Smart Wearable Device Design

Dear Colleagues,

Wearable device design continues to be a rapidly growing field that is transforming the way we interact with technology. Next-generation smart wearables comprise advanced and adaptable systems that learn from user behavior, user inputs, usage patterns, acquired signals, and their operating environment to increase performance over time. The use of embedded machine learning (ML) algorithms and AI inference on these portable and power-constrained systems has led to intense interest and research in the areas of low-power ML and AI circuits and algorithms, battery life-time management optimization circuits and strategies, and real-time signal acquisition, processing, and reporting, with AI/ML “in the loop”. Additionally, as wearable devices extend their domain from first-generation heart rate monitors into a widening array of applications including smartwatches, VR/AR/XR headsets, brain-computer interfaces, human augmentation devices, security devices, and active medical treatment devices, the domain knowledge required for smart wearable device design continues to expand.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect original papers, commentaries, and reviews from industry and academic researchers pertaining to the design of cutting-edge smart wearables. Investigations into the latest designs of reliable and efficient wearable devices, as well as the challenges of integrating ML/AI into these designs, are focal points. Discussions of recent advances in the areas of miniaturized components, power circuits, low-power ML/AI hardware, and processors and subcircuits that can be integrated into wearables to enable higher levels of functionality are also of great interest.

Dr. Leonard MacEachern
Guest Editor

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• wearable device
• machine learning
• low-power AI
• adaptive system
• generative design
• multidisciplinary design