Past Seminars
May 13th
PILLBOX WITH EMBEDDED SENSORS TO MEASURE MEDICATION-TAKING BEHAVIOR
DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 13TH 2016 TIME: 2:30PM
ROOM: SL 165 (723 WEST MICHIGAN STREET)
Euzeli dos Santos, Ph.D.
Purdue School of Engineering And
Technology, Indianapolis
Rebecca Bartlett Ellis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Science of Nursing Care
Medication adherence is critical for the health and wellbeing of people with multiple chronic conditions. Approximately 30-50% of patients do not adhere to taking their medications as prescribed. Nonadherence is a threat to patients’ individual health and adds an estimated $290 billion annually to the costs of the healthcare system; a burgeoning problem. Over 75 million Americans manage 2 or more chronic conditions and this number is expected to increase as the US population ages. Up to two-thirds of hospitalizations are related to medication-taking behaviors and nonadherence to prescribed regimens, costing upwards of $100 - $200 billion in annual avoidable healthcare costs. Despite decades of intervention research, medication nonadherence remains a significant and growing problem. Pillboxes are frequently recommended by healthcare providers, widely available for purchase, and highly used by patients. In the research literature, randomized controlled trials of interventions often included pillboxes as an intervention component to support adherence behavior. Capitalizing on pillboxes as a widely available, simple, and inexpensive component of medication adherence will require a systematic approach to measure the aforementioned pillbox use dimensions to understand how individuals interact with and use pillboxes (e.g. pillbox behaviors). In order to address adherence in those who use pillboxes, it will be necessary a more comprehensive electronic measurement such as the pillbox proposed in this project.ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Ali Jafari, PhD
Professor, and CyberLab Director
Purdue School of Engineering And
Technology, Indianapolis
"My philosophy is to translate state of the art research into a successful venture that can have a wide impact in enriching the teaching and learning by using technology". Our practical experience in designing, developing and commercializing software systems over the past two decades will be presented. Specifically, we will cover challenges and opportunities as well as the requirements of an environment that can help promote creativity and accelerate the transfer of ideas to actual commercial products. The role of mentors and the importance of establishing key partnership will also be discussed.April 1st
Industry perspective to job and career
Two professionals will discuss their job experiences and topics related to successful careers in industry including making a good impression on the interview and on the job. Questions from the audience are encouraged
Dave Powers, M.S.
High Performance Computing
Dow AgroSciences
Yue Webster, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Eli Lilly and CompanyNANOSENSOR ARRAY FOR DETECTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN BREATH
This presentation introduces our current research in nanotechnology which is aimed at fabricating nanosensor array for the detection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the breath of diabetic patients. We will discuss the synthesize of sensing material and the characterization and development of the nanosensor array.
Ali Daneshkhah, PhD student in Electrical Engineering
Purdue School of Engineering And
Technology, IndianapolisNanotechnology and Smart Sensor Systems
This presentation introduces nanotechnology and smart sensor systems and their applications. It will also cover some of the nanotechnology research and educational activities being carried out at IUPUI.
Sudhir Shrestha, PhD
Purdue School of Engineering And
Technology, IndianapolisFebruary 19th
DATE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH 2016 TIME: 12:00PM – 1:30PM
ROOM: SL 137 (723 WEST MICHIGAN STREET)
Multi-factor Authentication via an Access Structure using heterogeneous data points
Vinayak Tanksale, PhD student in Computer Engineering
Purdue School of Engineering And
Technology, Indianapolis
Current single and multi-factor authentication systems are vulnerable to attacks such as impersonation, man-in-the-middle, social engineering, and others. Our goal is to design an unobtrusive authentication system that travels with the subject. We are using traditional factors such as what you know, what you have, and who you are.
In addition, we plan to include multiple biosignals as authentication factors. The subject should not have to actively perform any action to provide data points. Majority of the data collection must be done using passive monitoring. Weather, environmental, spatial, and other factors need to be considered. Access structures will be used to perform authentication. This seminar will cover our findings and future research direction.INDIVIDUAL AUTHENTICATION THROUGH REVERSE ENGINEERING
Zina Ben Miled, PhD
Purdue School of Engineering And
Technology, Indianapolis
A case study of a modern civil registry with proper identification and authentication of individuals as well as proper registration of civil events will be discussed.
Data fusion and iterative cross-validation techniques were used to consolidate several data sources into a single unified data source with a high level of accuracy. This presentation will also discuss the technology and techniques used in the process stream as well as the key issues that had to be addressed.