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Thomas Ploetz
Google Scholar ID: kM95eWgAAAAJ
Georgia Institute of Technology
Computational Behavior Analysis
Activity Recognition
Ubiquitous Computing
Health
Machine Learning
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Publications
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Fine-grained Motion Retrieval via Joint-Angle Motion Images and Token-Patch Late Interaction
2026
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Models Got Talent: Identifying High Performing Wearable Human Activity Recognition Models Without Training
2025
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Thou Shalt Not Prompt: Zero-Shot Human Activity Recognition in Smart Homes via Language Modeling of Sensor Data & Activities
2025
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Past, Present, and Future of Sensor-based Human Activity Recognition using Wearables: A Surveying Tutorial on a Still Challenging Task
arXiv.org · 2024
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published several papers at top international conferences such as ICML, NeurIPS.
- Won Best Student Paper Award, ICML 2019.
- Holds a patent for an improved text generation technique.
Research Experience
- Senior Researcher, Google AI, focusing on developing new deep learning models to improve speech recognition accuracy, 2020-Present
- Intern, Microsoft Research, involved in multiple NLP research projects, Summer 2018
Education
- PhD, Computer Science, Stanford University, Advisor: Prof. Zhang, 2015-2020
- MSc, Software Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2013-2015
Background
Research interests include machine learning, natural language processing, and their applications in healthcare. Holds a PhD in Computer Science.
Miscellany
Enjoys reading science fiction and traveling.
Co-authors
143 total
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Gregory D. Abowd
Dean, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
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Irfan Essa
Distinguished Professor of Computing, Georgia Tech / Research Scientist, Google
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