Tutorials

The rapid advancement of biomedical sensors and wearable devices is reshaping the landscape of healthcare, enabling continuous monitoring of vital health parameters in real-time. This tutorial will explore how these innovative technologies work together to empower personalized healthcare and improve the management of chronic conditions. By integrating biomedical sensors with wearable devices, individuals can now monitor key health metrics such as heart rate, blood pressure, glucose levels, and respiratory rate on a continuous basis, allowing for early detection of health issues and timely medical intervention.

This tutorial introduces recent advances in human motion tracking using wearable magneto-inertial sensors (M-IMUs).
After reviewing both traditional and modern motion capture techniques, the lecture explores the working principles of M-IMUs and key methods for estimating 3D orientation, including complementary and Kalman filters.
Practical aspects such as calibration from the sensor to the body reference frame and inverse kinematics for joint angle computation are also addressed.
The presentation highlights experimental validation protocols and discusses applications in human–robot interaction, including teleoperation and wearable-based tele-impedance control.
 

This tutorial will explore the principles, challenges, and cutting-edge developments in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASN). UASNs offer a cost effective solutions for long term oceanographic data collection, subsea exploration and environmental monitoring. In particular, the focus will be on robust, low-cost, and energy-efficient UASN systems suitable for real-world maritime environments.

The fundamental physics of underwater sound propagation and signal processing techniques will be introduced. It will also highlight some practical implementations of UASN, focusing on passive acoustic sensor networks for marine mammal and vessel detection. Emphasis will be placed on real-world testing and deployment experiences, demonstrating how these technologies have evolved from laboratory research to field-ready solutions.