Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows and Honorable Mentions

Alex Mariakakis, Edward Wang, Lilian de Greef, Gabe Cohn, Matt Whitehill, Jacob Peplinski, Parker Ruth, Millicent Li, Ishan Chatterjee, Jerry Cao, Zachary Englhardt, Toma Itagaki

Goldwater Scholarship, Mary Gates Research Scholarship, Levinson Emerging Scholar, Washington Research Foundation Fellowship

 Parker Ruth

National Defense in Science and Engineering Fellows

Eric Whitmire, Ishan Chatterjee

Google PhD Fellowship

Xin Liu

Microsoft Research Fellowship

Mayank Goel, Lilian de Greef, Gabe Cohn

Adobe Research Fellowship

Eric Whitmire

Microsoft Women's Graduate Research Fellowship

Lilian de Greef

Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Hanchuan Li, Alex Mariakakis

UW College of Engineering’s Kumar and Robert A. Bhasin Endowed Fellowship

Sidhant Gupta

UW CEI Graduate Fellowship

Zhihan Zhang
Motion Matters: Neural Motion Transfer for Better Camera Physiological Measurement

Akshay Paruchuri, Xin Liu, Yulu Pan, Shwetak Patel, Daniel McDuff, Soumyadip Sengupta
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2024), Oral, Top 2.7%, 53 out of 2042 Submissions

GLOBEM: Cross-Dataset Generalization of Longitudinal Human Behavior Modeling

Xuhai Xu, Xin Liu, Han Zhang, Weichen Wang, Subigya Kumar Nepal, Kevin S. Kuehn, Jeremy F Huckins, Margaret E Morris, Paula S. Nurius, Eve Ann Riskin, Shwetak Patel, Tim Althoff, Andrew Campbell, Anind Dey, Jennifer Mankoff
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT/Ubicomp 2023), Distinguished Paper Award / Best Paper Award

O-pH: Optical pH Monitor to Measure Oral Biofilm Acidity and Assist in Enamel Health Monitoring

Manuja Sharma, Lauren K. Lee, Matthew D. Carson, David S. Park, Se W. An, Micah G. Bovenkamp, Jess J. Cayetano, Ian A. Berude, Leonard Y. Nelson, Zheng Xu, Alireza Sadr, Shwetak Patel, Eric J. Seibel
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2022, Featured Article of the Issue

Multi-Task Temporal Shift Attention Networks for On-Device Contactless Vitals Measurement

Xin Liu, Josh Fromm, Shwetak Patel, Daniel McDuff
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2020), Oral, Top 1%, 105 out of 9454 Submissions

Challenges in Realizing Smartphone-based Health Sensing

Alex Mariakakis, Edward Wang, Mayank Goel, Shwetak Patel
IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2019, Best Paper Runner-Up

IDCam: Precise Item Identification for AR Enhanced Object Interactions

Hanchuan Li, Eric Whitmire, Alex Mariakakis, Victor Chan, Alanson P. Sample, Shwetak Patel
13th Annual IEEE International Conference on RFID, 2019, Best Paper Nominee

Seismo: Blood Pressure Monitoring using Built-in Smartphone Accelerometer and Camera

Edward Wang, Junyi Zhu, Mohit Jain, Tien-jui Lee, Elliot Saba, Lama Nachman, Shwetak Patel
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2018, Honorable Mention Award

Haptic Revolver: Touch, Shear, Texture, and Shape Rendering on a Reconfigurable Virtual Reality Controller

Eric Whitmire, Hrvoje Benko, Christian Holz, Eyal Ofek, Mike Sinclair
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2018, Honorable Mention Award

Glabella: Continuously Sensing Blood Pressure Behavior using an Unobtrusive Wearable Device

Christian Holz, Edward Wang
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 2017, Best Paper Award

EyeContact: Scleral Coil Eye Tracking for Virtual Reality

Eric Whitmire, Laura Trutoiu, Robert Cavin, David Perek, Brian Scally, James O. Phillips, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), 2016, Best Paper Award

HemaApp: Noninvasive Blood Screening of Hemoglobin Using Smartphone Cameras

Edward Wang, William Li, Doug Hawkins, Terry Gernsheimer, Colette Norby-Slycord, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2016, Best Paper Award

SpiroCall: Measuring Lung Function over a Phone Call

Mayank Goel, Elliot Saba, Maia Stiber, Eric Whitmire, Josh Fromm, Eric Larson, Gaetano Borriello, Shwetak Patel
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2016, Honorable Mention Award

Finexus: Tracking Precise Motions of Multiple Fingertips Using Magnetic Sensing

Keyu Chen, Shwetak Patel, Sean Keller
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2016, Honorable Mention Award

DoppleSleep: A Contactless Unobtrusive Sleep Sensing System Using Short-range Doppler Radar

Tauhidur Rahman, Alexander T. Adams, Ruth Vinisha Ravichandran, Mi Zhang, Shwetak Patel, Julie A. Kientz, Tanzeem Choudhury
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2015, Honorable Mention Award

HyperCam: Hyperspectral Imaging for Ubiquitous Computing Applications

Mayank Goel, Eric Whitmire, Alex Mariakakis, Scott Saponas, Neel Joshi, Dan Morris, Brian Guenter, Marcel Gavriliu, Gaetano Borriello, Shwetak Patel
UbiComp '15, Honorable Mention Award

Tongue-in-Cheek: Using Wireless Signals to Enable Non-Intrusive and Flexible Facial Gestures Detection

Mayank Goel, Chen Zhao, Ruth Vinisha, Shwetak Patel
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2015, Honorable Mention Award

Wibreathe: Estimating respiration rate using wireless signals in natural settings in the home

Ruth Ravichandran, Elliot Saba, Keyu Chen, Mayank Goel, Sidhant Gupta, Shwetak Patel
IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2015, Honorable Mention Award

Powering Wireless Sensor Nodes with Ambient Temperature Changes

Chen Zhao, Sam Yisrael, Joshua R. Smith, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2014, Honorable Mention Award

BiliCam: Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Newborn Jaundice

Lilian de Greef, Mayank Goel, Min Joon Seo, Eric Larson, James W. Stout, James A. Taylor, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2014, Honorable Mention Award

The Sound of Touch: On-body Touch and Gesture Sensing Based on Transdermal Ultrasound Propagation

Adiyan Mujibiya, Xiang Cao, Desney S. Tan, Dan Morris, Shwetak Patel, Jun Rekimoto
ITS '13, 10-Year Impact Award from ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces Conference (ISS 2022)

Whole-home Gesture Recognition Using Wireless Signals

Qifan Pu, Sidhant Gupta, Shyamnath Gollakota, Shwetak Patel
ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2013, Best Paper Award

SpiroSmart: Using a Microphone to Measure Lung Function on a Mobile Phone

Eric Larson, Mayank Goel, Gaetano Boriello, Sonya Heltshe, Margaret Rosenfeld, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2012, Honorable Mention Award

Investigating Receptiveness to Sensing and Inference in the Home Using Sensor Proxies

Eun Kyoung Choe, Sunny Consolvo, Jaeyeon Jung, Beverly Harrison, Shwetak Patel, Julie A. Kientz
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2012, Honorable Mention Award

An Ultra-low-power Human Body Motion Sensor Using Static Electric Field Sensing

Gabe Cohn, Sidhant Gupta, Tien-jui Lee, Dan Morris, Joshua R. Smith, Matthew S. Reynolds, Desney S. Tan, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2012, Best Paper Award

Humantenna: Using the Body As an Antenna for Real-time Whole-body Interaction

Gabe Cohn, Daniel Morris, Shwetak Patel, Desney Tan
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2012, Honorable Mention Award

The Design and Evaluation of Prototype Eco-feedback Displays for Fixture-level Water Usage Data

Jon Froehlich, Leah Findlater, Marilyn Ostergren, Solai Ramanathan, Josh Peterson, Inness Wragg, Eric Swanson, Fabia Fu, Mazhengmin Bai, Shwetak Patel, James A. Landay
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2012, Honorable Mention Award

LightWave: Using Compact Fluorescent Lights As Sensors

Sidhant Gupta, Keyu Chen, Matthew S. Reynolds, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2011, Honorable Mention Award

Your Noise is My Command: Sensing Gestures Using the Body As an Antenna

Gabe Cohn, Daniel Morris, Shwetak Patel, Desney S. Tan
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2011, Best Paper Award

Interactive Generator: A Self-powered Haptic Feedback Device

Akash Badshah, Sidhant Gupta, Gabe Cohn, Nicolas Villar, Steve Hodges, Shwetak Patel
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2011, Best Paper Award

HeatWave: Thermal Imaging for Surface User Interaction

Eric Larson, Gabe Cohn, Sidhant Gupta, Xiaofeng Ren, Beverly Harrison, Dieter Fox, Shwetak Patel
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2011, Honorable Mention Award

SNUPI: Sensor Nodes Utilizing Powerline Infrastructure

Gabe Cohn, Erich Stuntebeck, Jagdish Pandey, Brian Otis, Gregory D. Abowd, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2010, Honorable Mention Award

ElectriSense: Single-point Sensing Using EMI for Electrical Event Detection and Classification in the Home

Sidhant Gupta, Matthew S. Reynolds, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2010, Best Paper Award

The Design and Evaluation of an End-user-deployable, Whole House, Contactless Power Consumption Sensor

Shwetak Patel, Sidhant Gupta, Matthew S. Reynolds
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2010, Honorable Mention Award

Automatic Classification of Daily Fluid Intake

Jonathan Lester, Desney Tan, Shwetak Patel, A.J. Brush
IEEE 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2010, Best Paper Award

HydroSense: Infrastructure-mediated Single-point Sensing of Whole-home Water Activity

Jon Froehlich, Eric Larson, Tim Campbell, Conor Haggerty, James Fogarty, Shwetak Patel
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2009, Honorable Mention Award

Detecting Human Movement by Differential Air Pressure Sensing in HVAC System Ductwork: An Exploration in Infrastructure Mediated Sensing

Shwetak Patel, Matthew S. Reynolds, Gregory D. Abowd
Pervasive, Ubicomp 10 year impact award

At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line

Shwetak Patel, Thomas Robertson, Julie A. Kientz, Matthew S. Reynolds, Gregory D. Abowd
UbiComp, Ubicomp 10 year impact award