Sensors Webinar | Independent Living: Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care and Healthcare
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33rd Sensors Webinar
Sensors Webinar | Independent Living: Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care and Healthcare
Welcome to our webinar, hosted by the journal Sensors. The session focuses on the following topic: “Independent Living: Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care and Healthcare”.
My name is Lili Liu, and I am a professor at the School of Public Health Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Health at the University of Waterloo. I am joined by Antonio (Tony) Miguel, associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, the University of Alberta. My research program examines the acceptance and adoption of technologies by older adults, their care partners, healthcare professionals, and unlicensed care personnel. Miguel’s research covers how digital health interventions and health data can enhance the health and well-being of older adults. In May 2026, we were Guest Editors of our first Special Issue focused on advances in sensor-based technologies for health, aging, and intelligent care. Today, we will share information about the second Special Issue on this topic.
As healthcare systems around the world seek new ways to support aging populations and independent living, sensors have emerged as a powerful tool for capturing meaningful information about health, function, and daily life. Combined with advances in analytics and intelligent technologies, sensor-based solutions can support the early detection of risk, inform care decisions, and enable more personalized approaches to healthcare in home and community settings.
In this webinar, two papers published in the first Special Issue will be presented. These and other papers published in the first Special Issue advance the state of the art in sensor-based health monitoring, activity recognition, and intelligent care systems.
Dr. Adriana Rios Rincon will give the first presentation, which focuses on EEG-based engagement monitoring in cognitive games for persons with cognitive decline or dementia. Then, Tony Miguel and I will present the second paper, which describes the evaluation of a high-accuracy home-monitoring system for the assessment and monitoring of frailty. These two papers serve as exemplars of the type and range of papers, including original research articles and reviews, that we invite our colleagues to contribute to the second Special Issue. We will then open the floor for questions about the Special Issue.
Date: 14 October 2026
Time: 18:00 CEST | 12:00 EDT | 24:00 CST Asia
Webinar ID: 863 3686 4783
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Chairs
School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo;Dr. Lili Liu is the Dean of the Faculty of Health and a professor in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She advances health-care technology through her leadership roles in research, administration, services and the mentoring of undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students. Her research program examines acceptance and adoption of technologies by older adults, their care partners, healthcare professionals, and unlicensed care personnel.
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta;Dr. Antonio Miguel Cruz is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo. He leads the Product Evaluation and Application Research (PEAR) Laboratory, focusing on how digital health interventions and health data can enhance the health and well-being of older adults.
Meet Our Speaker
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta;Dr. Ríos Rincón earned a BSc (Occupational Therapy) at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a MSc (Biomedical Sciences) at the Universidad de Los Andes, both in Bogotá, Colombia. She earned a PhD (Rehabilitation Science) degree at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Her academic career began as an assistant professor at the Universidad del Rosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bogotá, Colombia, where she also served as the director of a MSc program in Rehabilitation Science for over a year. Currently, she is an associate professor at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy. She is also an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Health at the University of Waterloo. Her research program focuses on the effects of implementing advanced technologies on the occupational performance, functioning, and social participation of people with disabilities and older adults. Her current research is devoted to investigating the use of assistive technologies to assess and promote cognitive skills and engagement in play and leisure among individuals with motor and cognitive impairments, including those living with dementia. She also investigates the use of information and communication technologies to support decisions about transitions across the continuum of care in older adults.
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| Speaker/Presentation | Time (CEST) | Time (EDT) |
| Prof. Dr. Lili Liu Webinar Opening and Relevant Special Issue Introduction |
18:00—18:05 | 12:00—12:05 |
| Dr. Adriana Ríos Rincón EEG-Based Engagement Monitoring in Cognitive Games |
18:05—18:35 | 12:05—12:35 |
| Prof. Dr. Lili Liu and Dr. Antonio Miguel-Cruz Shaping the Future of Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care: Research Highlights and a Call for Contribution |
18:25—18:45 | 12:25-12:45 |
| Q&A | 18:45—18:55 | 12:45—12:55 |
| Dr. Antonio Miguel-Cruz Closing of Webinar |
18:55—19:00 | 12:55—13:00 |
Independent Living: Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care and Healthcare—2nd Edition
Edited by Lili Liu and Antonio Miguel-Cruz
Manuscript submission deadline: 30 January 2027
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