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Amanda Watson

Amanda Watson

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Virginia

Biography

Amanda Watson is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include Wearable Technology, Internet of Medical Things, and High Performance Athletics. She leads the Watson Research Lab, which develops wearable technology for healthcare and athletic performance. She is the CEO of Luminosity Wearables a company commercializing a noninvasive continuous glucose monitor.

Interests
  • Wearable Technology
  • Internet of Medical Things
  • Smart Health
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
  • High Performance Athletics
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2020

    William & Mary

  • MS in Computer Science, 2016

    William & Mary

  • BA, 2014

    Computer Science and Mathematics

Projects

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Lumos
Lumos is an open-source device for wearable spectroscopy research. Lumos can facilitate on-body spectroscopy research in health monitoring, athletics, rehabilitation, and more.
Lumos

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(2023). Dove: shoulder-based opioid overdose detection and reversal device. 2023 IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE).

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(2023). iCareLoop: Closed-Loop Sensing and Intervention for Gerontological Social Isolation and Loneliness. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 14th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (with CPS-IoT Week 2023).

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(2023). Parkinson's Disease Action Tremor Detection with Supervised-Leaning Models. 2023 IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE).

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(2023). Short: Integrated Sensing Platform for Detecting Social Isolation and Loneliness In the Elderly Community. 2023 IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE).

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(2023). SpectraVue-An Interactive Web Application Enabling Rapid Data Visualization and Analysis for Wearable Spectroscopy Research. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing.

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Amanda Watson

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wearable Technology, Internet of Medical Things, Smart Health, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, High Performance Athletics