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Zachary Kabelac
dblp:150/3429
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8ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2022
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Computer networks · 6 · 1 since 2021Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing · 2
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Computer networks
8 papers |
Wireless sensing and localization · 93% Wireless networking · 6% Physical-layer communications · 2% | |
| Human-computer interaction and pervasive computing
4 papers |
Wearable and physiological sensing · 36% Health and well-being technologies · 36% Ubiquitous computing and smart environments · 28% | |
| Network and information security
1 paper |
Privacy and data protection · 100% |
Topics — the 13 heaviest of 17, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wireless sensing and localization
RF sensing |
0.9 | 4 | 2022 | RF-based 3D skeletons · SIGCOMM 2018 Multi-Person Localization via RF Body Reflections · NSDI 2015 3D Tracking via Body Radio Reflections · NSDI 2014 |
Wireless sensing and localization › tracking
device-free tracking |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | RF-protect: privacy against device-free human tracking · SIGCOMM 2022 |
Wireless sensing and localization
privacy protection |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | RF-protect: privacy against device-free human tracking · SIGCOMM 2022 |
Privacy and data protection
anonymization |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | RF-protect: privacy against device-free human tracking · SIGCOMM 2022 |
Wireless sensing and localization › device-free sensing
through-wall sensing |
0.5 | 2 | 2022 | RF-based 3D skeletons · SIGCOMM 2018 RF-protect: privacy against device-free human tracking · SIGCOMM 2022 |
Ubiquitous computing and smart environments
smart home |
0.2 | 1 | 2015 | Smart Homes that Monitor Breathing and Heart Rate · CHI 2015 |
Wearable and physiological sensing
vital sign monitoring |
0.2 | 1 | 2015 | Smart Homes that Monitor Breathing and Heart Rate · CHI 2015 |
Wireless networking
wireless power transfer |
0.2 | 1 | 2015 | Wireless Power Hotspot that Charges All of Your Devices · MobiCom 2015 |
Wireless sensing and localization
wireless sensing |
0.2 | 1 | 2015 | Smart Homes that Monitor Breathing and Heart Rate · CHI 2015 |
Wireless sensing and localization › vital sign monitoring
respiration monitoring |
0.2 | 1 | 2014 | Demo: real-time breath monitoring using wireless signals · MobiCom 2014 |
Wireless sensing and localization
vital sign monitoring |
0.2 | 1 | 2014 | Demo: real-time breath monitoring using wireless signals · MobiCom 2014 |
Wireless sensing and localization
device-free sensing |
0.1 | 2 | 2015 | Multi-Person Localization via RF Body Reflections · NSDI 2015 3D Tracking via Body Radio Reflections · NSDI 2014 |
Computer vision › Face, body and person analysis
human pose estimation |
0.1 | 1 | 2018 | RF-based 3D skeletons · SIGCOMM 2018 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
hardware reflector · 1.1generative trajectory model · 1.1RF signal processing · 0.7radio signal processing · 0.6user study · 0.4magnetic resonant coupling · 0.4wireless reflection · 0.4real-time tracking · 0.4RF body reflections · 0.2radio reflections · 0.2
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | RF-protect: privacy against device-free human trackingabstractThe advent of radio sensing that works through walls & obstacles challenges the notion of indoor privacy. An eavesdropper can deploy such sensing to snoop on their neighbors and a smart sensor embedded with such sensing capabilities can perform large scale behavioral and health data mining. We present RF-Protect, a new framework that enables privacy by injecting fake humans in the sensed data. RF-Protect consists of a novel hardware reflector design that modifies radio waves to create reflections at arbitrary locations in the environment and a new generative mechanism to create realistic human trajectories. RF-Protect's design doesn't require any high bandwidth hardware or physical motion. We implement RF-Protect using commodity hardware and validate its ability to generate fake human trajectories. Jayanth Shenoy, Zikun Liu 0002, Bill Tao, Zachary Kabelac, Deepak Vasisht |
SIGCOMM | 4 |
| 2018 | RF-based 3D skeletonsabstractThis paper introduces RF-Pose3D, the first system that infers 3D human skeletons from RF signals. It requires no sensors on the body, and works with multiple people and across walls and occlusions. Further, it generates dynamic skeletons that follow the people as they move, walk or sit. As such, RF-Pose3D provides a significant leap in RF-based sensing and enables new applications in gaming, healthcare, and smart homes. Mingmin Zhao, Yonglong Tian, Hang Zhao 0021, Mohammad Abu Alsheikh, Tianhong Li, Rumen Hristov, Zachary Kabelac, Dina Katabi, Antonio Torralba 0001 |
SIGCOMM | 7 |
| 2017 | Extracting Gait Velocity and Stride Length from Surrounding Radio SignalsabstractGait velocity and stride length are critical health indicators for older adults. A decade of medical research shows that they provide a predictor of future falls, hospitalization, and functional decline among seniors. However, currently these metrics are measured only occasionally during medical visits. Such infrequent measurements hamper the opportunity to detect changes and intervene early in the impairment process. Chen-Yu Hsu 0001, Zachary Kabelac, Rumen Hristov, Dina Katabi, Christine Liu |
CHI | 3 |
| 2015 | Smart Homes that Monitor Breathing and Heart RateabstractThe evolution of ubiquitous sensing technologies has led to intelligent environments that can monitor and react to our daily activities, such as adapting our heating and cooling systems, responding to our gestures, and monitoring our elderly. In this paper, we ask whether it is possible for smart environments to monitor our vital signs remotely, without instrumenting our bodies. We introduce Vital-Radio, a wireless sensing technology that monitors breathing and heart rate without body contact. Vital-Radio exploits the fact that wireless signals are affected by motion in the environment, including chest movements due to inhaling and exhaling and skin vibrations due to heartbeats. We describe the operation of Vital-Radio and demonstrate through a user study that it can track users' breathing and heart rates with a median accuracy of 99%, even when users are 8~meters away from the device, or in a different room. Furthermore, it can monitor the vital signs of multiple people simultaneously. We envision that Vital-Radio can enable smart homes that monitor people's vital signs without body instrumentation, and actively contribute to their inhabitants' well-being. Fadel Adib, Hongzi Mao, Zachary Kabelac, Dina Katabi, Rob Miller 0001 |
CHI | 3 |
| 2015 | Wireless Power Hotspot that Charges All of Your DevicesabstractEach year, consumers carry an increasing number of gadgets on their person: mobile phones, tablets, smartwatches, etc. As a result, users must remember to recharge each device, every day. Wireless charging promises to free users from this burden, allowing devices to remain permanently unplugged. Today's wireless charging, however, is either limited to a single device, or is highly cumbersome, requiring the user to remove all of her wearable and handheld gadgets and place them on a charging pad. This paper introduces MultiSpot, a new wireless charging technology that can charge multiple devices, even as the user is wearing them or carrying them in her pocket. A MultiSpot charger acts as an access point for wireless power. When a user enters the vicinity of the MultiSpot charger, all of her gadgets start to charge automatically. We have prototyped MultiSpot and evaluated it using off-the-shelf mobile phones, smartwatches, and tablets. Our results show that MultiSpot can charge 6 devices at distances of up to 50cm. Lixin Shi, Zachary Kabelac, Dina Katabi, David J. Perreault |
MobiCom | 2 |
| 2015 | Multi-Person Localization via RF Body Reflections
Fadel Adib, Zachary Kabelac, Dina Katabi |
NSDI | 2 |
| 2014 | Demo: real-time breath monitoring using wireless signalsabstractThis demo presents Vital-Radio, a wireless sensing technology that monitors breathing remotely, without requiring any body contact. Vital-Radio operates by transmitting a low-power wireless signal and monitoring its reflections off the human body. It uses these reflections to track motion associated with breathing, i.e., the chest movements caused by inhaling and exhaling. The demo will enable any person to sit in front of the device and check that it tracks their inhale and exhale process. The person may hold his/her breath and check that the device detects the breath holding event in real-time. Fadel Adib, Zachary Kabelac, Hongzi Mao, Dina Katabi, Rob Miller 0001 |
MobiCom | 2 |
| 2014 | 3D Tracking via Body Radio Reflections
Fadel Adib, Zachary Kabelac, Dina Katabi, Rob Miller 0001 |
NSDI | 2 |