Biography

Rui Zhang was born in Harbin, China, where he spent most of his pre-college time until getting admitted by Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) in the ancient and modern Nanjing City in 2008. Rui obtained his B.Sc. degree in Automation in 2012.

In 2013, Rui attended a Master program provided by Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg (OvGU) focusing on medical imaging and human computer interface technologies in operating room. In 2015, Rui finished his study at OvGU with M.Sc. degree in Medical Systems Engineering.

In 2015, Rui joined the ACTLab research group in University of Passau (UP), where he started his work in the EU project “SimpleSkin” and developed the first prototype of smart dietary monitoring eyeglasses.

In 2017, as ACTLab moved to Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Rui moved along with the research group to Erlangen, Germany’s city of healthiness and medical technology. Rui’s research interest includes machine learning, context recognition, wearable computing, and sensor tecnology. His current working topic is dietary monitoring using smart eyeglasses in free-living and dietary behaviour analysis.

Publications

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