Amaya Arcelus
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (University of Toronto)
416-597-3422 x7390
Biography
Amaya Arcelus obtained her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2010 from Carleton University and the following year worked as a postdoctoral fellow with the TAFETA Smart Systems for Health in Ottawa, Canada. Her research focused on context-aware smart home monitoring through the analysis of pressure sequences. Her contributions included the design of unobtrusive systems for the automated assessment of mobility in older adults during weight transfers from beds and grab bars.
Amaya joined IATSL in September of 2011 and is currently working on embedded technology for autonomous physiological monitoring within the smart home environment. She has held postdoctoral fellowships with NSERC’s strategic network Healthcare Support through Information Technology Enhancements (hSITE) and with CIHR’s interdisciplinary training program Health Care, Technology and Place (HCTP). Amaya’s research interests include embedded sensing, physiological monitoring, biomedical signal processing and assistive systems to improve the quality of life of older adults and adults with disabilities.
Selected Recent Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
J. Boger, A. Arcelus, A. Mihailidis, “Themes identified and lessons learned through the development of intelligent environments that support healthy well-being,” Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, 2013. (in press).
A. Arcelus, I. Veledar, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, H. Sveistrup, and M. Bilodeau, “Measurements of sit-to-stand timing and symmetry from bed pressure sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1732-1740, May 2011.
A. Arcelus, C. L. Herry, R. A. Goubran, F. Knoefel, H. Sveistrup, and M. Bilodeau, “Determination of sit-to-stand transfer duration using bed and floor pressure sequences,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 2485-2492, Oct. 2009.
Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
L. Grover, A. Arcelus, R. Wang, R. Huq, K. Zabjek, D. Herbert, A. Mihailidis, “Investigation of fatigue patterns while using an upper limb rehabilitation robotic device,” in Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Bellevue, WA, USA, 2013. (in press).
A. Arcelus, M. Sardar, A. Mihailidis, “Design of a capacitive ECG sensor for unobtrusive heart rate measurements,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Instrum. Meas. Technology Conf., Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2013, pp.407-410.
S. Bennett, R. Goubran, A. Arcelus, K. Rockwood, F. Knoefel, “Pressure signal feature extraction for the differentiation of clinical mobility assessments,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop Medical Meas. and Applicat., Budapest, Hungary, 2012, pp.1-5
A. Arcelus, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, H. Sveistrup, M. Bilodeau, “Detection of bouncing during sit-to-stand transfers with sequential pressure images,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop Medical Meas. and Applicat., Bari, Italy, 2011, pp.158-161.
H. Chatrzarrin, A. Arcelus, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Feature extraction for the differentiation of dry and wet cough sounds,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop Medical Meas. and Applicat., Bari, Italy, 2011, pp.162-166.
A. Arcelus, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, M. Bilodeau, F. Knoefel, “Context-aware smart home monitoring through pressure measurement sequences,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop Medical Meas. and Applicat., Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2010, pp. 32-37.
A. Arcelus, M. Holtzman, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, P. Guitard, F. Knoefel, “Analysis of commode grab bar usage for the monitoring of older adults in the smart home environment,” in Proc. 31st Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2009, pp. 6155-6158.
A. Arcelus, M. Holtzman, I. Veledar, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, P. Guitard, “Contact location estimation from a nonlinear array of pressure sensors,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Instrum. Meas. Technology Conf., Victoria, BC, Canada, 2008, pp. 1969-1973.
M. Holtzman, A. Arcelus, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Breathing signal fusion in pressure sensor arrays,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop Medical Meas. and Applicat., Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2008, pp. 71-76.
A. Arcelus, M. H. Jones, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Integration of smart home technologies in a health monitoring system for the elderly,” in Proc. IEEE 1st Int. Workshop Smart Homes Tele-Health, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, 2007, pp. 820-825.
