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VitalResponder 2.0 Publications and presentations

 

Peer-reviewed conference papers published

 

T. Cruz, S. Brás, S. C. Soares, J. M. Fernandes, “Monitoring physiology and behaviour using Android in phobias”, in the proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Milan, Italy, 2015, pp. 3739-3742. http://embc.embs.org/2015/

S. Brás, J. Ferreira, S. C. Soares, C. F. Silva, “Psychophysiology of Disgust Emotion: ECG Noise Entropy as Biomarker”, in the proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Milan, Italy, 2015, pp. 2351-2354. http://embc.embs.org/2015/

S. Brás and A. Pinho, “ECG Biometric Identification: A compression based approach”, in the proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Milan, Italy, 2015, pp. 5838-5841. http://embc.embs.org/2015/

L.M. Silva, J.M. Fernandes, I. C. Oliveira, “LIMBus: a lightweight remote monitoring system powered by iOS and BLE”, in the proceedings of MOBIQUITOUS 2015, 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, 2015, DOI:10.4108/eai.22-7-2015.2260249

T. Magalhães, I.C. Oliveira, J.M. Fernandes, “Message based integration in Cyber-Physical System: firefighters in the field”, in the proceedings of MOBIQUITOUS 2015, 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, 2015, DOI:10.4108/eai.22-7-2015.2260246

P. Santos, S. Sargento, J. M. Fernandes, “VANESS: DNS for Nomadic Users in Vehicular Networks”, in the proceedings of MOBIQUITOUS 2015, 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, 2015, DOI:10.4108/eai.22-7-2015.2260262

P. P. d. Silva and J. P. S. Cunha, “SenseMyHeart: A Cloud Service and API for Wearable Heart Monitors,” in the proceedings of 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milano, Italy, 2015. http://embc.embs.org/2015/

E. Lima, P. Brandão, and A. Aguiar. “Demo: DisToNet: Disconnection Tolerant Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks”. ACM Mobicom, 2015. http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2015/

J. P. S. Cunha, “Human and Environmental Sensing for Hazardous Professions,” in the proceedings of International Meeting on New Sensing Technologies and Modelling for Air-Pollution Monitoring, Aveiro, Portugal, 2014.

J.H. Amorim, A.I. Miranda, J. Valente, F. Marques, C. Borrego, J.M. Fernandes, R. Ottmar, S.J. Prichard, A. Andreu, P. Fernandes, J.P Cunha, “Fire safety management based on integrated monitoring and forecast of smoke exposure”, in the proceedings of VII International Conference on Forest Fire Research (ICFFR). D.X. Viegas (Ed.), 2014, DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6_152

A. Aguiar, E. Soares, P. Brandão, T. Magalhães, J.M. Fernandes, I. Oliveira, “Demo: wireless IP mesh on android for fire-fighters monitoring”, in the proceedings of the 9th ACM MobiCom workshop on Challenged networks (CHANTS ’14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2014, pp. 89-92, DOI:10.1145/2645672.2645692

S. Brás, J.M. Fernandes, J.P.S. Cunha, “ECG delineation and morphological analysis for firefighters tasks differentiation”, in the proceedings of the CBMS 2013 – 26th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Porto, Portugal, 2013, pp. 516-517, DOI:10.1109/CBMS.2013.6627856

F. Marques, P. Azevedo, J.P.S. Cunha, S. Brás, J.M. Fernandes, “FIREMAN: Firefighter team breathing management system using android”, in the proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Zurich, 2013, pp. 133-134, DOI:10.1145/2493988.2494339

A.P. Rocha, Ó. Pereira, D. D. Ribeiro, J. M. Fernandes, and J. P. S. Cunha, “MonitorMe: Online Video Monitoring for First Responders Using a Smartphone,” in the proceedings 15th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Applications & Services, 2013. http://www.ieee-healthcom.org/

M. Kaiseler, J. Rodrigues, V. Ribeiro, A. Aguiar, and J. P. S. Cunha, “An ambulatory method to assess Stress and Coping among Portuguese Police officers,” in the proceedings of 3rd Conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2013. http://saa2013.psy.vu.nl/

Peer reviewed papers published in Journals

 

Brás, S.C. Soares, R. Moreira, J.M. Fernandes, “BeMonitored: Monitoring psychophysiology and behavior using Android in phobias”, in Behavior Research Methods, 2015, DOI:10.3758/s13428-015-0633-9.

P.M. Santos, T.E. Abrudan, A. Aguiar, J. Barros. “Impact of Position Errors on Path Loss Model Estimation for Device-to-Device Channels”. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, nr. 5, 2014, DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2014.040214.131082

Rodrigues, M. Kaiseler, A. Aguiar, J. P. S. Cunha, and J. Barros, “A Mobile Sensing Approach to Stress Detection and Memory Activation for Public Bus Drivers,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (in press), 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2015.2445314

Book chapters

 

Azevedo, F. Marques, J.M. Fernandes., J.H. Amorim., J. Valente, A.I. Miranda, C. Borrego., J.P.S. Cunha, “A Wearable System for Firefighters Smoke Exposure Monitoring”, In “Advances in Forest Fire Research. Chapter 5. D.X. Viegas (Ed.). Coimbra, Portugal. 1312-1318, 2014, DOI:10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6_144

Presentations

 

Cruz, S. Brás, S. C. Soares, J. M. Fernandes, “Monitorização fisiológica e comportamental usando Android”, in 10º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Faro, Portugal, 2015.

Ferreira, S. C. Soares, S. Brás, L. Alho, J. Raposo, G. Ramos, C. Silva, “Psicofisiologica da emoção de nojo: Entropia do valor do ruído como marcador”, in 10º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Faro, Portugal, 2015.

J.H. Amorim, A.I. Miranda, J. Valente, F. Marques, C. Borrego, J.M. Fernandes, J.P.S. Cunha. “AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR FIREFIGHTERS SMOKE EXPOSURE ESTIMATION” in poster session. II International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk will be held in Alghero, Italy, 2015.

P. S. Cunha, “Human and Environmental Sensing for Hazardous Professions,” in International Meeting on New Sensing Technologies and Modeling for Air-Pollution Monitoring, Aveiro, Portugal, 2014.

A.I. Miranda, J.H. Amorim, J. Valente, A. Monteiro, J. Ferreira, C. Borrego, C., “Forest fires effects on the atmosphere: 20 years of research in Portugal”, International Conference no Forest Fire Research – ICFFR, Coimbra, Portugal, 2014.

 

Prototypes/Deployment

 

Referred in:

T3 Connectivity and ad-hoc network

T4 Monitoring and Sensing

T7 Operational scenario

Pilots/Test & terrain

 

Referred in:

T5 Data analysis and modelling

T6 Decision support

T7 Operational scenario

Master Thesis

 

[[Telmo2014] Telmo Ricardo Torrão da Cruz. “AWARE: Context-Aware Augmented Reality Psychological Assessment Tool”. MSc thesis, University of Aveiro. 2014.

[Magalhães2014] Tiago Jorge de Oliveira Magalhães. “VitalRemote: in loco Solution for Management of Cyber-Physical Systems”. MSc thesis, University of Aveiro. 2014.

Contreras2015] Orangel Azuaje Contreras. “Performance Evaluation of an IEEE 802.11 Mobile Ad-Hoc Network on the Raspberry Pi”. MSc thesis, University of Porto. 2015. [Eça2015] S. Ribeiro D’Eça, “VitalHelmet – Towards a Sensorized Helmet for First Responders”, MSc thesis, University of Porto, Portugal, 2015.

[Carvalho2016] Fábio Carvalho, “Ad-Hoc Network with Traffic Priorities and Tolerance to disconnection”. MSc thesis, FCUP, expected conclusion 2016

PhD Thesis

PhD: S. Rodrigues: “Ecological Momentary Assessment of Stress, Coping and Engagement among Portuguese Police Officers”, PDPsic, FPCEUP, expected conclusion 2016

PhD: P. Santos: “Wireless Protocols and Channel Estimation for Data Gathering with Mobile Nodes”, PDEEC, FEUP, expected conclusion 2016

PhD: O. A. Contreras, “Applications of Stochastic Network Calculus to Wireless MANETs”. MAP-Tele, FEUP, expected conclusion 2019

PhD: E. Lima, “Disconnection Resilience in MANET with Volatile Connectivity”. MAP-Tele, FEUP, expected conclusion 2019

VIRTALRESPONDER PUBLICATIONS

 

Ribeiro DD, Fu LS, Carlos LD, Cunha JPS. A Novel Dry Active Bio-signal Electrode based on an Hybrid Organic-inorganic Interface Material. IEEE Sensors Journal. October 2011 2011;11(10):2241-2245.

Cunha JPS. pHealth and Wearable Technologies: a permanent challenge. In: Blobel B, Pharow P, Sousa F, eds. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics – pHealth 2012, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health. Vol 177. Amsterdam: IOS Press; 2012:185-195.
URL: http://goo.gl/c7q7h

C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, “Heartbeat Classification using Morphological and Dynamic Features of ECG Signals”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 59/10, Oct 2012, pp. 2930-2941.
URL: http://goo.gl/lvW4W

P.M. Santos, T.E. Abrudan, A. Aguiar, and J. Barros, “Impact of Position Inaccuracy on Device-to-Device Wireless Channel Estimation”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

Cunha JPS. pHealth and Wearable Technologies: a permanent challenge. In: Blobel B, Pharow P, Sousa F, eds. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics – pHealth 2012, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health. Vol 177. Amsterdam: IOS Press; 2012:185-195.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22942053

Can Ye; Coimbra, M.T.; Vijaya Kumar, B.V.K.; , “Arrhythmia detection and classification using morphological and dynamic features of ECG signals,” Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE , vol., no., pp.1918-1921, Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627645
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5627645

Can Ye; Coimbra, M.T.; Kumar, B.V.K.V.; , “Investigation of human identification using two-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals,” Biometrics: Theory Applications and Systems (BTAS), 2010 Fourth IEEE International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1-8, 27-29 Sept. 2010
doi: 10.1109/BTAS.2010.5634478
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5634478

Colunas, M.F.M.; Fernandes, J.M.A.; Oliveira, I.C.; Cunha, J.P.S.; , “DroidJacket: An Android-based application for first responders monitoring,” Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2011 6th Iberian Conference on , vol., no., pp.1-4, 15-18 June 2011
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5974243

Ferreira Marques, F.A.; Ribeiro, D.M.D.; Colunas, M.F.M.; Cunha, J.P.S.; , “A real time, wearable ECG and blood pressure monitoring system,” Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2011 6th Iberian Conference on, vol., no., pp.1-4, 15-18 June 2011
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5974220

Colunas, M.F.M.; Fernandes, J.M.A.; Oliveira, I.C.; Cunha, J.P.S.; , “Droid Jacket: Using an Android based smartphone for team monitoring,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2011 7th International , vol., no., pp.2157-2161, 4-8 July 2011
doi: 10.1109/IWCMC.2011.5982868
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5982868

Ribeiro, D.M.D; Colunas, M.F.M.; Ferreira Marques, F.A.; Fernandes, J.M.A; Cunha, J.P.S.; , “A Real time, Wearable ECG and Continous Blood
Pressure Monitoring System for First Responders,” Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. URL: http://vitalresponder.pt/images/documents/rtabp_embc2011.pdf

T.E. Abrudant, L.M. Paula, J. Barros, J.P.S. Cunha, N.B. Carvalho, “Indoor Location Estimation and Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks using a Dual Frequency Approach ,” Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 2011 International Conference. Guimarães. URL: http://vitalresponder.pt/images/documents/ipin2011.pdf

Teles, D.C.; Colunas, M.F.M.; Fernandes, J.M.A.; Oliveira, I.C.; Cunha, J.P.S , “iVital: A real time monitoring system for first response teams”, Mobile Networks and Management: 3rd International Conference, MONAMI 2011, Aveiro, Portugal, September 21-23, 2011.
URL: http://vitalresponder.pt/images/documents/ivitalmonami2011.pdf

C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, “Human Identification based on ECG Signals from Wearable Health Monitoring Devices”, in Proc. 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2011), Barcelona, Spain, Oct 2011.

S. Brás, N. Ferreira, JPS Cunha, “ECG Artifact Detection Algorithm- An algorithm to improve long-term ECG analysis”, BioSignals 2012, VilaMoura, Portugal, 2012.

P. Gomes, B. Lopes, M. Coimbra, “Field Validation of a Framework for Annotating Biological Signals of First Responders in Action”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC, San Diego, USA, Set 2012.

P. Gomes, M. Kaiseler, C. Queirós, M. Oliveira, B. Lopes, M. Coimbra, “Vital Analysis: Annotating sensed physiological signals with the stress levels of first responders in action”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC, San Diego, USA, Set 2012.

F. Hedayioglu, M. Jafari, S. Mattos, M. Plumbley, M. Coimbra, “Denoising of the Second Heart Sound Using Matching Pursuit”, in Proc. IEEE EMBC, San Diego, USA, Sep 2012.

C. Ye, B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar, M. Coimbra, “Combining General Multi-class and Specific Two-class Classifiers for Improved Customized ECG Heartbeat Classification”, in Proc. IEEE ICPR, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, Nov 2012.

M. Coimbra, J.P.S. Cunha, “Vital Responder – Wearable Sensing Challenges in Uncontrolled Critical Environments”, (invited paper) in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software (S-Cube), Lisbon, Jun 2012

B. Barros, A. Aguiar, D. Lucani, “Network-aware Biomedical Signal Processing: Loss Concealment or Loss Awareness”, International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF), Feb. 2012.

M. Nistor, D. E. Lucani, J. Barros, “A total energy approach to protocol design in coded wireless sensor networks,” in Proc. International Symposium on Network Coding (NetCod), pp.31-36, Boston, USA, June 2012

Susana Brás, David Ribeiro, João Paulo Cunha, Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho. A novel non-invasive continuous system for estimating arterial blood pressure: first-in-man clinical results. European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, Munich, August 2012

E.F. Gomes, P.J. Bentley, M. Coimbra, E. Pereira, Y. Deng, “Classifying Heart Sounds: approaches and results for the PASCAL Challenge”, in Proc. 6th International Conference on Health Informatics, HealthInf 2013, Barcelona, Spain, Feb 2013.

S. Brás, J.M. Fernandes, J.P.S Cunha, “ECG delineation and morphological analysis for firefighters tasks differentiation”. In Proc. 26th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2013), Porto, Jun 2013

L. Pinto, P. M. Santos, S. Crisóstomo, T. E. Abrudan, and J. Barros. “On-the-fly deployment of wireless sensor networks for indoor assisted guidance”, In Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Cyber-physical Systems, Networks, and Applications (CPSNA 2013), to appear, 2013.