Scholar
Edison Thomaz
Google Scholar ID: B0K-DwEAAAAJ
Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,900
H-index
23
i10-index
41
Publications
20
Co-authors
31
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published extensively in top venues including IMWUT, Interspeech, ISWC, and CHASE
- Notable papers: 'Transformation of Audio Embeddings into Interpretable, Concept-Based Representations' (2025)
- 'Leveraging Large Language Models to Annotate Activities of Daily Living Captured with Egocentric Vision' (CHASE 2024)
- 'Automated Face-to-Face Conversation Detection on a Smartwatch with Acoustic Sensing' (IMWUT 2023)
- 'Detecting Eating by Tracking Jawbone Movements with a Non-Contact Wearable Sensor' (IMWUT 2018)
- Ph.D. alumni employed at Apple, Samsung Research America, Billion Labs, etc.
Background
- Associate Professor and William H. Hartwig Fellow in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
- Director of the Human Signals Lab
- Research focuses on human-centered sensing and machine perception using wearable and ubiquitous technologies
- Explores computational systems that recognize and model human behaviors, activities, health, emotions, context, and social interactions
- Affiliated with DICE, bioECE, SES; member of WNCG and iMAGiNE; faculty affiliate of CAPS
- Editor of IMWUT and Steering Committee Chair for UbiComp
Miscellany
- Twitter: @ethomaz
- Office: EER 7.818, 2501 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712
- Teaching EE422C Software Design II in Fall 2025
- Teaching Human Signals: Sensing & Analytics in Spring 2026
- Office hours: Wednesdays 1–2pm (Fall 2025)
