SEMINAR:Digital biomarkers of cognitive health...

Guest: Arzu Çöltekin, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz)

Title: Digital biomarkers of cognitive health: From smartphones to extended reality as facilitators (BIO, EE, CS, ME)

Date/Time: Nov 28, 2024, 14:40

Location: FENS L045 & https://sabanciuniv.zoom.us/j/6578435481

Abstract: Human-computer interaction (HCI) can be an active or passive source of data on human behavior, which, when analyzed over time and/or across cohorts, contains clues about our cognitive and mental health. For example, if we capture speed of movement / gait from smartphones, eye movements from mobile or stationary cameras, skin conductivity from smart watches, and/or visuo-spatial memory errors from virtual reality experiments, we get a set of digital biomarkers of cognitive health. In this talk, we examine how digital biomarkers are used in various contexts, enriched by examples from empirical research outcomes from by Dr. Çöltekin and her team.

Bio: Arzu Çöltekin is a professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Visualization and Extended Reality, and leads the Institute of Interactive Technologies at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (https://coltekin.net/arzu/). She is also a research affiliate at the Seamless Astronomy group in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics of the Harvard University in Cambridge, USA, collaborating on scientific data analysis and visualization research. Her interdisciplinary work covers topics related to information science, visual analytics, visualization and cartography, virtual/augmented reality, gaze-contingent displays, eye-tracking, vision (perception and cognition), and human-computer interaction.