Qiang Yang

Qiang Yang

Assistant Research Professor

You can also find my articles on my Google Scholar profile.

Conference Papers

  1. [HotMobile’26] EarCalo: Earable-Based Energy Expenditure Estimation While Running
    Yang Liu, Qiang Yang, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Dong Ma, Cecilia Mascolo
    The 27th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile)
    February 25-26, 2026, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  2. [SenSys’26] The Starlink Robot: A Platform and Dataset for Mobile Satellite Communication
    Boyi Liu, Qianyi Zhang, Qiang Yang, Jianhan Jian, Chauhan Jagmohan, Dimitrios Kanoulas
    ACM/IEEE International Conference on Embedded Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Systems (SenSys)
    May 11-14, 2026, Saint-Malo, France
  3. [IMWUT’25] HearForce: Force Estimation for Manual Toothbrushing with Earables
    Qiang Yang, Yang Liu, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Mathias Ciliberto, Tobias Röddiger, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Adam Luke Pullin, Emeli Panariti, Dong Ma, Cecilia Mascolo
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), Issue 4, 2025
  4. [IMWUT’25] EarMeter: Continuous Respiration Volume Monitoring with Earables
    Yang Liu, Qiang Yang, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Dong Ma, Cecilia Mascolo
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), Issue 4, 2025
  5. [CHI’25] SmarTeeth: Augmenting Manual Toothbrushing with In-ear Microphones
    Qiang Yang, Yang Liu, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Emeli Panariti, Dong Ma, Cecilia Mascolo
    The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
    26 April-1 May 2025, Yokohama, Japan
  6. [OpenWearables’25] OpenBrush: An Open-Source Manual Toothbrush for Force and Motion Sensing
    Qiang Yang, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Thomas A Bytheway, Cecilia Mascolo
    The 2nd International Workshop on Open Wearable Computers (OpenWearables)
    co-located with UbiComp, October 14-16, 2025, Espoo, Finland
  7. [BodySys’25] NutriLoop: A Cellular Aging Aware Dietary Feedback Framework via Inflammation and Telomere Association
    Ge Gao, Yuming Jin, Qiang Yang*
    The 11th Workshop on Body-Centric Computing Systems (BodySys)
    co-located with UbiComp, October 14-16, 2025, Espoo, Finland
  8. [PerCom’25] WalkEar: Holistic Gait Monitoring using Earables
    Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Yang Liu, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Josh Carter, Qiang Yang, Mathias Ciliberto, Ezio Preatoni, Dong Ma, Cecilia Mascolo
    IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom)
    March 17-21, 2025, Washington DC, USA
  9. [MobiCom’25] AutoIoT: LLM-Driven Automated Natural Language Programming for AIoT Applications
    Leming Shen, Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng, Mo Li
    ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)
    Nov 4-8, 2025, Hong Kong
  10. [EarComp’24] BrushBuds: Toothbrushing Tracking Using Earphone IMUs
    Qiang Yang, Yang Liu, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Dong Ma, Cecilia Mascolo
    The 5th international workshop on earable computing (EarComp)
    co-located with UbiComp, October 5, 2024, Melbourne, Australia
  11. [IMC’25] Satellite IoT in Practice: A First Measurement Study on Network Availability, Performance, and Costs
    Wenchang Chai, Jinhong Liu, Ziyue Zhang, Xianjin Xia, Yuanqing Zheng, Ningning Hou, Qiang Yang, Weiwei Chen, Tao Gu
    ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC)
    October 28-31, 2025, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  12. [SenSys’25] GPIoT: Tailoring Small Language Models for IoT Program Synthesis
    Leming Shen, Qiang Yang, Xinyu Huang, Zijing Ma, Yuanqing Zheng
    ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys)
    May 6-9, 2025, Irvine, USA
  13. [MobiSys’24] FedConv: A Learning-on-Model Paradigm for Heterogeneous Federated Clients
    Leming Shen, Qiang Yang, Kaiyan Cui, Yuanqing Zheng, Xiaoyong Wei, Jianwei Liu, Jinsong Han
    ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys)
    June 3-7, 2024, Tokyo, Japan
  14. [INFOCOM’24] Neural Enhanced Underwater SOS Detection
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
    May 20-23, 2024, Vancouver, Canada
  15. [SenSys’23] AquaHelper: Underwater SOS Transmission and Detection in Swimming Pools
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys)
    November 13-15, 2023, Istanbul, Turkiye
  16. [INFOCOM’23] VoShield: Voice Liveness Detection with Sound Field Dynamics
    Qiang Yang, Kaiyan Cui, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
    May 17-20, 2023, New York, USA
  17. [IPSN’23] mmRipple: Communicating with mmWave Radars through Smartphone Vibration
    Kaiyan Cui, Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng, Jinsong Han
    ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN)
    May 9-12, 2023, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  18. [WBC’22] Forecasting Green Building Growth in Different Regions of China
    Linyan Chen, Albert P.C. Chan, Qiang Yang, Amos Darko, Xin Gao
    The 22nd World Building Congress, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
    June 27-30, 2022, Melbourne, Australia
  19. [INFOCOM’22] DeepEar: Sound Localization with Binaural Microphones
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
    May 2-5, 2022, Virtual Conference
  20. [IMWUT’21] Model-based Head Orientation Estimation for Smart Devices
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
    Volume 5, Issue 3, Article No.: 136, Pages 1 - 24
  21. [ICDCS’19] EchoWrite: An Acoustic based Finger Input System Without Training
    Yongpan Zou, Qiang Yang, Rukhsana Ruby, Yetong Han, Mo Li, Kaishun Wu
    IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)
    July 7-10, 2019, Dallas, Texas, USA
  22. [PerCom’19] AcouDigits: Enabling Users to Input Digits in the Air
    Yongpan Zou, Qiang Yang, Yetong Han, Dan Wang, Jiannong Cao, and Kaishun Wu
    IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom)
    March 11-15, 2019, Kyoto, Japan
  23. [MobiQuitous’18] ArmIn: Explore the Feasibility of Designing a Text-entry Application Using EMG Signals
    Qiang Yang, Yongpan Zou, Meng Zhao, Jiawei Lin, and Kaishun Wu
    EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous)
    November 5-7, 2018, New York City, United States

Journal Articles

  1. [Nat. Comms’25] Measuring Cardiac Stroke Volume Through In-ear Audio Sensing
    Kayla-Jade Butkow, Navazh Jalaludeen, Liu Yang, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Qiang Yang, Mathias Ciliberto, Dong Ma, Joseph Cheriyan, Cecilia Mascolo
    Nature Communications, 2025
  2. [TMC’25] Hierarchical and Heterogeneous Federated Learning via a Learning-on-Model Paradigm
    Leming Shen, Qiang Yang, Kaiyan Cui, Yuanqing Zheng, Xiaoyong Wei, Jianwei Liu, Jinsong Han
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 12103-12120, Nov. 2025
  3. [Build. Environ.’25] Can Large Language Models Replace Experts? Effectiveness and Limitations in Building Energy Retrofit Challenges Assessment
    Linyan Chen, Amos Darko, Fan Zhang, Albert Chan, Qiang Yang
    Building and Environment, 276(2025), p.112891
  4. [TDSC’24] Room-scale Voice Liveness Detection for Smart Devices
    Qiang Yang, Kaiyan Cui, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 4982-4996, Sept.-Oct. 2024
  5. [TMC’24] Deephar: Sound Localization with Binaural Microphones
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 359-375, Jan. 2024
  6. [TMC’24] Towards ISAC Empowered mmWave Radars by Capturing Modulated Vibrations
    Kaiyan Cui, Qiang Yang, Leming Shen, Yuanqing Zheng, Fu Xiao, and Jinsong Han
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 13787-13803, Dec 2024
  7. [JME’24] Theoretical Framework for Utilizing Eye-tracking Data to Understand the Cognitive Mechanism of Situational Awareness in Construction Hazard Recognition
    Yanfang Luo, Qiang Yang, JoonOh Seo, Seungjun Ahn
    ASCE’s Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 40, no. 4, p. 04024027, 2024
  8. [TMC’21] EchoWrite: An Acoustic-based Finger Input System Without Training
    Kaishun Wu, Qiang Yang, Yongpan Zou, Rukhsana Ruby, Baojie Yuan, Mo Li
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Volume 20, Issue 5, pp. 1789-1803, May 1, 2021

Posters and Demos

  1. [MobiCom’25] Poster: ChronoBite: Diet Meets Cellular Aging
    Ge Gao, Yuming Jin, Hao Fu, Kaiyan Cui, Qiang Yang*
    ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)
    Nov 4-8, 2025, Hong Kong
  2. [SenSys’22] Poster: Integrated Sensing and Communication between Daily Devices and mmWave Radars
    Kaiyan Cui, Qiang Yang, Leming Shen, Yuanqing Zheng, Jinsong Han
    ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys)
    November 6-9, 2022, Boston, United States
  3. [MobiSys’18] Demo: A Novel Finger-Assisted Touch-free Text Input System Without Training
    Qiang Yang, Hongrui Fu, Yongpan Zou, Kaishun Wu
    ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys)
    June 10-15, 2018, Munich, Germany