Precision Nutrition in the Digital Age: Wearable Sensors, IoT, AI, and Personalized Health by Dr. Edward Sazonov, The University of Alabama.
In modern society, health-related behaviors significantly influence life expectancy and overall quality of life. The advent of wearable sensor technology and artificial intelligence has facilitated objective, sensor-driven assessments of these behaviors. Precision nutrition leverages digital technology to objectively measure and quantify diet, nutrition, and associated eating behaviors, as well as predict personalized responses to foods. This talk will offer a high-level overview of the current state of the art in wearables and artificial intelligence applied to precision nutrition studies. The open problems and future directions will be discussed.
When: 7th May 2026, 1 PM – 3 PM
Where: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Technická 12, Brno
Program:
13:00 – 14:00 Lecture, discussion Room D2.99
14:00 – 14:15 Break, joint photos, move to seminar room
14:15 – 15:00 Discussion with students about biomedical carrier pathway in US (including on-line participating students form University of Alabama) Seminar room E4.166 (Department of Biomedical Engineering)
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:15 Discussion about collaboration between UA and BUT Seminar room E4.166 (Department of Biomedical Engineering)
Edward Sazonov (IEEE M’02, SM’11) received the Diploma of Systems Engineer from Khabarovsk State University of Technology, Russia, in 1993 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, in 2002. Currently he is a James R. Cudworth endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and the head of the Computer Laboratory of Ambient and Wearable Systems (http://claws.eng.ua.edu). His research interests span wearable devices, sensor-based behavioral informatics and methods of biomedical signal processing and pattern recognition. Devices developed in his laboratory include a wearable sensor for objective detection and characterization of food intake (AIM – Automatic Ingestion Monitor); a highly accurate physical activity and gait monitor integrated into a shoe insole (SmartStep, winner of Bluetooth Innovation WorldCup 2009); a wearable sensor system for monitoring of cigarette smoking (PACT); and others. The research in his lab was recognized by several awards, including best paper awards, President’s research award at the University of Alabama and others. He has published over 100 journal papers and 150 conference papers / abstracts, and has 7 issued patents. In 2020 Dr. Sazonov served as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Academies of Science, as well as by state agencies, private industry and foundations. Dr. Sazonov served as organizing committee member for multiple years IEEE BHI / BSN (special sessions co-chair, publication chair, general co-chair), invited session co-chair and organizer for IEEE EMB Conference, tutorials co-chair for IEEE Sensors conference. He also served as Associate Editor for IEEE EMBC, BHI/BSN, and Sensors conferences and others, as well as on numerous technical program committees for conferences focused on biomedical engineering and biomedical instrumentation. Dr. Sazonov is an active member of Technical Committees on Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems and on Biomedical Health Informatics. In 2018-2022 he served as EMBS representative on IEEE Sensors Council. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics, IEEE Sensors, and MDPI Sensors, and as Chief Section Editor, Wearable Electronics for Frontiers in Electronics.
