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Expertise: Accelerometer / Motion sensing

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SAM3 Expertise Areas: Accelerometer / Motion sensing

SAM3 Researchers have extensive experience in the measurement and assessment of motion and this has included a wide range of sensing technologies and application areas.

Sensor Technology

  • Accelerometers
  • Ultra Wide Band (RADAR) systems
  • GPS systems
  • Video analytics including AI assisted cameras
  • LiDAR systems
  • Motion sensor based systems
  • WiFi based sensor systems

Application Area

  • Wearable sensors including shoe based, smart phone based, hearing aid based.
  • Remote sensing such as a camera or sensor system deployed in a home
  • Vehicle based systems for driving assessment
  • Remote and wearable gait assessment

Laska, B., Goubran, R., Vukovic, B., Wallace, B., Ault, L., & Laghai, A. (2026). Enabling Independence: Assessing Activities of Daily Living to Inform Safety. Accessibility Institute, 杏吧原创 University.

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IEEE Video Tutorial: 鈥淭he Supportive Smart Home: Solutions Enabling Independence 鈥 Ambient Sensing, Artificial Intelligence in Ethical Context鈥

Canadian-made patient-transferring robot launches in Ottawa 鈥 Able Innovations ALTA

CBC story about the Able Innovations ALTA. SAM3 is proud of all of the work we have done to support Able Innovations creation of this …

W. Sloan, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, 鈥淚mproved Activity Recognition Through Fusion of Earable Pairs鈥 at IEEE Medical Measurement and Applications Symposium (MeMeA 2025), 2025

T. Sloan, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, 鈥淪ystem for Drone Based Indoor Mapping for Augmented Reality鈥 at 2025 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2025

W. Sloan, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, H. Sveistrup, 鈥淐ross-Body Transfer Learning for Human Activity Recognition鈥 at 2025 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2025

W. Sloan; B. Wallace; R. Goubran; H. Sveistrup, 鈥淯se of head-mounted inertial sensors for mobility tasks: Protocol for a Scoping Review鈥, JMIR Research Protocols, 2025

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W. Sloan, B. Wallace, A. Pepe, H. Sveistrup, F. Knoefel, A. Fraser, M. Bromwich, 鈥淔easibility for Clinical Physical Mobility Measurement using Hearing Aid Accelerometers鈥 2024 Sensor Applications Symposium (SAS), 2024

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SAM3 Book 鈥淪upportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place鈥 now available

Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place By: Frank Knoefel, Bruce Wallace, Neil Thomas, Heidi Sveistrup, Rafik Goubran, Christine L. Laurin Our book …

W. Sloan, B. Wallace, A. Pepe, H. Sveistrup, F. Knoefel, A. Fraser, M. Bromwich, 鈥淗earing Aid Accelerometer Based Pedometry Assessment for Older Adults鈥 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2023.

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Agarwal, A. 鈥淢ethods for Gait Analysis in a Supportive Smart Home鈥, M.A.Sc. Thesis, 杏吧原创 University, 2022.

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Agarwal, A., Wallace, B., Goubran, R., Knoefel, F., Thomas, N., 鈥淢ethod to Improve Gait Speed Assessment for Low Frame Rate AI Enabled Visual Sensor鈥 2022 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2022

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