Journal

• [Q1, top 5%] Priyadarshana YHPP, Zhou N, Krishnaswamy P, Jiang R, Liang Z. (2026) MediPhen: Prompt-Based LLM Reasoning with Synthesized Multimodal Clinical Knowledge for Zero-Shot Multi-morbidity Phenotyping. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. [SCI/Scopus]【First author was PhD student】 (Acceptance rate = 14.4%)

• [Q1, top 10%] Priyadarshana YHPP, Liang Z, Piumarta I. (2026) DoRA: Dual-encoder demonstration Retriever Architecture to Transfer Large Language Models for Depressive Symptom Detection. ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare 7(1), Article No.10, p.1-21. [SCI/Scopus]【First author was PhD student】

• [Q1] Liang Z. Within-Person Modeling of Postprandial Glucose Using Multimodal Wearable Data. Frontiers in Digital Health. [SCI/Scopus]

• [Q1] Liang Z, Khotchasing  K, Hoang N. (2026) Catching a Yawn: A Multimodal Experimental Protocol for Investigating Sleepiness under Visual and Auditory Yawning Stimuli featuring Human and Digital Characters​. MethodsX.  [SCI/Scopus] 

• [Q1] Holgado-Terriza JA, Pico-Valencia P, Liang Z. (2026) Wearable Devices and New Frontiers in Smart Health Monitoring. Sensors. 2026; 26(7):2097. [SCI/Scopus] 

• [Q1] Hoang  N, Villeneuve J, Morrison H, Tu A, Karunarathna T, Hwang D, Chen S, Khotchasing K, Liang Z, Melcer E. (2026) Delivering Sleep Hygiene Interventions through Smartwatch-based Serious Sleep Games.  Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108585.

• [Q1] Liang Z, Chapa-Martell MA. (2026) Visualizing Temporal Patterns in Sleep Tracker Accuracy: A Novel Approach to Validating Consumer Sleep Technologies. Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108640.

• [Q1] Liang Z. (2026) Improving Sleep Stage Classification from Consumer Wearables Using a Two-Level Machine Learning Framework with Selective Correction. Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108599.

• [Q1] Liang Z. (2026) Unpacking the Discrepancy Between Subjective and Wearable-Measured Sleep: A Neurophysiological Perspective Using fNIRS. Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108540.

• [Q1] Liang Z. (2026) Bedtime Stress and Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamics During Sleep: A Pilot Study Using Wearable fNIRS and Salivary Biomarkers. Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108304.

• [Q1] Hoang N, Liang Z. (2026) Interpretable Machine Learning Using Questionnaire Data: A Scalable Approach for Sleep Apnea Screening. Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108099.

• [Q1] Liang Z,  Hoang N, Karunarathna T. (2026) Uncovering Sleep-Linked Glucose Dynamics in Healthy Individuals Using Wearable Data.  Sleep Medicine 138(Supp.): 108538.

Preprint

• Raj P, Hoang HN, Liang Z. User Perspectives of an mHealth App for Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Self-Management: A Qualitative Study. JMIR Preprints. 07/2026.

• Karlsson CD, Liang Z. Investigating the Impact of Paralinguistic Configuration of Background Human Speech on Attention: Protocol for a Within-Subject Study. JMIR Preprints. 03/03/2026:93525. DOI: 10.2196/preprints.93525.

Invited Talk

• Liang Z. (2026) Frictionless by Design, Bounded by Ethics: Rethinking Data Collection with Wearable Sensing. International Workshop on Behavioral and Emotion Analysis through wearable Technology (BEAT 2026) adjunct with The 20th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Kyoto, Japan. 

• Liang Z. (2026) Developing AI-Driven XR System for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training. The 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ICAIBD 2026), Chengdu, China.

Conference Proceeding (Reviewed and Indexed)

• Liang Z,  Lococo M, Karunarathna TS. (2026) Visual Analytics of Sugar Intake and Postprandial Interstitial Glucose Dynamics Using 3D Surface Plots. In Proceedings of The The 10th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (ICMHI 2026), Kyoto, Japan. [Scopus] (Best Presentation Award)

• Ashala Lakmini Senanayake, Zilu Liang. CIERTe: Continuous Inter-Event Relative Temporal Anchoring for Anxiety Detection from Social Media Posts. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB), Rende, Italy. [Scopus] (Regular paper acceptance rate = 20%)

• Liang Z, Hoang NH, Melcer E, and Hwang D. (2026) Unlocking Collaborative Creativity: Co-Design Smartwatch-Based Serious Games for Sleep Hygiene Intervention. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026), Marbella, Spain. [Scopus] (Full paper acceptance rate = 25%)

• Hoang NH, Liang Z. (2026) Decision Threshold Optimization in Machine Learning Models for Questionnaire-Based OSA Screening. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026), Marbella, Spain. [Scopus] (Full paper acceptance rate = 25%) 

• Priyadarshana YHPP, Senanayake AL, Liang Z. (2026) How Interpretable Are LLMs? A Multi-Metric Framework for Evaluating Synthetic Explanations in Digital Mental Health. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026), Marbella, Spain. [Scopus] (Full paper acceptance rate = 25%)

• Karunarathna TS, Hoang NH, Liang Z. (2026) GlucoPatrol: A Multi-Stakeholder Dashboard for Contextual Exploration of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026), Marbella, Spain. [Scopus]

• Liang Z, Hoang NH, Karunarathna TS. (2026) Biochemical Self-Tracking as Personal Informatics: Sensemaking and Actionability of At-Home Micronutrient Tests. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026), Marbella, Spain. [Scopus] 

• Priyadarshana YHPP, Zhou N, Yang Y, Clevorn J, Jiang R, Liang Z, Krishnaswamy P. (2026) Enhancing LLM-Based Phenotyping via Structured Knowledge Representation and Chain-of-Thought Reasoning on Electronic Health Records. In Proceedings of The 10th International Workshop on Health Intelligence (W3PHIAI-26), in conjunction with AAAI 2026, Singapore. [Scopus]

• Intakornudom T, Sahassapaht P, Tinnongjik K, Tantiwattanasirikul T, Ophasnavin S, Treekunprapha P,  Liang Z. (2026) Developing AI-Driven XR System for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training. In Proceedings of The 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ICAIBD 2026), Chengdu, China. [Scopus]

• Melcer EF, Villeneuve J, Tu A, Karunarathna T, Hoang NH, Liang Z. From Notifications to Quests: Reframing Wearable Health Interventions Through RPG Quest Systems. In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Karunarathna T, Hoang NH, Villeneuve J, Melcer EF, Liang Z. Lumitree: Repurposing Smartwatch Ambient Light Sensors for Morning Light Promotion through Serious Games. In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Intakornudom T,  Sahassapaht P, Tinnongjik K, Ophasnavin S, Tantiwattanasirikul T, Liang Z. From Real-Time Feedback to Adaptive Coaching: An AI Agent for Wearable CPR Training. In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Shimada ET, AKAIDUZZAMAN AKM, Koo JA, Toendan KA, Rostum K, Liang Z. Aegis: An On-Device Foundation Model Agent for Safety-Critical Triage Under Potentially Conflicting Sensor Evidence in Elderly Bathing. In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Liang Z, Koo AJ, Toendan AK, Shimada ET, Zaman A, Hossain FMM, Tan DGJ, Mohamed IA, Ayun QQ, S Matsunaga, Junaideen AS. The Missing Positive Class: A Position on Ethically-Constrained Ground Truth in Wearable Health Sensing.  In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Karunarathna T, Hoang NH, Villeneuve J, Melcer EF, Liang Z. Indoor-Outdoor Classification Using Consumer Smartwatch Ambient Light Sensors in Everyday Environments. In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Yapa HPP, Senanayake AL, Liang Z. Beyond Plausibility and Informativeness: Evaluating Utility and Faithfulness of LLM Explanations in Digital Mental Health. In UbiComp '26: Companion of the 2026 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Shanghai, China. [Scopus]

• Senanayake AL, Yapa HPP, Liang Z. Reason First or Predict First: Enhancing the Interpretability of Large Language Models for Digital Mental Health Screening. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus] 

• Hoang NH, Karunarathna T, Villeneuve J, Melcer EF, Liang Z. Glanceable Chronotype and Social Jetlag on Smartwatches: A Gamified MCTQ Design. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Tungkunavipas A, Liang Z. Cross-Wavelength PPG Heart Rate Estimation Under Varying Skin Tones: A Comparative Study. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Raj P, Liang Z. User-in-the-Loop Cross-Model Evaluation of LLM-Generated Health Feedback. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Koo JA, Toendan KA, Shimada ET, Zaman A, Liang Z. Towards Safer Bathing: A Wearable Assistive System for Monitoring and Preventing Bathing-Related Health Risks in Older Adults. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Yusuf B, Liang Z. Cross-Model SHAP Interpretability Analysis for HRV-Based Stress Detection: Feature Importance, Direction, and Scale. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Intakornudom T,  Sahassapaht P, Tinnongjik K, Tantiwattanasirikul T, Ophasnavin S, Treekunprapha P, Liang Z. A Usability Study of an AI-Assisted XR-Based CPR Training System Using Consumer Smart Glasses. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Wiratma IN, Turnip AMA, Tjandra KN, Santoso JR, Piumarta I, Liang Z. KAKI: A Modular Smart Insole Platform for Lower-Body Sensing and Health Monitoring.  In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

• Kumar A, Meyer J, Liang Z. Postprandial Glucose Response Prediction Using Multimodal Consumer Health Data. In the Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026), Kobe, Japan. [Scopus]

Conference Proceeding (Non-Indexed)

• Koo J, Toendan KA, Shimada ET, Akaiduzzaman AKM, Liang Z.  Thermal Guardian: An Assistive Wearable System for Home-Based Monitoring and Prevention of Bathing Related Health Risks in Older Adults. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026), Marbella, Spain.【First author is undergrad student】 (reviewed)

• Raj P, Liang Z. A Modular Architecture and Dual-Level Evaluation Framework for Semantically Grounded LLM Feedback in Mobile Health. In Proceedings of the 8th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2026), Nara, Japan.  (reviewed)

• Bhardwaj S, Liang Z. Developing a Gamified Goal Management and Habit Tracking System Utilizing a Cross-Platform Behavioural Analytics framework.  In Proceedings of the 8th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2026), Nara, Japan.【First author is undergrad student】 (reviewed)