SMARTTEST will support PhD students' research projects

SMARTTEST will support a total of 11 individual PhD students' research projects. "My vision is to nurture a future generation of talent that will have multidisciplinary skills combining electrical engineering and biomedical sciences, linking advanced radio communication and radar technologies with health monitoring in home and clinical settings, which will benefit healthcare," says project coordinator Dr Yang Miao from the University of Twente.
 
The PhD students will have the opportunity to work with leading scientists working in the fields of radio and biomedical systems, signal analysis and AI-enabled applications. In addition to the University of Twente, experts from KU Leuven, Politecnico di Milano, the National Research Council of Italy and the University Medical Center Utrecht will participate in the project.
 
The project guarantor for VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava is Professor Martin Černý from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. "Within the project, our goal will be to develop algorithms for detecting changes in behaviour and activities using the latest non-contact methods of sensing movements and biological signals of people using radar technologies. Changes in activities and behaviour are often symptoms of a number of serious chronic diseases. Our health monitoring research should contribute to the early detection of these changes," explained Martin Černý.
 
SMARTTEST is funded by Horizon Europe (HORIZON). Interdisciplinary collaboration is ensured thanks to the support of industry, health and government bodies, partner organisations from European countries, Canada and the United States.