July 11, Monday 13:30pm–17:30pm (local time) [EMBC schedule at a glance]

** 6 hours ahead of CDT (7:30am-11:30am CDT)

Keynote Speakers:

** Please note that all times are local time (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

Time Session Speaker Topic/Details

13:30 PM - 13:45 PM Opening Remarks

13:45 PM - 14:30 PM Keynote 1 (30 mins + 15 min Q &A) Thomas Vaessen (University of Twente)

Stress Reactivity and Recovery in Daily Life

14:30 PM -15:30 PM Challenge Paper presentations (1) (10 mins + 3 mins Q&A each.)

• Classification of Stress via Ambulatory ECG and GSR Data, Zachary Dair, Muhammad Muneeb Saad, Urja Pawar, Ruairi O’Reilly (Munster Technological University), Samantha Dockray (University College Cork) [Link]

• Detection of self-reported stress level from wearable sensor data using machine learning and deep learning-based classifiers: Is it feasible? Atzeni Michele, Cossu Luca, Cappon Giacomo and Vettoretti Martina (University of Padova) [Link]

• Anxolotl, an Anxiety Companion App - Stress Detection, Nuno Gomes, Pedro Santos (ISEL - Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa) Matilde Pato (Universidade de Lisboa) André Lourenço, Lourenço Rodrigues (Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa and CardioID technologies) [Link]

• A Multi-Sensor Fusion Method For Stress Recognition, Leonardo Alchieri , Nouran Abdalazim , Lidia Alecci , Silvia Santini , Shkurta Gashi (Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)) [Link]

15:30 PM - 15:45 PM Coffee break

15:45 PM - 16:30 PM Keynote 2: (30 mins + 15min Q &A) Santosh Kumar (University of Memphis)

Detecting and Characterizing Stress in Daily Life

16:30 PM - 17:25 PM Stress and Mental Health Paper presentations (2) (9 mins + 3 mins Q&A each.) & Discussions

• Detection and Classification of Acute Psychological Stress in Free-Living: Challenges and Achievements, Mert Sevil, Mudassir Rashid, Reza Askari (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago), Lisa Sharp, Laurie Quinn (University of Illinois Chicago), Ali Cinar(Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago) [Link]

  • NEC's Chronic Stress Estimation System for Corporate Health, Masanori Tsujikawa, Tasuku Kitade, Kei Shibuya, Keisuke Suzuki, Yoshiki Nakashima, Terumi Umematsu, Azusa Furukawa, and Yoshifumi Onishi (NEC Corporation)

  • Toward Building Robust and Practical Mental Health Solutions using Wrist Wearables: Challenges and Directions, Sirat Samyoun (University of Virginia)

  • Stress Monitoring in the Real World, Ramesh Sah (Washington State University), Hassan Ghasemzadeh (Arizona State University)

17:25 PM - 17:30 PM Award Announcement & Closing Remarks