practice and supporting people with chronic conditions, leveraging advanced technology (read Research for details). By nature, my research crosses multiple disciplines from Health Informatics to Human-Computer Interaction, and my research results have been published broadly in related venues (read Publication for details). I enjoy working with those who have talents and passion inside and outside the university. Interested researchers, clinicians, and industry personnels are more than welcome to contact either me or Prof. Lee. I am a proud ally of LGBTQIA+ people.

News!

• I was invited to give a talk on "Improving Accuracy of Accelerometer Measurements via Probabilistic Modeling" at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) - Nov 4, 2021

• I was invited to give a talk on "Game-Assisted Rehabilitation for Stroke Survivors: Practices, Challenges, Opportunities" at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) - Aug 2, 2021

• I was invited to give a talk on "Game-Assisted Rehabilitation for Stroke Survivors: Practices, Challenges, Opportunities" at 2021 Access Computing Summer Program (organized by University of Washington, Tsinghua University, and Microsoft) - Jul 29, 2021

• Our R21 grant proposal "Patient-Centered Serious Games for Remote Cognitive Training in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment" was awared by NIH (PI: Prof. Lee). This exciting project is a collaboration between University of Massachusetts Amherst, Rutgers University, University of Montreal, and Woorisoft. - Apr 8, 2021

• Our paper "Rehabilitation Games in Real-World Clinical Settings: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities," was accepted for publication at the ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM TOCHI) 27(6). The paper will be presented at the ACM CHI'21 - Jul 19, 2020

• Our paper "Estimating Upper-Limb Impairment Level in Stroke Survivors using Wearable Inertial Sensors and a Minimally-Burdensome Motor Task," was selected as a featured article of the issue at the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering (IEEE TNSRE) 28(3) - Mar 10, 2020

• Neuro-World, a collection of six cognitive rehabilitation games, that our research team is developing was selected as a CES 2020 Innovation Awards honoree - October 16, 2019 [CES 2020 Awardee Page in Web][CES 2020 Awardee Page in PNG]

• Our paper "Towards the Design of a Ring Sensor-based mHealth System to Achieve Optimal Motor Function in Stroke Survivors," was accepted at the ACM Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (ACM IMWUT) 3(4), 2019. The paper will be presented at the ACM UbiComp'20 - Oct 9, 2019

• Our paper "Remote Assessment of Cognitive Impairment Level based on Serious Mobile Game Performance: An Initial Proof of Concept," was featured as the cover article of the issue at the Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE JBHI) 23(3) - May 7, 2019 [Cover Page in PDF]