Expertise: Video Analysis

SAM3 Expertise Areas: Video Analysis
Video provides a rich source of data and through analysis that can lead to knowledge about well-being. Video is applied carefully given the privacy intrusion that it represents. SAM3 researchers have used video analysis for a number of applications.
Video applications
- Gait and other motion assessment
- Kitchen use and kitchen safety
- Driving assessment
- Driver gaze assessment
- Cognitive assessment
- Thermal and RGB camera based assessment
See also our work on Video Magnification
A. Laghai, B. Wallace, K. Fraser, M. Kunz, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, 鈥淚dentifying Cognitive Decline via Speech and Gaze in Naturalistic Reading鈥, 48th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2026
A. Laghai, B. Wallace, K. Fraser, M. Kunz, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, N. Thomas, A. Frank, S. Shafiyan, 鈥淟ongitudinal Gaze-speech Cognitive Decline Biomarkers From Oral Reading鈥, at Alzheimer鈥檚 Association International Conference (AAIC), 2026.
M. Saif El Nasr, B. Wallace, K. Van Benthem, C. Herdman, A. Lochbihler, K. Brightman, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall. 鈥淢easurement of visual object detection and tracking algorithms in a driving simulator environment.鈥 2026 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2026
Sloan, Thomas 鈥淚ndoor 3D Modeling Using Consumer Drones and Neural Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for Virtual Reality鈥 MASc diss., 杏吧原创 University, 2024.
A. Laghai, B. Wallace, K. Fraser, M. Kunz, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, N. Thomas, A. Frank, S. Shafiyan, 鈥淟ongitudinal Gaze-speech Cognitive Decline Biomarkers From Oral Reading鈥, at Alzheimer鈥檚 Association International Conference (AAIC), 2026.
IEEE Video Tutorial: 鈥淭he Supportive Smart Home: Solutions Enabling Independence 鈥 Ambient Sensing, Artificial Intelligence in Ethical Context鈥
Smart homes helping older adults live safely and independently
NRC Article on our recent projectOne morning, an older man doesn’t go to the kitchen for breakfast as he usually does. Instead, he’s still sitting …
A. Laghai, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, M. Kunz, K. Fraser, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, 鈥淐an Gaze鈥揝peech Coupling in Reading Help Clinicians Detect Cognitive Decline Remotely?鈥 ISG 2026
T. Sloan, B. Wallace, and R. Goubran, 鈥淚mpact of Image Resolution on Controlling Drones Using Remote VR Headset Visualization and a Cloud Architecture,鈥 in 2025 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), Jul. 2025, pp. 1鈥6.
Link to Paper
T. Sloan, B. Wallace, and R. Goubran, 鈥淒rone-Based Indoor Mapping for Augmented Indoor 3D Modeling Using Neural Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM),鈥 in IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2026), Feb. 2026, pp. 1鈥4. ICCE 2026.
A. Laghai B. Wallace, K. C. Fraser, M. Kunz, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, 鈥淧reliminary Results for Measurement of Eye Fixation and Speech to Identify Cognitive Decline鈥 at IEEE Medical Measurement and Applications Symposium (MeMeA 2025), 2025
M. Kunz, K. Fraser, B. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas 鈥淎ddressing Age Bias in the Application of Appearance-Based Gaze-Tracking for Older Adults鈥, IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, 2025.
(Best Paper Award)