News

  • 06/2022: Two papers are conditionally accepted at ACM MobiCom 2022 (PROS and IoTree).
  • 11/2021: Earable Inc. closed an equity financing round of ~$8M led by top VCs to take our device to US market to enhance people's cognitive function from their ears.
  • 05/2021: Earable Inc. is soft launching its product to the first 2000 users.
  • 02/2021: Co-Chairing Technical Program of ACM MobiCom 2022.
  • 11/2020: Earable Inc. received Investment from FoundersFund, the early investor of 39 unicorns including Facebook, SpaceX, AirBnB, Spotify, Lyft.
  • 10/2020: Two papers are accepted at ACM SenSys 2020 (DroneScale and Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring).
  • 03/2020: Two papers are accepted at ACM MobiSys 2020 (Painometry and WAKE).
  • 02/2020: Awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
  • 11/2019: Earable Inc. received funding from AIA program in Colorado.
  • 10/2019: eBP paper is awarded Best Paper at ACM MobiCom 2019 - Part of Earable Computing Project.
  • 07/2019: Earable Inc. closed the first round of funding from Silicon Valley.
  • 12/2018: “Earable Computing” is recommended for NSF CAREER Award.
  • 11/2018: Our CapBand is received Best Paper Runner-up Award at ACM SenSys 2018.
  • 11/2018: Deliver a Keynote on "Earable Computers" at ENSys 2018 Workshop - Collocated with ACM SenSys 2018.
  • 08/2018: Kick-off DronePD project sponsored by Department of Homeland Security.
  • 07/2018: Capband paper has been conditionally accepted to ACM SenSys 2018.
  • 05/2018: Our Body-Guided Communication paper is accepted to ACM MobiCom 2018.
  • 03/2018: Delivered a Talk on in-ear Sensing @ Google Mountain View.
  • 02/2018: Awarded Google Faculty Research Award 2018
  • 02/2018: Our TYTH-Tongue Typing on the Teeth paper is accepted to ACM MobiSys 2018. Congrats Phuc Nguyen, Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, and Hoang Truong.
  • 11/2017: Our Ph02 is nominated for Best Paper at ACM SenSys 2017. Congrats Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen and Hoang Truong
  • 10/2017: Our Ph02 is awarded Best Paper at MobiCom S3 Workshop 2017 . Congrats Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen and Hoang Truong
  • 10/2017: Our MobileOx won 2nd Prize MobileCom 2017 App Contest. Congrats Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen and Hoang Truong
  • 10/2017: Our Drone Detection paper (Matthan) is selected as SIGMOBILE Research Highlights. Congrats Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, and Anh Nguyen
  • 09/2017: Delivered an invited talk on In-ear Sensing at MIT Media Lab
  • 09/2017: Our In-ear Sensing (LIBS) paper is selected as ACM Research Highlights. Congrats Anh Nguyen
  • 07/2017: PhO2 paper is accepted to ACM SenSys'17. Congrats Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen and Hoang Truong
  • 04/2017: Our In-ear Sensing (LIBS) paper is selected as SIGMOBILE Research Highlight. Congrats Anh Nguyen
  • 03/2017: Outward Influence Measurement paper is accepted to ACM SIGMETRICS'17
  • 02/2017: Drone Detection paper is accepted to ACM MobiSys 2017. Congrats Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, and Anh Nguyen
  • 12/2016: Deliver a keynote on pediatric mobile healthcare at ACM SoICT
  • 11/2016: Our In-ear biological signal sensing paper is awarded Best Paper at ACM SenSys 2016 - Congrats Anh Nguyen
  • 10/2016: Our WikiSpiro is awarded Best Paper at MobiCom S3 Workshop 2016 - Congrats Phuc Nguyen and Shane Transue
  • 10/2016: Co-Chairing MobiCom 2017 workshops with Bozidar Radunovic (MSR Cambridge)
  • 09/2016: Co-Chairing MobiSys 2017 workshops with Ben GreenStein (Google)
  • 07/2016: Our NSF SCH proposal on Camera-based respiratory monitoring is recommended for funding (as Lead-PI)
  • 07/2016: Our NSF TWC proposal on Wearable Authentication is recommended for funding (as Lead-PI)
  • 07/2016: Battery-free capacitive paper is accepted to ACM SenSys, Congrats Phuc Nguyen
  • 07/2016: In-ear biological signal sensing paper is accepted to ACM SenSys, Congrats Anh Nguyen
  • 07/2016: Our proposal on Pediatric Asthma Monitoring to Colorado AIA is awarded (as Co-PI)
  • 07/2016: Our proposal on Mobile Health Research Platform to Colorado AIA is awarded (as Co-PI)
  • 07/2016: Denver Post's interview on Pokemon Go's privacy and security concerns (link)
  • 07/2016: Deliver a Keynote at MobiHoc’s MobileHealth workshop 2016 in Germany
  • 06/2016: Co-Chair MobiSys’s Wearable Systems workshop 2016 in Singapore
  • 05/2016: "Real-time Hand Gesture Recognition via 3-D Printed Capacitive Wristband" project is awarded UCD Senior Design Winner
  • 05/2016: Co-Chair MobiCom’s Demo Session - Please consider submitting the proud demo of your work.
  • 03/2016: Real-time tidal volume estimation using Iso-surface reconstruction paper is accepted to IEEE CHASE 2016
  • 03/2016: A Smart Shoe for Building a Real-Time 3D Map is accepted to Journal of Auto & Construction
  • 01/2016: Organizing WearSys workshop at ACM MobiSys 2016 in Singapore. Please consider submitting!
  • 12/2015: Low-Power Radio-Optical localization is accepted to ACM Transaction on Mobile Computing
  • 11/2015: Fine-grained breathing volume estimation paper is accepted to IEEE INFOCOM 2016
  • 06/2015: Received Creative Research Collaborative Interdisciplinary Fellowship
  • 06/2015: Serve on the TPC for IEEE INFOCOM 2016
  • 08/2014: Invited to serve on the TPC for ACM MobiSys 2015; please consider submitting there.
  • 08/2014: GPS jammer detection paper is accepted to ACM CCS’14
  • 02/2014: Awarded Google Faculty Research Award 2014
  • 07/2013: Received my Ph.D. degree from WINLAB/Dept. of Computer Science, Rutgers University.
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    Selected Publications

  • PROS: An efficient pattern-driven compressive sensing framework for low-power biopotential-based wearables with on-chip intelligence, Nhat Pham, Hong Jia, Minh Tran, Tuan Dinh, Nam Bui, Young Kwon, Dong Ma, Phuc Nguyen, Cecilia Mascolo, and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiCom 2022 - The ACM Conference on Mobile Computing And Networking, October 2022.

  • ioTree: A battery-free wearable system with biocompatible sensors for continuous tree health monitoring, Tuan Dang, Trung Tran, Khang Nguyen, Tien Pham, Nhat Pham, Tam Vu, and Phuc Nguyen
    ACM MobiCom 2022 - The ACM Conference on Mobile Computing And Networking, October 2022.

  • FastHare: Fast Hamiltonian Reduction for Large-scale Quantum Annealing., Phuc Thai, My T. Thai, Tam Vu, and Thang N. Dinh.
    IEEE QCE 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering.

  • SaPHyRa: A Learning Theory Approach to Ranking Nodes in Large Networks., Phuc Thai, My T. Thai, Tam Vu, and Thang N. Dinh.
    IEEE ICDE 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering.

  • FaceSense: Sensing Face Touch with an Ear-worn System., Vimal Kakaraparthi, Qijia Shao, Charles J. Carver, Tien Pham, Nam Bui, Tam Vu, Phuc Nguyen, and Xia Zhou.
    ACM UbiComp 2021 - ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC’21).

  • Detection of Microsleep Events with a Behind-the-ear Wearable System, Nhat Pham, Tuan Dinh, Taeho Kim, Zohreh Raghebi, Nam Bui, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Tuan Nguyen, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Ann Halbower, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu
    IEEE TMC - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IF: 5.112).

  • Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring Using Polarized Light, Tianxing Li, Derek Bai, Temiloluwa O. Prioleau, Nam Bui, Tam Vu, and Xia Zhou.
    ACM SenSys 2020 - The 18th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, November 2020
    (44 out of 213 submissions, acceptance ratio: 20.6%)

  • DroneScale: Drone Load Estimation Via Remote PassiveRF Sensing, Phuc Nguyen, Vimal Kakaraparthi, Nam Bui, Nikshep Umamahesh, Nhat Pham, Hoang Truong, Yeswanth Guddeti, Dinesh Bharadia, Eric Frew, Richard Han, Dan Massey, Tam Vu.
    ACM SenSys 2020 - The 18th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, November 2020
    (44 out of 213 submissions, acceptance ratio: 20.6%)

  • WAKE: a behind-the-ear wearable system for microsleep detection, Nhat Pham, Tuan Dinh, Zohreh Raghebi, Taeho Kim, Nam Bui, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Ann Halbower, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiSys 2020 - The ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, June 2020.
    (34 out of 175 submissions, acceptance ratio: 19.4%)

  • Painometry: wearable and objective quantification system for acute postoperative pain, Hoang Truong, Nam Bui, Zohreh Raghebi, Marta Ceko, Nhat Pham, Phuc Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Taeho Kim, Katrina Siegfried, Evan Stene, Taylor Tvrdy, Logan Weinman, Thomas Payne, Devin Burke, Thang Dinh, Sidney D'Mello, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Tor Wager, Pavel Goldstein, and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiSys 2020 - The ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, June 2020.
    (34 out of 175 submissions, acceptance ratio: 19.4%)

  • eBP: A Wearable System For Frequent and Comfortable Blood Pressure Monitoring From User’s Ear, Nam Bui, Nhat Pham, Jessica Jacqueline Barnitz, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Taeho Kim, Anh Nguyen, Zhanan Zou, Nicholas Farrow, Jianliang Xiao, Robin Deterding, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiCom 2019 - The ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, Oct. 2019.
    (30 out of 186 submissions, acceptance ratio: 16.1%)
    - Best Paper Award 2019; ACM SIGMOBILE Research Highlights 2019; CACM Research Highlights 2020

  • CapBand: Battery-free Successive Capacitance Sensing Wristband for Hand Gesture Recognition, Hoang Truong, Shuo Zhang, Ufuk Muncuk, Phuc Nguyen, Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Qin Lv, Kaushik Chowdhury, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu
    ACM SenSys 2018 - The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, Nov. 2018.
    (23 out of 147 submissions, acceptance ratio: 15.6%)
    - Best Paper Runner-up Award 2018

  • Body-Guided Communications: A Low-power, Highly-Confined Primitive to Track and Secure Every Touch, Viet Nguyen, Mohamed Ibrahim, Hoang Truong, Phuc Nguyen, Richard Howard, Marco Gruteser and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiCom 2018 - The ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, Oct. 2018.
    (42 out of 187 submissions, acceptance ratio: 22.5%)

  • TYTH-Typing On Your Teeth: Tongue-Teeth Localization for Human-Computer Interface, Phuc Nguyen, Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Abhijit Suresh, Matthew Whitlock, Duy Pham, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiSys 2018 - The ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, June 2018.
    (37 out of 138 submissions, acceptance ratio: 26.8%)

  • Photometry based Blood Oxygen Estimation through Smartphone Cameras, Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Ashwin Ashok, Thang Dinh, Robin Deterding and Tam Vu
    ACM S3 2017 - The ACM MobiCom S3 Workshop, October 2017.
    - Best Paper Award, 2017

  • PhO2: Smartphone based Blood Oxygen Level Measurement Systems using Near-IR and RED Wave-guided Light, Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Ashwin Ashok, Thang Dinh, Robin Deterding and Tam Vu
    ACM SenSys 2017 - The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, Nov. 2017.
    (26 out of 151 submissions, acceptance ratio: 17.2%)
    - Best Paper Award Nominee 2017; 2nd Prize ACM MobiCom App Contest 2017

  • Outward Influence & Cascade Size Estimation in Billion-scale Networks, Hung Nguyen, Tri Nguyen, Tam Vu, and Thang Dinh
    ACM SIGMETRICS 2017 - The ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, June 2017.
    (Acceptance ratio: 14.3%)

  • Matthan: Drone Presence Detection by Identifying Physical Signatures in the Drone’s RF Communication, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Mahesh Ravindranathan, Anh Nguyen, Richard Han, and Tam Vu
    ACM MobiSys 2017 - The ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, June 2017.
    (34 out of 188 submissions, acceptance ratio: 18%)
    - ACM SIGMOBILE Research Highlights, 2017


  • iES: A Lightweight And Inexpensive In-ear Sensing System For Automatic Whole-night Sleep Stage Monitoring, Anh Nguyen, Raghda Alqurashi, Zohreh Raghebi, Farnoush Banaei-kashani, Ann C. Halbower, and Tam Vu
    ACM SenSys 2016 - The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, November 2016.
    (21 out of 119 submissions, acceptance ratio: 17.6%)
    - Best Paper Award 2016; ACM SIGMOBILE Research Highlights 2016; CACM Research Highlights 2017


  • Battery-Free Identification Token for Touch Sensing Devices , Phuc Nguyen, Ufuk Muncuk, Ashwin Ashok, Kaushik R Chowdhury, Marco Gruteser and Tam Vu
    ACM SenSys 2016 - The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, November 2016.
    (21 out of 119 submissions, acceptance ratio: 17.6%)

  • WikiSpiro: Non-contact Respiration Volume Monitoring during Sleep, Phuc Nguyen, Shane Transue, Min-Hyung Choi, and Tam Vu
    ACM S3 2016 - The ACM MobiCom S3 Workshop, October 2016.
    - Best Paper Award, 2016

  • Detection of On-Road Vehicles Emanating GPS Interference , Gorkem Kar, Hossen Mustafa, Yan Wang, Yingying Chen, Wenyuan Yu, Marco Gruteser, Tam Vu,
    ACM CCS 2014 - Proceedings of ACM CCS 2014
    (114 out of 585 submissions, acceptance ratio: 19%)

  • Distinguishing Users with Capacitive Touch Communication [PDF] [Slides] , Tam Vu, Akash Baid,Simon Gao, Marco Gruteser, Richard Howard, Janne Lindqvist, Predrag Spasojevic, Jeffrey Walling
    MobiCom 2012 - The 18th ACM Annual Int' Conf' on Mobile Computing and Networking
    (32 out of 212 submissions, acceptance ratio: 15.1%).
    Press Release: MIT Technology Review, Phys.org, Demo Video , Interdigital Innovation Challenge Finalist
    - Best Paper Award, 2012

  • Detecting Driver Phone Use Leveraging Car Speakers [PDF] , Jie Yang, Simon Sidhom, Gayathri Chandrasekaran, Tam Vu, Hongbo Liu, Nic Cec, Yingying Chen, Marco Gruteser, Rich Martin
    MobiCom 2011 - The 17th ACM Annual Int' Conf' on Mobile Computing and Networking
    (29 out of 214 submissions, acceptance ratio: 13.6%)
    Press Release: MIT Technology Review, The Wall Street Journal, CNET News, Yahoo News, National Public Radio 1] [NPR 2]
    - Best Paper Award, 2011

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    Activites


    Technical Program Committee:

  • 2020: MobiCom, SenSys, COMNET's Editorial Board
  • 2019: MobiCom, MobiSys, SenSys
  • 2018: MobiSys, SenSys, IPSN
  • 2017: SenSys, MobiSys (External), IPSN, PerCom, VNC, DCOSS
  • 2016: Infocom, VNC
  • 2015: Mobisys, ICC, Percom, DISSECT, SecureComm, WearSys, MSCE, MobiSPC
  • 2014: DCOSS, VNC, SecureComm, MobiSPC
  • 2013: MobiArch, ICC, VNC, SecureComm

  • Keynotes:
  • ACM Sensys - ENSys 2018 workshop
  • ACM SoICT 2016
  • ACM MobiHoc - Mobile Health 2016 workshop

  • Chair & Co-Chair:
  • Co-Chair: ACM MobiCom 2017 Workshop, ACM MobiSys 2017 Workshop, ACM IPSN 2017 Publicity, ACM MobiCom 2016 Demo, ACM WearSys 2016
  • Session Chair: ACM MobiSys 2015 - Understanding and Improving Mobile App Capabilities; ACM WearSys 2015 - Mobile health session, MCSE 2015

  • Panelist:
  • National Science Foundation: SCH, SaTC, and CAREER programs

  • Journals Reviewer:
  • ACM Transactions on CPS, Transactions on Networking, Transactions on ISS, Transactions on Sensor Networks
  • ACM Computer Communication Review
  • IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, Transaction on HMS, Transaction on DSC, Transaction on CST, Transaction on Wireless Communication, Transaction on IFS
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • IEEE Journal on Internet of Things
  • Communication of the ACM
  • Computer Networks Journal, Ad-Hoc Networks Journal, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal
  • VIEW FULL LIST HERE

    Awards


  • Alfred F. Sloan Fellowship 2020
  • Best Paper Award, MobiCom 2019
  • Best Paper Runner-up Award, SenSys 2018
  • Google Faculty Research Award 2018
  • Best Paper Award Nominee, SenSys 2017
  • Best Paper Award, MobiCom S3 2017
  • ACM SIGMOBILE Research Highlights 2017
  • CACM Research Highlights 2017
  • ACM SIGMOBILE Research Highlights 2016
  • Best Paper Award, SenSys, 2016
  • Google Faculty Research Award 2014
  • Best Paper Award, MobiCom S3 2016
  • Best Paper Award, Mobicom 2012
  • Best Paper Award, Mobicom 2011

  • CV