Po-Kai Yang
About the PI

Po-Kai Yang

My work brings together wearable sensing, deep learning, and clinical collaboration to develop digital biomarkers for movement disorders, mental health, and beyond. 我的研究結合穿戴式感測器所收集的訊號,並透過與臨床團隊的合作,發展能客觀量化動作障礙、心理健康等臨床狀態的數位生物標記。

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Publications (incl. co-author)
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Citations
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Patent application
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Awards & Honors
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Building AI that turns wearable sensor data into clinically useful insight, for movement disorders, mental health, and beyond. 將穿戴式感測器收集的訊號,轉換為臨床端真正能使用的客觀資訊,可應用於動作障礙、心理健康,以及更廣泛的臨床狀態評估。

My research focuses on multimodal AI for healthcare and clinical neuroscience. During my PhD at KU Leuven, I developed deep-learning systems for detecting and assessing freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease from inertial sensors, validated in collaboration with multiple hospitals. At HUB Lab, we extend that work toward multimodal foundation models for behavioural health, in close collaboration with clinicians and industry partners across Taiwan and Europe. 我的研究聚焦於健康照護與臨床神經科學中的訊號分析方法。博士班期間於比利時荷語魯汶大學(KU Leuven),我發展能從慣性感測器訊號自動偵測並量化帕金森氏症「步態凍結」現象的分析系統,並透過多家醫院的合作完成臨床驗證。在 HUB Lab,我們延伸這條研究路線,發展能整合多種感測訊號的行為分析方法基礎,與台灣及歐洲的臨床合作夥伴與產業夥伴密切合作。

Where I've worked
Industry and research labs.
Aug 2026 – present
Incoming Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
Department of Computer Science, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Oct 2025 – present
Voluntary Research Associate
KU Leuven
eMedia Research Lab, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Leuven, Belgium
Jul – Aug 2020
Summer Research Intern
Nokia Bell Labs
Applications Platforms & Software Systems, Antwerpen, Belgium
Jul – Dec 2018
Student Research Intern
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Where I studied
Taiwan, Germany, Belgium.
Oct 2021 – Sep 2025
Ph.D. in Engineering Technology
KU Leuven
STADIUS, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Leuven, Belgium · Supervisor: Prof. Bart Vanrumste
Sep 2019 – Jun 2021
M.Sc. Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
KU Leuven
Faculty of Engineering Science, Leuven, Belgium · Graduated Cum Laude
Apr – Aug 2019
Exchange Program (Computer Science)
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, Germany
Sep 2015 – Jun 2019
B.Sc. Computer Science and Engineering
National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Things I think about
Topics that show up across my projects.
AI for Movement Disorders Wearable & Multimodal Sensing Time Series Analysis Human–AI Interaction AR / MR / VR Interfaces Foundation Models Clinical Digital Biomarkers
Awards
Selected recognitions.
MSCA Seal of Excellence2026
Best Poster Award, ICFOG2025
FWO Travel Grant2025
Most Cited Paper, JNER2024
Taiwan–KU Leuven PhD Scholarship2021
Service
Peer review & community work.
Journal Reviewer
· Scientific Reports
· Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
· IEEE Access
· Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
· International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
Conferences
IEEE EMBC
Reviewer
EUSIPCO 2026
Special Session Organizer
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NYCU, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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