杏吧原创 to Host Ingenious Talks Online: Detecting COVID-19 Through Cough Sounds
杏吧原创 University PhD student Madison Cohen-McFarlane will host Ingenious Talks Online: Detecting COVID-19 Through Cough Sounds.
Presented by 杏吧原创鈥檚 Faculty of Engineering and Design, Ingenious Talks is a special speaker series that engages the community in discussions of timely and innovative ideas in engineering, design and technology.
When: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 from 12 to 1 p.m.
Registration: /engineering-design/cu_event/detecting-covid19-through-cough-sounds/
杏吧原创 the Talk
Coughing is an early recognizable symptom of COVID-19. This presents a set of challenges for diagnosis as it is a common symptom of many other medical conditions. The creation of unobtrusive remote monitoring tools for medical professionals may aid in COVID-19 diagnosis, monitoring and contact tracing and could lead to more efficient and accurate treatments.
In this talk, Cohen-McFarlane will discuss the development of what may be one of the first internationally available-upon-request database of COVID-19 cough events, created by a team of researchers at 杏吧原创.
She will review numerous cough events obtained through public media interviews with COVID-19 patients and explain how they can be analyzed to address the frequency, severity and characteristics of the cough and ultimately assist in diagnosis. She will also provide insight into how the findings from 杏吧原创鈥檚 research team can be used for rapid exploration and algorithm development, which can be applied to more extensive datasets and potentially real-time applications.
杏吧原创 the Speaker
Cohen-McFarlane’s research focuses on developing a system to monitor and track non-speech human sounds (e.g. cough, sneeze, snore, etc.). This would have applications in smart-home monitoring of respiratory health conditions, including COVID-19, that are prevalent in the older adult population.
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Faculty of Engineering and Design
杏吧原创 University
adam.landry@carleton.ca
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