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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 PDF

2. [SenSys’26] Jailbreaking Embodied LLMs via Action-level Manipulation

   Xinyu Huang, Qiang Yang, Leming Shen, Zijing Ma, Yuanqing Zheng

   ACM/IEEE International Conference on Embedded Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Systems (SenSys)

   May 11-14, 2026, Saint-Malo, France

3. [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 PDF Dataset Web

4. [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 PDF

5. [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 PDF

6. [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 PDF

7. [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 PDF Code

8. [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 PDF

9. [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 PDF

10. [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 PDF Code Web Slides

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 PDF

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 PDF Code Web Slides Demo

13. [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 PDF

14. [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 PDF Code Web Slides

15. [INFOCOM’24] Neural Enhanced Underwater SOS Detection

    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng

    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)

    May 20-23, 2024, Vancouver, Canada PDF Slides Presentation

16. [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 PDF Slides

17. [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 PDF Slides

18. [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 PDF Demo

19. [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 PDF

20. [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 PDF Slides Code/Dataset

21. [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 PDF Presentation

22. [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 PDF Demo

23. [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 PDF

24. [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 PDF

Journal Articles

1. [JAB’26] Ear-Worn Inertial Sensors Can Predict Gait Metrics and Reconstruct Vertical Ground Reaction Force Curves During Running

   Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Mathias Ciliberto, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Qiang Yang, Yang Liu, Ezio Preatoni, Dong Ma and Cecilia Mascolo

   Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 2026, to appear.

2. [AUTOMAT CONSTR’26] A Retrieval-Augmented Generation Model for Automated Information Access in Building Retro-Commissioning

   Linyan Chena, Qiang Yang, Joseph H.K. Lai, G.H.T.D. Jayarathn

   Automation in Construction, 2026, to appear.

3. [TMC’26] ArmPad: Transforming Forearms into Interaction Interfaces with Smartwatches

   Zhenyu Yang, Qiang Yang, Zhidan Liu, Zhenjiang Li, Yongpan Zou, and Kaishun Wu

   IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2026, to appear.

4. [Nature 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, to appear.

5. [Arxiv] A Survey of Earable Technology: Trends, Tools, and the Road Ahead

   Changshuo Hu*, Qiang Yang*, Yang Liu*, Tobias Roddiger, Kayla-Jade Butkow, Mathias Ciliberto, Adam Luke Pullin, Jake Stuchbury-Wass, Mahbub Hassan, Cecilia Mascolo, Dong Ma PDF

6. [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 PDF

7. [BAE’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 PDF

8. [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 PDF

9. [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 PDF

10. [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 PDF

11. [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 PDF

12. [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 PDF

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