Expertise: Video Analysis

SAM3 Expertise Areas: Video Analysis

Video provides a rich source of data and through analysis that can lead to knowledge about well-being. Video is applied carefully given the privacy intrusion that it represents. SAM3 researchers have used video analysis for a number of applications.

Video applications

Gait and other motion assessment
Kitchen use and kitchen safety
Driving assessment
Driver gaze assessment
Cognitive assessment
Thermal and RGB camera based assessment

See also our work on Video Magnification

A. Laghai, B. Wallace, K. Fraser, M. Kunz, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, “Identifying Cognitive Decline via Speech and Gaze in Naturalistic Reading”, 48th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2026

A. Laghai, B. Wallace, K. Fraser, M. Kunz, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, N. Thomas, A. Frank, S. Shafiyan, “Longitudinal Gaze-speech Cognitive Decline Biomarkers From Oral Reading”, at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2026.

M. Saif El Nasr, B. Wallace, K. Van Benthem, C. Herdman, A. Lochbihler, K. Brightman, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall. “Measurement of visual object detection and tracking algorithms in a driving simulator environment.” 2026 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2026

Sloan, Thomas “Indoor 3D Modeling Using Consumer Drones and Neural Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for Virtual Reality” MASc diss., Carleton University, 2024.

A. Laghai, B. Wallace, K. Fraser, M. Kunz, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, N. Thomas, A. Frank, S. Shafiyan, “Longitudinal Gaze-speech Cognitive Decline Biomarkers From Oral Reading”, at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2026.

IEEE Video Tutorial: “The Supportive Smart Home: Solutions Enabling Independence – Ambient Sensing, Artificial Intelligence in Ethical Context“

Smart homes helping older adults live safely and independently

NRC Article on our recent projectOne morning, an older man doesn’t go to the kitchen for breakfast as he usually does. Instead, he’s still sitting …

A. Laghai, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, M. Kunz, K. Fraser, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Can Gaze–Speech Coupling in Reading Help Clinicians Detect Cognitive Decline Remotely?” ISG 2026

T. Sloan, B. Wallace, and R. Goubran, “Impact of Image Resolution on Controlling Drones Using Remote VR Headset Visualization and a Cloud Architecture,” in 2025 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), Jul. 2025, pp. 1–6.

Link to Paper

T. Sloan, B. Wallace, and R. Goubran, “Drone-Based Indoor Mapping for Augmented Indoor 3D Modeling Using Neural Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM),” in IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2026), Feb. 2026, pp. 1–4. ICCE 2026.

A. Laghai B. Wallace, K. C. Fraser, M. Kunz, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, “Preliminary Results for Measurement of Eye Fixation and Speech to Identify Cognitive Decline” at IEEE Medical Measurement and Applications Symposium (MeMeA 2025), 2025

M. Kunz, K. Fraser, B. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas “Addressing Age Bias in the Application of Appearance-Based Gaze-Tracking for Older Adults”, IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, 2025.

(Best Paper Award)