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SUMMARY:Challenges to the accurate monitoring cognitive health: recent fin
 dings from Sheffield - Heidi Christensen\, University of Sheffield
DTSTART:20240220T160000Z
DTEND:20240220T170000Z
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CONTACT:Cecilia Mascolo
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Cognitive decline is a pressing and growing global h
 ealth challenge. One in which it is increasingly clear that appropriately 
 designed digital health technologies can provide solutions that offer easy
 -to-use\, home-based\, and accurate assessments to help healthcare profess
 ionals diagnose conditions like dementia. This talk will outline the major
  challenges in detecting and tracking cognitive health including challenge
 s of co-morbidities and bias and outline recent state-of-the-art research 
 from current projects at the University of Sheffield (UK)'s Speech and Hea
 ring (SPandH) & Healthcare lab.\n\nBio: Heidi Christensen is a Professor i
 n Computer Science at the University of Sheffield (UoS)\, United Kingdom. 
 Her research interests are in the use of speech and language processing in
  the healthcare domain. Her core expertise is in the detection and trackin
 g of people’s physical and mental health including verbal and non-verbal
  expressions of emotion\, anxiety\, depression and neurodegenerative condi
 tions in e.g.\, a therapeutic or diagnostic setting.
LOCATION:Computer Lab\, FW26 and Online
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