Robert Richer
Robert Richer, M. Sc.
Since March ’18, Nils and me are the CEOs of Portabiles, a spin-off company from our MaD Lab.
since 01/2023 | Group Head
Digital Health – PsychoSense, Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, |
since 06/2017 | Researcher and PhD Candidate
Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, |
05/2016-04/2017 | Visiting Student and Research Assistant
Responsive Environments Group, |
10/2015-05/2017 | M.Sc. in Medical Engineering, “Medical Image and Data Processing”
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Majors: Pattern Recognition, Image and Signal Processing, Human Computer Interaction |
06/2015-04/2017 | Scientific Assistant
Central Institute for Healthcare Engineering (ZiMT) & Pattern Recognition Lab (CS5), |
12/2011-09/2015 | Student Assistant
Central Institute for Healthcare Engineering (ZiMT), |
10/2011-06/2015 | B.Sc. in Medical Engineering, “Medical Imaging Systems”
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Majors: Image and Signal Processing, Embedded Systems |
Health Psychology
- Machine Learning in Health Psychology
- Promoting Relaxation by Real-Time Mental State Recognition
- Novel Methods for Remote Acute Stress Induction
- Interventions for Acute Psychosocial Stress Responses
- BioPsyKit – A Python Package for the Analysis of Biopsychological Data
- CARWatch – An Open-Source Framework for Improving Cortisol Awakening Response Sampling
EmpkinS
2024
EmRad: Ubiquitous Vital Sign Sensing using Compact Continuous-Wave Radars
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), p. 1-10
ISSN: 2644-1276
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3420241
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10577086
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A Review and Tutorial on Machine Learning- Enabled Radar-Based Biomedical Monitoring
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), p. 1-22
ISSN: 2644-1276
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3397208
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Gaitmap – An Open Ecosystem for IMU-based Human Gait Analysis and Algorithm Benchmarking
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), p. 1-10
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3356791
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Machine learning-based detection of acute psychosocial stress from body posture and movements
In: Scientific Reports 14 (2024), Article No.: 8251
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59043-1
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59043-1
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2023
Radar-based Recognition of Activities of Daily Living in the Palliative Care Context Using Deep Learning
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. October 2023 - 18. October 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313506
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/braeunig23_radar_palliative_care.pdf
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Your Health, Your Data: Combining Interdisciplinary Views, Concepts, and Practices to Empower Patients in Their Engagement With Personal Health Data
Mensch und Computer 2023 (Rapperswil, 3. September 2023 - 6. September 2023)
In: Workshopband 2023
DOI: 10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws14-117
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Contactless Heart Rate Estimation using a 61 GHz Continuous-Wave Radar
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks: Sensor and Systems for Digital Health (MIT Media Lab, Boston MA, 9. October 2023 - 11. October 2023)
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tpcp: Tiny Pipelines for Complex Problems - A set of framework independent helpers for algorithms development and evaluation
In: Journal of Open Source Software 8 (2023), p. 4953
ISSN: 2475-9066
DOI: 10.21105/joss.04953
URL: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.04953
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VoStress – Voice-based Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. October 2023 - 18. October 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313458
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/oesten23_stress_detection_voice.pdf
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CARWatch – A smartphone application for improving the accuracy of cortisol awakening response sampling
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology 151 (2023), p. 106073
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106073
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453023000513
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openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video-based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks: Sensor and Systems for Digital Health (MIT Media Lab, Boston, MA, 9. October 2023 - 11. October 2023)
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Exploring the Capabilities of a Language Model-Only Approach for Depression Detection in Text Data
IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15. October 2023 - 18. October 2023)
In: IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313367
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10313367
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Fall Risk Prediction in Parkinson's Disease Using Real-World Inertial Sensor Gait Data.
In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 27 (2023), p. 319-328
ISSN: 2168-2194
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3215921
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Prediction of Stress Coping Capabilities from Nightly Heart Rate Patterns using Machine Learning
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. October 2023 - 18. October 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313401
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/vorberg_pflueger23_stress_coping_nightly_hr.pdf
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2022
EmpkinS - Empathokinästhetische Sensorik für Biofeedback bei Depression
Deutscher Psychotherapiekongress (DPK) (Berlin, 7. June 2022 - 11. June 2022)
URL: https://deutscher-psychotherapie-kongress.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/web_Programm_DPK2022_SS_09062022_final.pdf
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Influence of Sensor Position and Body Movements on Radar-Based Heart Rate Monitoring
2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Ioannina, 27. September 2022 - 30. September 2022)
DOI: 10.1109/BHI56158.2022.9926775
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2022/11/herzer_muecke22_validation_mis.pdf
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Machine Learning-based Detection of In-Utero Fetal Presentation from Non-Invasive Fetal ECG
2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Ioannina, 27. September 2022 - 30. September 2022)
DOI: 10.1109/BHI56158.2022.9926804
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Benchmarking of Sleep/Wake Detection Algorithms on a Large Cohort using Actigraphy, HRV, and Respiration Information
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (Ioaninna, 26. September 2022 - 30. September 2022)
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Towards Integration of Sleep Quality in Sports Monitoring – Improving Wearable Sleep Detection Algorithms through Respiratory Information
13th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport 2022 & 13th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport 2022 (Wien, 10. September 2022 - 13. September 2022)
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imucal - A Python library to calibrate 6 DOF IMUs
In: Journal of Open Source Software 7 (2022), p. 4338
ISSN: 2475-9066
DOI: 10.21105/joss.04338
URL: https://www.theoj.org/joss-papers/joss.04338/10.21105.joss.04338.pdf
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The Stroop Competition: A Social-Evaluative Stroop Test for Acute Stress Induction
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Ioannina, 27. September 2022 - 30. September 2022)
DOI: 10.1109/BHI56158.2022.9926835
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2022/11/mueller22_stroop_competition.pdf
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The Stroop Competition: A Social-Evaluative Stroop Test For Acute Stress Induction
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. March 2022 - 26. March 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (ed.): Psychosomatic Medicine, PHILADELPHIA: 2022
DOI: 10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926835
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Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress from Body Movements using Machine Learning
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. March 2022 - 26. March 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (ed.): Psychosomatic Medicine 2022
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Exploring the Cold Face Test as a Mechanism for Reducing Acute Psychosocial Stress Responses
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. March 2022 - 26. March 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (ed.): Psychosomatic Medicine 2022
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Vagus activation by Cold Face Test reduces acute psychosocial stress responses
In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022), Article No.: 19270
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23222-9
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23222-9
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Effect of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Body Movements
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. March 2022 - 26. March 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (ed.): Psychosomatic Medicine 2022
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Fall Risk Prediction in Parkinson’s Disease Using Real-World Inertial Sensor Gait Data
In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (2022)
ISSN: 1534-4320
DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2022.3215921
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9924545
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Prediction of Stress Coping Capabilities from Nightly Heart Rate Patterns Using Machine Learning
79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Long Beach, CA, 23. March 2022 - 26. March 2022)
In: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (ed.): Psychosomatic Medicine, PHILADELPHIA: 2022
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2021
Evaluation of Orthostatic Reactions in Real-World Environments Using Wearable Sensors
2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (, 1. November 2021 - 5. November 2021)
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630842
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2021/12/happold21_vertigo_home.pdf
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Assessing the Influence of the Inner Clock on the Cortisol Awakening Response and Pre-Awakening Movement
2021 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Athens, 28. July 2021 - 30. July 2021)
In: IEEE (ed.): 2021 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2021
DOI: 10.1109/BHI50953.2021.9508529
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2021/08/richer21_car_inner_clock.pdf
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BioPsyKit: A Python package for the analysis of biopsychological data
In: Journal of Open Source Software 6 (2021), p. 3702
ISSN: 2475-9066
DOI: 10.21105/joss.03702
URL: https://www.theoj.org/joss-papers/joss.03702/10.21105.joss.03702.pdf
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Real-time Work Environment Optimization using Multimodal Media and Body Sensor Network
In: Smart Health 19 (2021), p. 100164
ISSN: 2352-6483
DOI: 10.1016/j.smhl.2020.100164
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2020
Tracking and Teamwork Performance
(2020)
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The footprint of orthostatic hypotension in parkinsonian syndromes
In: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders (2020)
ISSN: 1353-8020
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.029
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Exploring Smart Agents for the Interaction with Multimodal Mediated Environments
In: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 4 (2020), Article No.: 27
ISSN: 2414-4088
DOI: 10.3390/mti4020027
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/4/2/27
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2019
Classification of Acute Stress-Induced Response Patterns
EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth '19) (Trento, 20. May 2019 - 23. May 2019)
DOI: 10.1145/3329189.3329231
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/05/2019-Abel-PervasiveHealth-StressResponsePatterns.pdf
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Deep Reality: Towards Increasing Relaxation in VR by Subtly Changing Light, Sound and Movement Based on HR, EDA, and EEG
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019) (Glasgow, 4. May 2019 - 9. May 2019)
In: ACM (ed.): CHI 2019 Video Showcase 2019
DOI: 10.1145/3290607.3311770
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/05/2019-Amores-CHI-DeepReality.pdf
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Deep Reality: An Underwater VR Experience to Promote Relaxation by Unconscious HR, EDA, and Brain Activity Biofeedback
SIGGRAPH '19: ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (Los Angeles, 28. July 2019 - 1. August 2019)
In: ACM (ed.): SIGGRAPH '19: ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality 2019
DOI: 10.1145/3306449.3328818
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2020/01/2019-Amores-SIGGRAPH-DeepReality.pdf
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An Overview of the Feasibility of Permanent, Real-Time, Unobtrusive Stress Measurement with Current Wearables
EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth '19) (Trento, 20. May 2019 - 23. May 2019)
DOI: 10.1145/3329189.3329233
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/05/Gradl-Wirth-2019-PervasiveHealth-StressMeasurementOverview.pdf
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Evaluation of foot kinematics during endurance running on different surfaces in real-world environments
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35048-2_13
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2018
Promoting Relaxation Using Virtual Reality, Olfactory Interfaces and Wearable EEG
2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) (Las Vegas, NV, 4. March 2018 - 7. March 2018)
In: IEEE (ed.): 2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2018
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2018.8329668
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2018/04/2018-Amores-BSN-PRVR.pdf
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Real-time Mental State Recognition using a Wearable EEG
40th International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) (Honolulu, Hawaii, 17. July 2018 - 21. July 2018)
DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8513653
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/02/2018-Richer-EMBC-MentalStateEEG.pdf
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"MigraineMonitor" – Towards a System for the Prediction of Migraine Attacks using Electrostimulation
52th Annual Conference of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering (VDE|DGBMT) (Aachen, 26. September 2018 - 28. September 2018)
In: Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 2018
DOI: 10.1515/cdbme-2018-0151
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2018/09/2018-StefkeWilm-DGBMT-MigraineMonitor.pdf
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Exploring the Feasibility of EMG Based Interaction for Assessing Cognitive Capacity in Virtual Reality
40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018 (Honolulu, HI, USA, 18. July 2018 - 21. July 2018)
In: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2018
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513213
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2017
Wearable Current-Based ECG Monitoring System with Non-Insulated Electrodes for Underwater Application
In: Applied Sciences 7 (2017), Article No.: 1277
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app7121277
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2016
Unobtrusive Real-time Heart Rate Variability Analysis for the Detection of Orthostatic Dysregulation
2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) (San Francisco, CA, 14. June 2016 - 17. June 2016)
In: IEEE (ed.): 2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2016
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2016.7516257
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2017/06/2016-Richer-BSN-URH.pdf
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2015
Unobtrusive Heart Rate Estimation during Physical Exercise using Photoplethysmographic and Acceleration Data
37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC ’15 (Milano)
In: 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC ’15 2015
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Novel Human Computer Interaction Principles for Cardiac Feedback using Google Glass and Android Wear
2015 IEEE 12th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) (Cambridge, MA, 9. June 2015 - 12. June 2015)
In: IEEE (ed.): 2015 IEEE 12th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2015
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2015.7299363
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2018/04/2015-Richer-BSN-DailyHeart.pdf
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2014
Real-Time ECG and EMG Analysis for Biking Using Android-Based Mobile Devices
2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) (Zürich, 16. June 2014 - 19. June 2014)
In: 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2014
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2014.20
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2018/04/2014-Richer-BSN-Bikey.pdf
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- , , , , , , , , , : Posterpreis (Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)) – 2024
- , , , , , , : 3rd Place - Best Paper Award (2023 IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI)) – 2023
- : Förderung einer Kongressreise (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)) – 2022
- , : Best Student Paper Award (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)) – 2018
- : Fritz und Maria Hofmann-Preis (Technische Fakultät, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) – 2018
- : DAAD FITweltweit Scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)) – 2016
- , , , , : IEEE EMBS Icehouse Challenge (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) – 2016