Bo Zhou

@dfki.de

Permanent Senior Researcher, Deputy Head, Embedded Intelligence
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence
2382

Scholar Citations

26

Scholar h-index

57

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • KAN-MLP-Mixer: A comprehensive investigation of the usage of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) for improving IMU-based Human Activity Recognition
    M Liu, S Bian, V Fortes, FC Nicolas, D Geißler, M Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.19031 , 2026
    2026
  • COOL: continual online on-device learning for human activity recognition enhanced by KANs
    M Liu, S Bian, V Fortes Rey, D Geißler, P Kang, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction, 1-14 , 2026
    2026
  • A Case Study on Energy-Efficient Edge AI Crack Segmentation
    M Tschope, M Moursi, V Rybalkin, B Zhou, N Wehn, P Lukowicz
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13933 , 2026
    2026
  • Foundation Models Defining A New Era In Sensor-based Human Activity Recognition: A Survey And Outlook
    S Bian, M Liu, LSS Ray, B Zhou, B Guo, Z Yu, T Ploetz, P Lukowicz, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.02711 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • ActivityNarrated: An Open-Ended Narrative Paradigm for Wearable Human Activity Understanding
    L Shakti Swarup Ray, M Liu, A Pinto, D Gurung, D Geissler, P Lukowoicz, ...
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2604.00767 , 2026
    2026
  • ActivityNarrated: An Open-Ended Narrative Paradigm for Wearable Human Activity Understanding
    LSS Ray, M Liu, A Pinto, D Gurung, D Geissler, P Lukowoicz, B Zhou
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.00767 , 2026
    2026
  • SPECTRA: An Efficient Spectral-Informed Neural Network for Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
    D Gurung, LSS Ray, M Liu, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    2026 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications … , 2026
    2026
  • Intelligent Soft Wearables
    TC Yu, C Honnet, T Cheng, R Takahashi, B Zhou, C Zhang, P Lukowicz, ...
    Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Generative AI and Foundation Models for Human Sensing (GenAI4HS)
    H Haresamudram, CI Tang, M Thukral, VF Rey, S Suh, B Zhou, ...
    Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and … , 2025
    2025
  • OpenWearables 2025: 2nd International Workshop on Open Wearable Computers
    T Röddiger, M Beigl, K Van Laerhoven, K Vega, Y Wang, B Zhou
    Companion of the 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and … , 2025
    2025
  • User Experience in Task Guidance: Comparing Mixed Reality Devices with Traditional Vision-Based Systems
    J Sorysz, N Fannoun, J Karolus, B Zhou, S Suh, P Lukowicz
    2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct … , 2025
    2025
  • CoSS: Co-optimizing Sensor and Sampling rate for data-efficient human activity recognition
    M Liu, Z Zhao, D Geißler, B Zhou, S Suh, P Lukowicz
    Expert Systems with Applications, 129959 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • From Neck to Head: Bio-Impedance Sensing for Head Pose Estimation
    M Liu, LSS Ray, S Bian, K Watanabe, A Bhatt, J Sorysz, R Torah, B Zhou, ...
    Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 76-82 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • SImpHAR: Advancing Impedance-based Human Activity Recognition using 3D Simulation and Text to Motion Models
    LSS Ray, M Liu, D Gurung, B Zhou, S Suh, P Lukowicz
    Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • W2W: A Simulated Exploration of IMU Placement Across the Human Body for Designing Smarter Wearable
    LSS Ray, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Beyond the Pocket: A Large-Scale International Study on User Preferences on Bodily Placements of Commercial Wearables
    J Sorysz, L Krupp, D Nshimyimana, MB Loerakker, B Zhou, P Lukowicz, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.25383 , 2025
    2025
  • ChairPose: Pressure-based Chair Morphology Grounded Sitting Pose Estimation through Simulation-Assisted Training
    LSS Ray, VF Rey, B Zhou, P Lukowicz, S Suh
    Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and … , 2025
    2025
  • Mitigating Temperature Effects in Rogowski Coils’ Accuracy Through Physics-Informed Model
    V Negri, A Mingotti, R Tinarelli, L Peretto, LSS Ray, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    2025 IEEE 15th International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power … , 2025
    2025
  • ODISI: On-Device Intelligence for Smart Interactions
    B Zhou, P ElAgroudy, P Lukowicz, D Geißler, M Liu, S Bian, DJ Cuartielles, ...
    Adjunct Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Mobile Human … , 2025
    2025
  • iBreath: Usage Of Breathing Gestures as Means of Interactions
    M Liu, D Geißler, D Gurung, H Bello, B Zhou, S Bian, P Lukowicz, ...
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 9 (5), 1-37 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Smart-mat: Recognizing and counting gym exercises with low-cost resistive pressure sensing matrix
    M Sundholm, J Cheng, B Zhou, A Sethi, P Lukowicz
    Proceedings of the 2014 ACM international joint conference on pervasive and … , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 165
  • Smart-surface: Large scale textile pressure sensors arrays for activity recognition
    J Cheng, M Sundholm, B Zhou, M Hirsch, P Lukowicz
    Pervasive and Mobile Computing 30, 97-112 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 134
  • Transforming sensor data to the image domain for deep learning—An application to footstep detection
    MS Singh, V Pondenkandath, B Zhou, P Lukowicz, M Liwickit
    2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2665-2672 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 119
  • Smart table surface: A novel approach to pervasive dining monitoring
    B Zhou, J Cheng, M Sundholm, A Reiss, W Huang, O Amft, P Lukowicz
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications … , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 102
  • The state-of-the-art sensing techniques in human activity recognition: A survey
    S Bian, M Liu, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    Sensors 22 (12), 4596 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 91
  • Never skip leg day: A novel wearable approach to monitoring gym leg exercises
    B Zhou, M Sundholm, J Cheng, H Cruz, P Lukowicz
    2016 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications … , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 81
  • Activity recognition and nutrition monitoring in every day situations with a textile capacitive neckband
    J Cheng, B Zhou, K Kunze, CC Rheinländer, S Wille, N Wehn, J Weppner, ...
    Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing … , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 79
  • Smart soccer shoe: monitoring foot-ball interaction with shoe integrated textile pressure sensor matrix
    B Zhou, H Koerger, M Wirth, C Zwick, C Martindale, H Cruz, B Eskofier, ...
    Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 64-71 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 73
  • From smart clothing to smart table cloth: Design and implementation of a large scale, textile pressure matrix sensor
    B Zhou, J Cheng, M Sundholm, P Lukowicz
    International conference on architecture of computing systems, 159-170 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 71
  • Measuring muscle activities during gym exercises with textile pressure mapping sensors
    B Zhou, M Sundholm, J Cheng, H Cruz, P Lukowicz
    Pervasive and Mobile Computing 38, 331-345 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 70
  • A wearable magnetic field based proximity sensing system for monitoring COVID-19 social distancing
    S Bian, B Zhou, H Bello, P Lukowicz
    Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 22-26 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 63
  • Social distance monitor with a wearable magnetic field proximity sensor
    S Bian, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    Sensors 20 (18), 5101 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 58
  • ikan: Global incremental learning with kan for human activity recognition across heterogeneous datasets
    M Liu, S Bian, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    Proceedings of the 2024 ACM international symposium on wearable computers, 89-95 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 53
  • Mocapose: Motion capturing with textile-integrated capacitive sensors in loose-fitting smart garments
    B Zhou, D Geissler, M Faulhaber, CE Gleiss, EF Zahn, LSS Ray, ...
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 52
  • Smart chair: What can simple pressure sensors under the chairs legs tell us about user activity
    J Cheng, B Zhou, M Sundholm, P Lukowicz
    UBICOMM13: The Seventh International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous … , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 51
  • Inmyface: Inertial and mechanomyography-based sensor fusion for wearable facial activity recognition
    H Bello, LAS Marin, S Suh, B Zhou, P Lukowicz
    Information Fusion 99, 101886 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 43
  • Collection and validation of psychophysiological data from professional and amateur players: A multimodal esports dataset
    A Smerdov, B Zhou, P Lukowicz, A Somov
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.00958 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 39
  • Mocapaci: Posture and gesture detection in loose garments using textile cables as capacitive antennas
    H Bello, B Zhou, S Suh, P Lukowicz
    Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 78-83 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 37
  • The carpet knows: Identifying people in a smart environment from a single step
    B Zhou, MS Singh, S Doda, M Yildirim, J Cheng, P Lukowicz
    2017 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications … , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 37
  • Worker activity recognition in manufacturing line using near-body electric field
    S Suh, VF Rey, S Bian, YC Huang, JM Rožanec, HT Ghinani, B Zhou, ...
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal 11 (7), 11554-11565 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 33