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Cecilia Mascolo is a Professor of Mobile Systems at the University of Cambridge, specifically in the Department of Computer Science and Technology. She co-directs the Centre for Mobile, Wearable System and Augmented Intelligence and is a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Her research focuses on mobile systems, machine learning for mobile health, and earable technology. She has been awarded prestigious grants such as the ERC Advanced Research Grant (2019-2025) and the EPSRC Open Research Fellowship (2025-2030). Currently on sabbatical at Harvard University, her work bridges systems and machine learning for health applications.
- Education: PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bologna, Italy.
- Previous Affiliation: Faculty at University College London before 2008.
Her research spans mobile and wearable systems for health and behavior monitoring, focusing on on-device machine learning, uncertainty-aware models, and audio-based diagnostics. Key areas include federated learning, edge computing, and respiratory disease progression analysis via wearables. She explores earable technology for physiological monitoring, gait analysis, and even toothbrushing tracking using in-ear sensors.
Her recent publications highlight advancements in earable-based health monitoring, including heart rate estimation, respiratory rate detection, and ECG analysis using machine learning. She emphasizes longitudinal health data from consumer devices, advocating for scalable diagnostics beyond traditional clinical standards.
Scientific Awards:
- ERC Advanced Research Grant
- EPSRC Open Research Fellowship
- Best Paper Award - IEEE Percom
- 10-Year Impact Award - ACM Ubicomp
- Computer Laboratory Ring Hall of Fame Best Paper Award
- Student: Andrea Ferlini - ACM SIGMOBILE Doctoral Dissertation Runner-up
She leads the Mobile Systems Research Laboratory, mentoring a team of 15 researchers (postdocs and PhD students), and has graduated over 25 PhD students. Her teaching includes Mobile Health courses at the University of Cambridge, and she serves as Director of Studies for Computer Science at Jesus College.
