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Overview

John Lach is a researcher affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their work spans primarily across the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

They have contributed extensively to several research topics, including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Cancer Survivorship and Care
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

John Lach has published research articles in various venues. Some of the frequent publication sources include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • npj Digital Medicine
  • American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • JMIR Formative Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by John Lach highlight their involvement in multidisciplinary health technology and caregiving research. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Automatic, wearable-based, in-field eating detection approaches for public health research," 2020, npj Digital Medicine
  • "BESI: Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention for Dementia Caregiver Empowerment-Phases 1 and 2," 2020, American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
  • "Self-Powered Cardiac Monitoring: Maintaining Vigilance With Multi-Modal Harvesting and E-Textiles," 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal
  • "Understanding the Experience of Cancer Pain From the Perspective of Patients and Family Caregivers to Inform Design of an In-Home Smart Health System: Multimethod Approach," 2020, JMIR Formative Research
  • "Deploying the Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention for Cancer Smart Health System to Support Patients and Family Caregivers in Managing Pain: Feasibility and Acceptability Study," 2022, JMIR Cancer

Collaboration is a notable aspect of John Lach's research, with frequent coauthors including Ridwan Alam, Nutta Homdee, Virginia LeBaron, John A. Stankovic, and Donna Spruijt-Metz. This network reflects a multidisciplinary approach intersecting engineering, healthcare, and behavioral sciences.

Best Publications

  • Accurate, Fast Fall Detection Using Gyroscopes and Accelerometer-Derived Posture Information

    Qiang Li;John A. Stankovic;Mark A. Hanson;Adam T. Barth

  • Body Area Sensor Networks: Challenges and Opportunities

    M.A. Hanson;H.C. Powell;A.T. Barth;K. Ringgenberg

  • Accelerating Compute-Intensive Applications with GPUs and FPGAs

    Shuai Che;Jie Li;J.W. Sheaffer;K. Skadron

  • Toward Pervasive Gait Analysis With Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review

    Shanshan Chen;John Lach;Benny Lo;Guang-Zhong Yang

  • At-speed delay characterization for IC authentication and Trojan Horse detection

    Jie Li;J. Lach

  • Molecular electronics: from devices and interconnect to circuits and architecture

    M.R. Stan;P.D. Franzon;S.C. Goldstein;J.C. Lach

  • Watermarking techniques for intellectual property protection

    A. B. Kahng;J. Lach;W. H. Mangione-Smith;S. Mantik

  • Constraint-based watermarking techniques for design IP protection

    A.B. Kahng;J. Lach;W.H. Mangione-Smith;S. Mantik

  • Low overhead fault-tolerant FPGA systems

    J. Lach;W.H. Mangione-Smith;M. Potkonjak

  • Flexible Technologies for Self-Powered Wearable Health and Environmental Sensing

    Veena Misra;Alper Bozkurt;Benton Calhoun;Thomas Jackson

  • Odd/Even bus invert with two-phase transfer for buses with coupling

    Yan Zhang;John Lach;Kevin Skadron;Mircea R. Stan

  • Flexible Circuits and Architectures for Ultralow Power

    B.H. Calhoun;J.F. Ryan;S. Khanna;M. Putic

  • Monitoring temperature in FPGA based SoCs

    S. Velusamy;Wei Huang;J. Lach;M. Stan

  • Control-theoretic dynamic frequency and voltage scaling for multimedia workloads

    Zhijian Lu;Jason Hein;Marty Humphrey;Mircea Stan

  • Odd/Even bus invert with two-phase transfer for buses with coupling

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  • Performance of delay-based Trojan detection techniques under parameter variations

    Devendra Rai;John Lach

  • FPGA fingerprinting techniques for protecting intellectual property

    J. Lach;W.H. Mangione-Smith;M. Potkonjak

  • Fingerprinting techniques for field-programmable gate array intellectual property protection

    J. Lach;W.H. Mangione-Smith;M. Potkonjak

  • TEMPO 3.1: A Body Area Sensor Network Platform for Continuous Movement Assessment

    Adam T. Barth;Mark A. Hanson;Harry C. Powell;John Lach

  • Signature hiding techniques for FPGA intellectual property protection

    John Lach;William H. Mangione-Smith;Miodrag Potkonjak

  • Robust FPGA intellectual property protection through multiple small watermarks

    John Lach;William H. Mangione-Smith;Miodrag Potkonjak

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Skadron
Kevin Skadron University of Virginia
Mircea R. Stan
Mircea R. Stan University of Virginia
Miodrag Potkonjak
Miodrag Potkonjak University of California, Los Angeles
Benton H. Calhoun
Benton H. Calhoun University of Virginia
Roozbeh Jafari
Roozbeh Jafari Texas A&M University
Maite Brandt-Pearce
Maite Brandt-Pearce University of Virginia
Igor L. Markov
Igor L. Markov Synopsys (United States)
Luca Benini
Luca Benini ETH Zurich
Jiang Hu
Jiang Hu Texas A&M University
Qiang Li
Qiang Li Brookhaven National Laboratory

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