Research Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Room 3543, Academic Building, HKUST
wentaox AT ust DOT hk
Biography
I am a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). I received my PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering from HKUST under the supervision of Prof. Qian Zhang and Prof. Jin Zhang. My research focuses on ubiquitous computing, with an emphasis on using Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to empower interaction and healthcare applications. My work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and conferences such as ACM UbiComp/IMWUT, SenSys, and IEEE PerCom.
Publications
(* denotes the co-first authors)
[IMWUT/UbiComp ’24] Wentao Xie*, Chi Xu*, Yanbin Gong, Yu Wang, Yuxin Liu, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, Zeguang Zheng, and Shifang Yang, “DeepBreath: Breathing Exercise Assessment with a Depth Camera”, to appear in Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 8 (3), 2024 Paper Demo
[PerCom ’24] Linfei Ge, Wentao Xie, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, “BLEAR: Practical Wireless Earphone Tracking under BLE protocol”. to appear in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, Biarritz, France, 2024
[IMWUT/UbiComp ’24] Wentao Xie, Huangxun Chen, Jing Wei, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, “RimSense: Enabling Touch-based Interaction on Eyeglass Rim Using Piezoelectric Sensors”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 7 (4), 2023 Paper Demo
[SenSys ’23] Baichen Yang, Qingyong Hu, Wentao Xie, Xinchen Wang, Wei Luo, Qian Zhang, “PDAssess: A Privacy-preserving Free-speech based Parkinson’s Disease Daily Assessment System”, Proceedings of the 21th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, Istanbul, Turkiye, 2023
[IMWUT/UbiComp ’23] Wentao Xie, Qingyong Hu, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, “EarSpiro: Earphone-based Spirometry for Lung Function Assessment”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 6 (4), 2022. Paper Demo
[MobiCom ’22 EA] Wentao Xie, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, “Transforming Eyeglass Rim into Touch Panel Using Piezoelectric Sensors”, Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, 2022. Paper
[IMWUT/UbiComp ’21] Wentao Xie, Qian Zhang, Jin Zhang, “Acoustic-based Upper Facial Action Recognition for Smart Eyewear”, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 5 (2), 2021. Paper Talk Demo
[IoTJ ’20] Wentao Xie, Runxin Tian, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, “Noncontact Respiration Detection Leveraging Music and Broadcast Signals”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8 (4), 2020. Paper
Teaching
TA for HKUST COMP4621: Computer Communication Networks I, Fall 2020
TA for HKUST COMP4021: Internet Computing, Spring 2020, Fall 2022
Awards
HKUST Research Travel Grant, HKUST, 2022, 2023
HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award, HKUST, 2022
HKTIIT Post-Graduate Excellence Scholarship, Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology (HKTIIT), 2021
Excellent Undergraduate Thesis, SUSTech, 2019
Services
Reviewer for UbiComp 2023 Posters and Demos, 2023
Reviewer for ISWC 2023 Notes and Briefs, 2023
Reviewer for IMWUT, 2022, 2023, 2024