Garvit Chugh
Garvit Chugh

Garvit Chugh

Postdoctoral Researcher, Singapore Management University

Earable & wearable sensing · Human-computer interaction · Pervasive computing

  • CHI 2026 Honourable Mention
  • Prime Minister Research Fellow, 2023‑26

Singapore

Singapore Management UniversitySMUIIT JodhpurIIT Jodhpur
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About

Building deployable earable and wearable sensing systems for health and everyday interaction, with Prof. Archan Misra at SMU. Ph.D. from IIT Jodhpur (2026), supervised by Dr. Suchetana Chakraborty and Dr. Sandip Chakraborty.

  • 26PublicationsPeer-reviewed at ACM CHI, IEEE PerCom (×7), ACM SenSys, PACMHCI, CIKM, ICDM, CHASE, UbiComp and COMSNETS, plus a filed patent and papers under review.
  • 12Sensing systems builtFrom prototype to user study: MorsEar, HydratEar, BiteSense, SpineSense, WristSense, EarControl, CompulsEar, EarFence, EarDesk, enVolve and more.
  • 16Fellowships & grantsPrime Minister Research Fellowship, TCS Research Fellowship, SIGBED and Gary Marsden travel awards, PerCom, SenSys and COMSNETS travel grants.
  • 1,095Students taughtTeaching assistant for 10 IIT Jodhpur courses, from Introduction to Computer Science to Mobile and Pervasive Computing.
  • 24Researchers mentored2 M.Tech. theses, 2 B.Tech. theses and 20 research interns, plus ~60 project students supervised.
  • 11Venues reviewed forCHI, CSCW, NeurIPS, KDD, TMC, PACMHCI and more. TPC for HeadSys at MobiSys 2026. COMSNETS chair roles 2024–2027.

Open to collaborations on wearable and earable sensing, digital health, guest lectures, and student mentoring.

Human-Computer InteractionMobile & Pervasive ComputingWearable and Earable SensingHuman-Centered AIUbiquitous ComputingContext-Aware Sensing

Research

  • Earable-Based Health Sensing

    Developing health monitoring solutions using ear-worn IMU sensors: eating behaviour assessment (BiteSense), hydration monitoring (HydratEar), spine movement tracking (SpineSense), and covert messaging (MorsEar).

    eSenseIMUBLEDeep Learning

  • Behavioural & Focus Analysis

    Inertial sensing to monitor involvement and attention during online interactions (enVolve). Detecting temporal lack of focus to identify onset of neurological disorders using earables.

    Contrastive LearningLSTMCNNUbiComp

  • Gesture & Accessibility

    Eye gesture recognition with earable inertial sensing for accessible HCI. Wrist strain detection in routine activities via inertial tokenization and LLM-based feedback (WristSense).

    HCIAccessibilityLLMTokenization

  • AIoT & Smart Systems

    Building intelligent IoT community testbeds for ambient living. Multimodal cybersickness detection in consumer VR (VectionSense). Ultrasonic defense for smart earbuds (EarFence).

    IoTVRTestbedSecurity

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Singapore Management University · Full-time
    Sep 2026 – Present · Singapore
    School of Computing and Information Systems. Advisor: Prof. Archan Misra. Human-centred pervasive computing, wearable sensing, and intelligent ubiquitous systems.

  • Visiting Researcher

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Sep 2023 – Mar 2024 · Baltimore, MD, USA
    MPSC Lab under Prof. Nirmalya Roy. Domain adaptation for wearable human activity recognition.

  • Teaching Assistant

    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
    Jan 2021 – 2026 · Jodhpur, India
    Ten courses across Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Data Structures, Database Systems, Operating Systems, and more. Outstanding TA Award, 2022.
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Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

    Dual Ph.D. – M.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering
    2020 – 2026 · CGPA 8.93/10
    Prime Minister Research Fellow (PMRF). Supervisors: Dr. Suchetana Chakraborty (IIT Jodhpur) and Dr. Sandip Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur).
    Thesis: Wearables for Personal Well Being and Digital Health: A Pervasive Sensing Perspective

  • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

    B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering
    2016 – 2020 · CGPA 9.10/10 · Delhi, India
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Publications

Selected recent work. 26 publications: 21 peer-reviewed, 1 filed patent, 4 under review.

  • MorsEar: Toward Generalizable Low-Resource Covert Messaging via Earable-Based Inertial Sensing

    Main Track Core A* Honourable Mention Award
    Chugh, G., Ghosh, I., Roy, N., Chakraborty, S. & Chakraborty, S.
    CHI 2026
    SensingHCISecurity

  • VectionSense: Multimodal Inertial-Physiological Cybersickness Detection in Consumer VR

    Workshop Core A*
    Layal, K., Kumar, A., Chugh, G. & Chakraborty, S.
    SAXR 2026 Workshop co-located with CHI 2026
    HealthcareSensing

  • HydratEar: Non-Invasive Hydration Monitoring using In-Ear Acoustic Reflectometry

    Main Track Core A*
    Chugh, G. & Chakraborty, S.
    PerCom 2026
    HealthcareSensing

  • Fed-CASQ: Enhancing Class-Wise Accuracy in Pervasive Federated Learning with Class-Aware Scaling and Quantization

    Main Track Core A*
    Dey, E., Ravi, A., Shinde, G., Chugh, G., Ghosh, I., Misra, A. & Roy, N.
    PerCom 2026
    ML / AISystems

  • EarFence: Lightweight Ultrasonic Defense for Smart Earbuds Against Hidden Commands

    WiP Track Core A*
    Vadthya, S., Chugh, G. & Chakraborty, S.
    PerCom 2026
    SensingSecurity
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Honours & awards

  • Departmental Rank 1 – M.Tech.–Ph.D., IIT Jodhpur (2026)
  • CHI 2026 Honourable Mention Award for MorsEar (2026)
  • Invited poster presentation at ACM ARCS 2026, IIT Hyderabad (2026)
  • Received OmniBuds earable platform by Nokia Bell Labs, UK (2025)
  • Finalist – Green Fintech Hackathon, RBI Innovation Hub with IIT Jodhpur, Top 4 out of 519 (2024)
  • Finalist – Stanford EPIC Data Challenge, USA, Top 5 out of 61 (2023)
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