Selected Publications

1. Sarmistha Sarna Gomasta, Bhawana Chhaglani, Phuc VP Nguyen, and Prashant Shenoy, ErgoAssist: Cognition-Aware Posture Feedback in Wearable Ergonomic Systems Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI '26) (2026),
2. Neel Vora, Yilun Xu, Akel Hashim, Neelay Fruitwala, Nam Nguyen, Noah Goss, Jan Balewski, Birgitta Whaley, Irfan Siddiqi, Vp Nguyen, and others, ML--Enabled FPGA Framework for Fast Quantum State Discrimination in Mid-Circuit Measurement Regimes Proceedings of the Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI 2026 (2026),
3. Zhenyu Lei, Xiaomeng Liu, Quan Zhang, Phuc VP Nguyen, Jun Yao, and Deepak Ganesan, WISP: Printable Graphene-Based Wearables for Force-Based Micro-Gesture Recognition ACM SenSys 2026 (2026),
4. Amirmohammad Radmehr, Shamanth Kuthpadi Seethakantha, Abdul Aziz, Quang Trung Tran, Aryan Nair, William Saulnier, Deepak Ganesan, and Phuc VP Nguyen, VYRE: Low-Burden and Robust Oscillometric Ring-Based System for Frequent Blood Pressure Monitoring ACM SenSys 2026 (2026),
5. Jackson Liller, Rishabh Goel, Abdul Aziz, Josiah Hester, and Phuc VP Nguyen, Development of a Battery Free, Solar Powered, and Energy Aware Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Nature Scientific Reports (2025),
6. Abdul Aziz, Nhat Pham, Neel Vora, Cody Reynolds, Jaime Lehnen, Pooja Venkatesh, Zhuoran Yao, Jay Harvey, Tam Vu, Kan Ding, and Phuc V. P. Nguyen, An Unobtrusive and Lightweight Ear-worn System for Continuous Epileptic Seizure Detection ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (2025), DOI:10.1145/3703164
7. Jackson Liller, Rishabh Goel, Abdul Aziz, Josiah Hester, and Phuc Nguyen, Development of a Battery-Free, Solar-Powered, and Energy-Aware Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Scientific Reports (2025), DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-90729-2
8. Tasnim Abir, Vu Le, Endrowednes Kuantama, Pranjol Gupta, Austin Copley, Judith Dawes, Mohammad Islam, Richard Han, and Phuc V. P. Nguyen, Detection and Tracking of Drone Swarms using LiDAR Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) (2025), DOI:10.1145/3711875.3729156
9. Zhiying Li, Abdul Aziz, Patrick Do, Phuc V. P. Nguyen, and Tianxing Li, MobiChem: A Low-Cost Smartphones-based Toolkit for Practical Fruit Monitoring Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) (2025), DOI:10.1145/3711875.3729135
10. Yi Wu, Xiande Zhang, Tianhao Wu, Bing Zhou, Phuc VP Nguyen, and Jian Liu, 3D Facial Tracking and User Authentication through Lightweight Single-ear Biosensors IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (2024),
11. Tanmay Srivastava, Prerna Khanna, Shijia Pan, Phuc VP Nguyen, and Shubham Jain, Unvoiced: Designing an LLM-assisted Unvoiced User Interface using Earables ACM SenSys 2024 (2024),
12. Zhizhang Hu, Amirmohammad Redmehr, Yue Zhang, Shijia Pan, and Phuc V. P. Nguyen, IOTeeth: Intra-Oral Teeth Sensing System for Dental Occlusal Diseases Recognition Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) (2024),
13. Neel Vora, Yilun Xu, Akel Hashim, Neelay Fruitwala, Ho Nam Nguyen, Haoran Liao, Jan Balewski, Abhi Rajagopala, Kasra Nowrouzi, Qing Ji, K. Birgitta Whaley, Irfan Siddiqi, Phuc V. P. Nguyen, and Gang Huang, ML-Powered FPGA-based Real-Time Quantum State Discrimination Enabling Mid-circuit Measurements arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.18807 (2024),
14. Devanshu Brahmbhatt, Yilun Xu, Neel Vora, Larry Chen, Neelay Fruitwala, Gang Huang, Qing Ji, and Phuc V. P. Nguyen, An Open-Source Data Storage and Visualization Platform for Collaborative Qubit Control Nature Scientific Reports (2024), DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-72584-9
15. Rishabh Goel, Tien Pham, Phuc VP Nguyen, and Josiah Hester, Exploring Batteryless Batteryless UAVs by Mimicking Bird Flight MobiSys-DroNet IX 2023 (2023),
16. Pranjol Sen Gupta, Zahidur Talukder, Tasnim Azad Abir, Phuc VP Nguyen, and Mohammad A. Islam, Enabling Low-Cost Server-Level Power Monitoring in Data Centers Using Conducted EMI ACM SenSys 2023 (2023),
17. Tanmay Srivastava, Shijia Pan, Phuc VP Nguyen, and Shubham Jain, Jawthenticate: Microphone-free Speech-based Authentication using Jaw Motion and Facial Vibrations ACM SenSys 2023 (2023),
18. H. A. Affleck, G. E. Brannon, H. Aghajani, Phuc V. P. Nguyen, K. K. Brown, and Y. Liao, Social Media ads as a method of research recruitment: A comparison of minority women who enrolled vs. who completed a focus group 2023 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2023),
19. G. E. Brannon, H. Affleck, S. Mitchell, R. Wiland, V. Munoz, K. K. Brown, H. Aghajani, Phuc V. P. Nguyen, and Y. Liao, Personalized feedback messaging perspectives in a qualitative study among Black and Hispanic women: Implications for future mHealth behavioral interventions International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden (2023),
20. Pooja Venkatesh, Zhuoran Yao, Christopher Andrew, Jami Landers, Jessica Simon, Phuc V. P. Nguyen, Kan Ding, and Jay Harvey, Provider and Patient Opinions on Real-Time Seizure Detection via Over-the-Ear Device, Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG): EEG \& Seizure Detection Technology American Academy of Neurology, Boston (2023),
21. Neel Vora, Yi Wu, Jian Liu, and Phuc Nguyen, DroneChase: A Mobile and Automated Cross-Modality System for Continuous Drone Tracking ACM DroNet IX '23 (2023),
22. Tasnim Azad Abir, Endrowednes Kuantama, Richard Han, Judith Dawes, Rich Mildren, and Phuc Nguyen, Towards Robust Lidar-based 3D Detection and Tracking of UAVs ACM DroNet IX '23 (2023),
23. Rishabh Goel, Tien Pham, Phuc Nguyen, and Josiah Hester, Exploring Batteryless UAVs by Mimicking Bird Flight ACM DroNet IX '23 (2023),
24. Jackson Liller, Trung Tran, and Phuc Nguyen, Towards the Internet of Living Trees for Precision Agriculture GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications (2023),
25. Abdul Aziz, Ravi Karkar, Kan Ding, Jay Harvey, and Phuc Nguyen, Earables as Medical Devices: Opportunities and Challenges ACM EarComp 2023 in association with UbiComp/IMWUT 2023 (2023),
26. Neel Vora, Amir Hajighasemi, Cody T. Reynolds, Amirmohammad Radmehr, Mohamed Mohamed, Jillur Rahman Saurav, Abdul Aziz, Jai Prakash Veerla, Mohammad S Nasr, Hayden Lotspeich, Partha Sai Guttikonda, Thuong Pham, Aarti Darji, Parisa Boodaghi Malidarreh, Helen H Shang, Jay Harvey, Kan Ding, Phuc Nguyen, and Jacob M Luber, Real-Time Diagnostic Integrity Meets Efficiency: A Novel Platform-Agnostic Architecture for Physiological Signal Compression arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.12587 (2023),
27. Shreya Shriram, Shubham Rohal, Zhizhang Hu, Yue Zhang, Phuc Nguyen, and Shijia Pan, Sedentary Posture Muscle Monitoring via Active Vibratory Sensing IPSN Poster 2022 (2022),
28. Tanmay Srivastava, Prerna Khanna, Shijia Pan, Phuc Nguyen, and Shubham Jain, Demo: Leveraging Earables for Unvoiced Command Recognition ACM MobiSys Demo 2022 (2022),
29. Shubham Rohal, Shreya Shriram, Phuc Nguyen, and Shijia Pan, FinePose: Fine-Grained Postural Muscle Profiling via Haptic Vibration Signals ACM MobiSys-WearSys 2022 (2022),
30. Nhat Pham, Hong Jia, Minh Tran, Tuan Dinh, Nam Bui, Young Kwon, Dong Ma, Phuc Nguyen, Cecilia Mascolo, and Tam Vu, PROS: an Efficient Pattern-Driven Operating System for Low-Power Healthcare Wearables Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom) (2022),
31. Tuan Dang, Trung Tran, Khang Nguyen, Tien Pham, Nhat Pham, Tam Vu, and Phuc Nguyen, IoTree: A Battery-free Wearable System with Biocompatible Sensors for Continuous Tree Health Monitoring Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom) (2022),
32. Tanmay Srivastava, Prerna Khanna, Shijia Pan, Phuc Nguyen, and Shubham Jain, MuteIt: Jaw Motion based Unvoiced Command Recognition using Earable Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) (2022),
33. Jamie Lehnen, Tien Pham, Pooja Venkatesh, Zhuoran Yao, Christopher Andrew, Jami Landers, Jessica Simon, Phuc V. P. Nguyen, Kan Ding, and Jay Harvey, Real-time Seizure Detection Using Behind-the-ear Wearable System American Epilepsy Society Annual Conference 2022, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (2022),
34. Prerna Khanna, Tanmay Srivastava, Shijia Pan, Shubham Jain, and Phuc Nguyen, JawSense: Recognizing Unvoiced Sound using a Low-cost Ear-worn System ACM HotMobile 2021 (2021),
35. Yi Wu, Vimal Kakaraparthi, Zhuohang Li, Tien Pham, Jian Liu, and Phuc Nguyen, BioFace-3D: Continuous 3D Facial Reconstruction Through Lightweight Single-ear Biosensors Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom) (2021),
36. Vimal Kakaraparthi, Qijia Shao, Charles J. Carver, Tien Pham, Nam Bui, Phuc Nguyen, Xia Zhou, and Tam Vu, FaceSense: Sensing Face Touch with an Ear-worn System Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) (2021),
37. Shijia Pan, Dong Yoon Lee, Jun Ho Lee, and Phuc Nguyen, TeethVib: Monitoring Teeth Functional Occlusion Through Retainer Vibration Sensing IEEE/ACM CHASE 2021 (2021),
38. N. Pham, T. Dinh, Z. Raghebi, T. Kim, N. Bui, Phuc Nguyen, H. Truong, F. Banaei-Kashani, A. Halbower, T. Dinh, and T. Vu, WAKE: A Behind-the-ear Wearable System for Microsleep Detection Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) (2020),
39. H. Truong, N. Bui, Z. Raghebi, M. Ceko, N. Pham, Phuc Nguyen, A. Nguyen, T. Kim, K. Siegfried, E. Stene, T. Tvrdy, L. Weinman, T. Payne, D. Burke, T. Dinh, S. D'Mello, F. Banaei-Kashani, T. Wager, P. Goldstein, and T. Vu, Painometry: Wearable and Objective Quantification System for Acute Postoperative Pain Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) (2020),
40. Taeho Kim, Phuc Nguyen, Nhat Pham, Nam Bui, Hoang Truong, Sangtae Ha, and Tam Vu, Epileptic Seizure Detection and Experimental Treatment: A Review Frontiers in Neurology (2020),
41. Shijia Pan and Phuc Nguyen, Opportunities in the Cross-Scale Collaborative Human Sensing of 'Developing' Device-Free and Wearable Systems ACM BuildSys - DFHS 2020 (2020),
42. Phuc Nguyen, Vimal Kakaraparthi, Nam Bui, Nikshep Umamahesh, Nhat Pham, Hoang Truong, Yeswanth Guddeti, Dinesh Bharadia, Eric Frew, Richard Han, Dan Massey, and Tam Vu, DroneScale: Drone Load Estimation Via Remote Passive RF Sensing Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) (2020),
43. Phuc Nguyen, Taeho Kim, Jinpeng Miao, Daniel Hesselius, Erin Kenneally, Daniel Massey, Eric Frew, Richard Han, and Tam Vu, Towards RF-based Localization of a Drone and Its Controller ACM DroNet 2019 (2019),
44. Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Ashwin Ashok, Thang Dinh, Robin Deterding, and Tam Vu, Smartphone-Based SpO2 Measurement by Exploiting Wavelengths Separation And Chromophore Compensation ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) (2019),
45. Nam Bui, Nhat Pham, J. J. Barnitz, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Taeho Kim, Anh Nguyen, Zhanan Zou, Nicholas Farrow, Jianliang Xiao, Robin Deterding, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu, eBP: A Wearable System For Frequent and Comfortable Blood Pressure Monitoring From User's Ear Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom) (2019),
46. Shane Transue, Phuc Nguyen, Tam Vu, and Min-Hyung Choi, Volumetric Reconstruction of Thermal-depth Fused 3D Models for Occluded Body Posture Estimation Smart Health (2018),
47. Hoang Truong, Shuo Zhang, Ufuk Muncuk, Phuc Nguyen, Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Qin Lv, Kaushik Chowdhury, Thang Dinh, and Tam Vu, CapBand: Battery-free Successive Capacitance Sensing Wristband for Hand Gesture Recognition Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) (2018),
48. Shane Transue, Phuc Nguyen, Tam Vu, and Min-Hyung Choi, Thermal-Depth Fusion for Occluded Body Skeletal Posture Estimation IEEE/ACM CHASE 2017 (2017),
49. Hoang Truong, Phuc Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Nam Bui, and Tam Vu, Capacitive sensing 3D-printed Wristband for Enriched Hand Gesture Recognition ACM MobiSys-WearSys 2017 (2017),
50. Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Ashwin Ashok, Thang Dinh, Robin Deterding, and Tam Vu, Photometry based Blood Oxygen Estimation through Smartphone Cameras ACM MobiCom 2017 - S3 Workshop (2017),
51. Nam Bui, Anh Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Ashwin Ashok, Thang Dinh, Robin Deterding, and Tam Vu, PhO2: Optical 3D printed elements and NIR/R light extraction techniques for phone-base blood oxygen level measurement Proceedings of the 15th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems (SenSys) (2017),
52. Phuc Nguyen, Hoang Truong, Mahesh Ravindranathan, Anh Nguyen, Richard Han, and Tam Vu, Matthan: Drone Presence Detection by Identifying Physical Signatures in the Drone's RF Communication Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) (2017),
53. Phuc Nguyen, Hieu Nguyen, Dong Nguyen, Thang N. Dinh, Hung M. La, and Tam Vu, ParkSense: Automatic Parking Positioning by Leveraging In-Vehicle Magnetic Field Variation IEEE Access (2017),
54. Shane Transue, Phuc Nguyen, Tam Vu, and Min-Hyung Choi, Real-time Tidal Volume Estimation using Iso-surface Reconstruction IEEE/ACM CHASE 2016 (2016),
55. Phuc Nguyen, Mahesh Ravindranathan, Anh Nguyen, Richard Han, and Tam Vu, Investigating Cost-effective RF-based Detection of Drones ACM MobiSys - DroNet 2016 (2016),
56. Phuc Nguyen, Xinyu Zhang, Ann Halbower, and Tam Vu, Continuous and Fine-grained Breathing Volume Monitoring from Afar Using Wireless Signals IEEE INFOCOM 2016 (2016),
57. Phuc Nguyen, Shane Transue, Ann Halbower, Min-Hyung Choi, and Tam Vu, WikiSpiro: Non-contact Respiration Volume Monitoring during Sleep ACM MobiCom-S3 2016 (2016),
58. Phuc Nguyen, Ufuk Muncuk, Ashwin Ashok, Kaushik R Chowdhury, Marco Gruteser, and Tam Vu, Battery-Free Identification Token for Touch Sensing Devices Proceedings of the 14th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems (SenSys) (2016),