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Dr. Mark V. Albert

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

(940) 268-3648

Email: Mark.Albert@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Cornell University, 2010
    Major: Computational Biology
    Specialization: Computational Behavioral Biology, General Psychology, Applied Mathematics, and Computational Cell Biology
    Dissertation: Normative Visual Development: Innate learning in the early visual system
  • BS, Pittsburg State University, 2000
    Major: Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. (2013 - 2021).
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago & Northwestern University. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago & Northwestern University. (2009 - 2013).
  • Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie Mellon University. (2001 - 2004).
  • Fulbright student scholar, Institute for Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna. Institute for Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna. (2000 - 2001).

    • Professional

  • Adjunct Research Scientist, The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). (2013 - 2019).
  • Consultant, Deloitte, Cognitive Analytics / Machine Learning Group. Deloitte, Cognitive Analytics / Machine Learning Group. (2014 - 2015).
  • Chief Research Scientist, Predict Systems, Inc (Instinctiv.com). Predict Systems, Inc (Instinctiv.com). (2008 - 2009).
  • Graduate Academic Advisor, Cornell University, Public Service Center. Cornell University, Public Service Center. (2007 - 2008).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, SageDays 65, Loyola University Chicago. (June 8, 2015 - June 12, 2015).
  • Workshop, From Machine Learning to Human Learning: leveraging applied computational strategies to understand human cognition, Sapienza University of Rome. (May 11, 2015 - May 15, 2015).
  • Conference Attendance, Society for Neuroscience conference, (November 10, 2013 - November 13, 2013).
  • Conference Attendance, Parkinson's Research Day, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. (April 23, 2013 - April 23, 2013).
  • Conference Attendance, RIC Parkinson's research symposium, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. (April 8, 2013 - April 8, 2013).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BMEN 5280 - AI for Wearables and Healthcare, 4 courses.
  • BMEN 5900 - Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering, 1 course.
  • BMEN 5950 - Master's Thesis, 1 course.
  • CSCE 2900 - Special Problems in Computer Science and Engineering, 2 courses.
  • CSCE 2996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
  • CSCE 2999Z - CSCE Research, 1 course.
  • CSCE 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 2 courses.
  • CSCE 4205 - Introduction to Machine Learning, 1 course.
  • CSCE 4890 - Directed Study, 6 courses.
  • CSCE 4930 - Topics in Computer Science and Engineering, 1 course.
  • CSCE 4999 - Senior Thesis, 3 courses.
  • CSCE 5214 - Software Development for Artificial Intelligence, 3 courses.
  • CSCE 5215 - Machine Learning, 3 courses.
  • CSCE 5280 - AI for Wearables and Healthcare, 4 courses.
  • CSCE 5310 - Methods in Empirical Analysis, 3 courses.
  • CSCE 5900 - Special Problems, 14 courses.
  • CSCE 5931 - CSE Seminar, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5932 - Internship, 25 courses.
  • CSCE 5933 - Topics in Computer Science and Engineering, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5934 - Directed Study, 15 courses.
  • CSCE 5950 - Master's Thesis, 3 courses.
  • CSCE 6280 - Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence, 1 course.
  • CSCE 6940 - Individual Research, 13 courses.
  • CSCE 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 12 courses.
  • INFO 6660 - Readings in Information Science, 1 course.
  • INFO 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • INFO 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 4 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • Henry B Betts Innovation Award, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. (March 6, 2013).
  • Baskin Award, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. (June 6, 2012).
  • Henry B Betts Innovation Award, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
  • Baskin Award, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF. (August 2005).
  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation.
  • Nonlinear Systems IGERT fellowship, National Science Foundation.
  • Fulbright Grant, Fulbright. (October 2000).
  • Highest departmental awards for chemistry, math, and computer science, Pittsburg State University.
  • Outstanding Senior Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg State University.
  • Presidential Scholarship, Pittsburg State University.
  • Goldwater Scholarship, Goldwater. (August 1999).
  • Fulbright Fellowship,
  • Goldwater Scholarship,

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Albert, M., Lin, L., Spector, J.M., Dunn, L.S. Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. New York, NY, Springer - AECT.

    • Book Chapter

  • Albert, M. (2022). Moye R, Liang C, Albert MV (2022) Early visual processing: a computational approach to understanding primary visual cortex. In Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence editors Albert MV, Lin L, Spector JM, Dunn L. Springer Publishing..
  • Albert, M. (2022). Rafiq RB, Albert MV (accepted) Transfer learning: leveraging trained models on novel tasks. In Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence, editors Albert MV, Lin L, Spector JM, Dunn L. Springer Publishing..
  • Xiao, T., Albert, M.V. (2021). Xiao T, Albert MV (2021) “Big Data in Medical AI: how larger datasets lead to robust, automated learning for healthcare” in Artificial Intelligence in Brain and Mental Health. Editors: Marcello Ienca, Mingyu Liang, Fabrice Jotterand. Springer.
  • Albert, M.V. (2017). Albert MV, Shparii I, Zhao X (2017) “The applicability of inertial sensors for locomotion and posture” in Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults: The Role of Aging and Movement Disorders. Editors: Fabio Augusto Barbieri and Rodrigo Vitório. Springer.
  • Albert, M.V. (2009). Albert MV, Field DJ (2009) Neural Representation and Coding. Encyclopedia of Perception, Ed. E.B. Goldstein et al., SAGE Press.. SAGE Press.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Albert, M.V. (2024). Tabashum T, Wang S-J, Krzak JJ, Kruger KM, Graf A, Chafetz RS, Davids JR, Bagley A, Woloff J, Sienka SE, Bauer J, Albert MV (2024) Language Models for Fall Risk Assessment in Children with Cerebral Palsy using Electronic Medical Records. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE BHI 2024).
  • Albert, M.V. (2023). Rafiq RB, Karim SA, Albert MV (2023) An LSTM-based Gesture-to-Speech Recognition System. IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI 2023).
  • Caldwell, J., Feng, W., Byun, M., Albert, M.V., Shu, T., Ji, Y. (2023). Exploring Power and Thermal Dynamics in the Summit Supercomputer: A Data Visualization Study. 7th Annual Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences Data Challenge (SMCDC).
  • Yi, Z., Blanco, E., Fan, H., Albert, M. (2022). BAPO: A Large-Scale Multimodal Corpus for Ball Possession Prediction in American Football Games. IEEE Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR).
  • Albert, M.V. (2022). Liu Z, Exley T, Meek A, Yang R, Zhao H, Albert MV “Predicting GPU Performance and System Parameter Configuration Using Machine Learning” ISVLSI-2022 (IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI).
  • Ranasinghe,, I., Dantu, R., Yuan, C., Albert, M.V. (2021). A Collaborative and Adaptive Feedback System for Physical Exercises. New York, The 7th IEEE International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing (CIC).
  • Xiao, T., Greenberg, R., Albert, M.V. (2021). Design and assessment of a task-driven introductory data science course taught concurrently in multiple language: Python, R, and MATLAB. 26th ACM INNOvation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2021).
  • Albert, M. (2021). Ranasinghe I, Dantu D, Albert MV, Watts S (2021) Cyber-Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation to training. 2021 IFIP / IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, pg 1054-1057.
  • Albert, M.V. (2021). Ranasinghe I, Dantu D, Albert MV, Watts S (2021) Cyber-Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation to training. 2021 IFIP / IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, pg 1054-1057.
  • Ranasinghe, I., Dantu, P., Dantu, P.V., Watts, S., Ocana, R. (2021). Cyber-Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation to Training. 1054-1057. New York, 2021 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM),.
  • Xiao, T., Tabashum, T., Olness, G.S., Mahbub, I., Berman, D., Tasneem, N., Albert, M.V. (2020). Mobile Diarization Dashboard Application and Remote Vocalization Sensor Prototype for Evaluating Communication Rehabilitation Effectiveness. 2020 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference.
  • Meyarian, A., Namdari, H., Yuan, X., Albert, M.V., Roeske, J.C. (2020). Phantom Tumor Tracking in Dual-Energy Fluoroscopy using a Kalman Filter. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). 2023--2026.
  • Mayarian, A., Namdari, H., Yuan, X., Roeske, J., Albert, M.V. (2020). Phantom Tumor Tracking in Dual-Energy Fluoroscopy using a Kalman Filter. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Seoul, Korea, 2020, pp. 2023-2026, doi: 10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313322..
  • Nacar, E., Nanda, D., Albert, B., Panici, C., Albert, M.V. (2020). Temporal Distance Map: A warped isochrone map depicting accurate travel times. GEOProcessing 2020 - The Twelfth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services..
  • Rafiq, R., Modave, F., Guha, S., Albert, M.V. (2020). Validation methods to promote real-world applicability of machine learning in medicine. The 3rd International Conference on Digital Medicine and Image Processing (DMIP 2020). November 6-9, 2020..
  • Wang, S., Park, J., Park, H., Nanda, D., Albert, M.V. (2020). Wearable spasticity estimation and validation using machine learning. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). Seoul, Korea, 2020, pp. 2109-2112, doi: 10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313130..
  • Xiao, T., Tabashum, T., Jebamalaidass, R., Du, A., Leal, M., Oliviera, E., Metwally, B., Albert, M.V. (2020). “Conversation Moderator: A mobile app for tracking individual speaking in group conversations”, 14th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2020), San Diego, Feb 3-5, 2020..
  • Ranasinghe, I., Jayaraman, A., Xiao, T., Dantu, R., Thompson, M.A., Albert, M. (2020). Home Care Robotic Assistant Prototype for Remote Human Supervision: Development and Pilot Analysis of Exercise Repetition Counting over Multiple Viewing Angles. 1. ARCM: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  • Kwon, S., Sindu, P., Nickele, K., Zavos, P., Sugianto, A., Albert, M.V. (2019). Accelerometer-Based Activity Classification Algorithm for Toddlers: Machine Learning Approach: 1364: Board\# 126 May 30 9: 30 AM-11: 00 AM. Other. 51 (6) 363--364. LWW.
  • Georgaras, A., Urs, N., Nolan, P., Singh, H., Albert, M. (2019). Efficient visual neural coding tutorial for grayscale, color, binocular, and video to produce primary visual cortex neural receptive fields. Society for Neuroscience conference (SfN 2019) Oct 19, 2019..
  • Albert, M., Mummidisetty, C., Tabashum, T., Jayaraman, A. (2019). PCA Composite Evaluation of Outcomes for Microprocessor Knee versus Mechanical Knee in Individuals with Dysvascular Transfemoral Amputations. Biomedical Engineering Society conference (BMES 2019).
  • Saffo, D., Kilmarx, J., Borhani, S., Abiri, R., Zhao, X., Albert, M.V. (2018). Convolutional Neural Networks for a Cursor Control Brain Computer Interface. Biomedical Engineering Society conference (BMES 2018).

    • Journal Article

  • Albert, M.V. (2024). Goel A, Joshi E, Kwee-Bintoro T, Gopal K, Chesky K, Champlin S, Albert MV (2024) A Pilot Dashboard System to Track Cumulative Exposure to Sound Levels during Music Instruction: A Technical Report. J of American Academy of Audiology. 35(9-10):217-225. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1791210..
  • Albert, M.V. (2024). Tabashum T, Snyder RC, O'Brien MK, Albert MV (2024) Machine Learning Models for Parkinson Disease: Systematic Review. JMIR Med Inform 12:e50117. doi: 10.2196/50117.
  • Albert, M.V. (2024). Wang SJ, Tabashum T, Kruger K, Krzak JJ, Graf A, Chafetz R, Linton J, Davids J, Bagley A, Bengani K, Albert MV (2024) “Creating an Autoencoder Single Summary Metric to Assess Gait Quality to Compare Surgical Outcomes in Children with Cerebral Palsy: The Shriners Gait Index (SGI)” Journal of Biomechanics, 168, 112092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112092..
  • Yuan, C., Forhad, M., Bansal, R., Sidorova, A., Albert, M.V. (2024). Multi-agent Dual Level Reinforcement Learning of Strategy and Tactics in Competitive Games, Results in Control and Optimization, v. 16, 100471. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666720724001012
  • Maramraju, S., Kowalczewski, A., Kaza, A., Liu, X., Singaraju, J.P., Albert, M.V., Ma, Z., Yang, H. (2024). AI-organoid integrated systems for biomedical studies and applications.. Other. 9 (2) e10641.
  • Kota, D., Sharma, H., Albert, M.V., Mahbub, I., Mehta, G., Namuduri, K. (2023). A Low-Power Wireless System for Predicting Early Signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Incorporating an Optimized CNN Model Implemented on NVIDIA Jetson. Sensors. 23 (4)
  • Albert, M.V. (2023). Kota VD, Sharma H, Albert MV, Mahbub I, Mehta G, Namuduri K. (2023) A low-power wireless system for predicting early signs of sudden cardiac arrest incorporating an optimized CNN model implemented on NVIDIA Jetson. Sensors, 23(4), 2270; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042270 (Special Issue Wearable Sensors for Physical Activity and Healthcare Monitoring).
  • Albert, M.V. (2023). Rafiq RB, Yount S, Jerousek S, Roth EJ, Cella D, Albert MV, Heinemann AW (2023) Feasibility of PROMIS using Computerized Adaptive Testing during Inpatient Rehabilitation. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, May 10;7(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s41687-023-00567-x.
  • Albert, M.V. Botonis OK, Harari Y, Embry KR, Mummidisetty CK, Riopelle D, Giffhorn M, Albert MV, Heike V, Jayaraman A (2022) Wearable airbag technology and machine learned models to mitigate falls after stroke. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 19:60..
  • Albert, M.V. (2022). Exley T, Moudy S, Patterson R, Kim J, Albert MV. (2022) Predicting UPDRS Motor Symptoms in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease from Force Plates Using Machine Learning. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 26 (7), pg 3486-3494. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3157518.
  • Albert, M.V. Tabashum T, Xiao T, Jayaraman C, Mummidisetty CK, Jayaraman A, Albert MV (2022) Autoencoder Composite Scoring to Evaluate Prosthetic Performance in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation. Bioengineering, 9(10), 572. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9100572.
  • Tabashum, T., Zaffer, A., Yousefzai, R., Colletta, K., Jost, M., Park, Chawla, J., Albert, M.V., Gaynes, B., Xiao, T. (2021). (2021) Detection of Parkinson’s Disease through Automated Pupil Tracking of the Post-illumination Pupillary Response. Frontiers in Medicine. 8:645293. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.645293 (IF 5.1, 9 pages).
  • Gaynes, Zaffer, Yousefzai, R., Chazaro-Cortes, M., Colette, K., Kletzel, S., Jost, M., Park, Y., Chawla, J., Albert, M.V., Xiao, T. (2021). (2021) Variable abnormality of the melanopsin-derived portion of the pupillary light reflex in patients with Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism features. Neurological Sciences, 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05245-8 (8 pages).
  • Behpour, S., Mohammadi, M., Albert, M.V., Alam, Z., Wang, L., Xiao, T. (2021). Behpour S, Mohammadi M, Albert MV, Alam Z, Wang L, Xiao T (2021) Automatic Trend Detection: Time-Biased Document Clustering. Knowledge-based Systems, vol 220, 106907. doi:10.1016/j.knosys.2021.106907 (IF 8.0, 13 pages).
  • Albert, M. (2021). Harari Y, Shawen N, Mummidisetty CK, Albert MV, Kording KP, Jayaraman A (2021) A smartphone-based online system for fall detection with alert notifications and contextual information of real-life falls. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 18 (1) 1-13. (IF 3.5, 13 pages).
  • Albert, M. (2021). Urs N, Behpour S, Georgaras A, Albert MV (2021) Unsupervised learning in images and audio to produce neural receptive fields: a survey and accessible notebook. Artificial Intelligence Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-021-10047-7.
  • Jayaraman, C., Mummidisetty, C., Albert, M.V., Lipschutz, R., Hoppe-Ludwig, S., Mathur, G., Jayaraman, A. (2021). Using a microprocessor knee (C-Leg) transitioned individuals with dysvascular transfemoral amputations to higher MFCL functional levels: A longitudinal randomized clinical trial. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 18, 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-021-00879-3 (IF 3.5, 13 pages).
  • Zelman, S., Dow, M., Tabashum, T., Xiao, T., Albert, M.V. (2020). Accelerometer-based automated counting of ten exercises without exercise-specific training or tuning. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, vol. 2020, Article ID 8869134, 6 pages, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8869134.
  • Albert, M., Sugianto, A., Nickele, K., Zavos, P., Sindu, P., Ali, M., Kwon, S. (2020). Albert MV, Sugiano A, Nickele K, Zavos P, Sindu P, Ali M, Kwon S (2020) Hidden Markov Model-based Activity Recognition for Toddlers. Physiological Measurement 41 (2) 25003.. Other.
  • Kwon, S., Zavos, P., Nickele, K., Sugianto, A., Albert, M.V. (2019). Kwon S, Zavos P, Nickele K, Sugianto A, Albert MV (2019) Hip and Wrist-Worn Accelerometer Data Analysis for Toddler Activities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(14), 2598.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16 (14) 2598. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
  • Sok, P., Xiao, T., Azeze, Y., Jayaraman, A., Albert, M.V. (2018). Activity Recognition for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Subjects using Hidden Markov Models. IEEE Sensors 18(15), 6369-6374..
  • Albert, M.V., Courtois, M. (2017). Albert MV, Azeze Y, Courtois M, Jayaraman A. (2017) In-lab versus at-home activity recognition in ambulatory subjects with incomplete spinal cord injury. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 14:10. doi: 10.1186/s12984-017-0222-5.
  • Albert, M.V. (2016). Deems-Dluhy SL, Jayaraman C, Green S, Albert MV, Jayaraman A (2016) Evaluating the functionality and usability of two novel wheelchair anti-rollback devices for ramp ascent in manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury, PM&R, doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.
  • Albert, M.V. (2016). Orendorff EE, Kalesinskas L, Palumbo RT and Albert MV (2016) Bayesian Analysis of Perceived Eye Level. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 10:135. doi:10.3389/fncom.2016.00135.
  • Albert, M.V. (2014). Albert MV, Deeny S, McCarthy C, Valentin J, Herrmann M, Jayaraman A. Monitoring Daily Function in Individuals with Transfemoral Amputations using a Commercial Activity Monitor. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (in press). Other. http://www.pmrjournal.org/article/S1934-1482(14)00279-2/abstract
  • Albert, M.V. (2014). Antos S, Albert MV, Kording K (2014) Hand, belt, pocket, or bag: practical activity tracking with mobile phones. Journal of Neuroscience Methods - Special issue on motion capture techniques in animal models and humans (231) 22-30. Other.
  • Albert, M.V., Deeny, S., McCarthy, C., Valentin, J., Jayaraman, A. (2014). Monitoring daily function in persons with transfemoral amputations using a commercial activity monitor: a feasibility study. Other. 6 (12) 1120--1127.
  • Albert, M.V. (2013). Albert MV, McCarthy C, Valentin J, Herrmann M, Kording K, Jayaraman A (2013) Monitoring functional capability of individuals with lower limb amputations using mobile phones. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65340.. PLOS One.
  • Albert, M.V. (2013). Mhatra PV, Vilares I, Stibb SM, Albert MV, Pickering L, Marciniak C, Kording K, Toledo S (2013) Wii Fit Balance Board Playing Improves Balance and Gait in Parkinson Disease. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 3 (10) S264. Other.
  • Albert, M.V. (2012). Albert MV, Catz N, Their P, Kording KP (2012) Saccadic gain adaptation is predicted by the statistics of natural fluctuation in oculomotor function. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 6:96. Other.
  • Albert, M.V. (2012). Albert MV, Kording KP, Herrmann M, Jayaraman A (2012) Fall classification by machine learning using mobile phones. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36556. PLOS One.
  • Albert, M.V. (2012). Albert MV, Toledo S, Shapiro M, Kording KP (2012) Using mobile phones for activity recognition in Parkinson’s patients. Frontiers in Neurology 3:158. Other.
  • Murtaugh, B., Albert, M.V., Karvelas, K., Marciniak, C.M., Toledo, S.D. (2012). Poster 365 Does a Supervised Program in Physical Therapy and/or Occupational Therapy Improve Pain Scores in Patients with Parkinson Disease?. Other. 4 S314--S315.
  • Albert, M.V. (2011). Albert MV, Kording KP (2011) Determining posture from physiological tremor. Experimental Brain Research. 215 (3), 247-255. Experimental Brain Research.
  • Albert, M.V. (2011). Fernandes HL*, Albert MV*, Kording KP (2011) (* contrib equally) Measuring generalization of visuomotor perturbations in wrist movements using mobile phones. PLoS ONE 6(5): e20290.. PLOS One.
  • Fernandes, H.L., Albert, M.V., Kording, K.P. (2011). Measuring generalization of visuomotor perturbations in wrist movements using mobile phones. PLOS One. 6 (5) Public Library of Science.
  • Toledo, S.D., Albert, M.V., Kording, K., Marciniak, C.M., Mhatre, P.V., Pickering, L., Stibb, S.M., Vilares, I. (2011). Poster 268 Wii Video Game Balance-board Training: Does It Improve Balance and Gait in Adults With Parkinson Disease?. Other. 3 S264--S264.
  • Albert, M.V. (2008). Albert MV, Schnabel A, Field DJ (2008) Innate Visual Learning through Spontaneous Activity Patterns. PLoS Computational Biology 4(8). PLOS Computational Biology.
  • Albert, M.V. (2007). Sohn, M-H, Albert MV, Stenger VA, Jung K-J, Carter CS, & Anderson JR (2007) Anticipation of conflict monitoring in the anterior cingulate cortex and the prefrontal cortex. Proceedings of National Academy of Science, 104(25): 10330.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
  • Albert, M.V. (2005). Anderson, JR, Albert MV, & Fincham JM (2005) Tracing Problem Solving in Real Time: fMRI Analysis of the Subject-Paced Tower of Hanoi. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 1261-1274.. Other.
  • Anderson, J.R., Albert, M.V., Fincham, J.M. (2005). Tracing problem solving in real time: fMRI analysis of the subject-paced Tower of Hanoi. Other. 17 (8) 1261--1274. MIT Press 238 Main St., Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02142-1046 USA journals~….
  • Albert, M.V. (2003). Faeder J, Albert MV, and Ladanyi BM (2003) Molecular dynamics simulations of the interior of aqueous reverse micelles. A comparison between sodium and potassium counterions. Langmuir, 19, 2514-2520.. Langmuir.
  • Faeder, J., Albert, M.V., Ladanyi, B.M. (2003). Molecular dynamics simulations of the interior of aqueous reverse micelles: A comparison between sodium and potassium counterions. Langmuir. 19 (6) 2514--2520. ACS Publications.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Albert, M.V. (2014). Use of Fitbit Activity Monitor Successfully Assessed Transfemoral Amputee Activity Levels. http://www.healio.com/orthotics-prosthetics/prosthetics/news/print/o-and-p-news/%7Ba0779160-8284-4839-9b36-7d3ebd65ab32%7D/use-of-fitbit-activity-monitor-successfully-assessed-transfemoral-amputee-activity-levels

    • Other

  • Kording, K., Albert, M.V., Levien, A. (2018). Medical evaluation system and method using sensors in mobile devices.
  • Heinemann, A.W., Jerousek, S., Sliwa, J., French, E., Garcia, E., Thomas, M., McKula, T., Snyder, T., Henry, M., Kording, K., others. (2015). Systems and methods for a rehabilitation dashboard.

    • PhD Thesis

  • Albert, M.V. (2010). Albert MV (2010) Normative Visual Development: innate learning in the early visual system, Ph.D. Thesis, Field of Computational Biology, Cornell University..

    • Review of Published Work

  • Albert, M.V. (2015). Electronic Activity Monitors Could be Helpful in Clinical, Public Health, Rehabilitation Settings. Orthotics / Prosthetics News. http://www.healio.com/orthotics-prosthetics/prosthetics/news/print/o-and-p-news/%7Ba0779160-8284-4839-9b36-7d3ebd65ab32%7D/use-of-fitbit-activity-monitor-successfully-assessed-transfemoral-amputee-activity-levels

    • Technical Report

  • Albert, M.V. (2015). Albert MV (2015) The Brain Geography Mini-Course: a neuroscience outreach effort. Loyola University e-commons report..

Presentations Given

  • Albert, M.V., DePaul University Physics Colloquium, Wearables in healthcare: sensors and analytics for wearable devices in research and clinical settings, (2017).
  • Albert, M.V., Fairness Analytics Competition, by the Loyola Automated Discrimination honors course and associated Kickstarter campaign, (2017).
  • Albert, M.V., ChiPy (Chicago Python User Group) 2017 - hosted at Loyola, Albert MV, Ramkumar P, Zhao A, Yanar J (2017) "Applications of Independent Components Analysis (ICA) in signal processing, engineering, and sensory neuroscience" ChiPy (Chicago Python group meeting) Feb 9, 2017., (2017).
  • Albert, M.V., Clinical Research Grand Rounds, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Nov 14, 2016, Wearables overview: a practical guide to selecting the best activity recognition system for your research, clinical, or personal use., (2016).
  • Albert, M.V., Center for Urban Research and Learning, Patient Tracking: How Machine Learning Can Provide Us with Convenient, Continuous, and Objective Information on Patients with Motor Disabilities after Therapy, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience annual conference, Bayesian analysis of visually perceived eye level, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience annual conference, Ecologically relevant scoring of binocular receptive field development by innate learning, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience annual conference, Mobile app for interactive demonstration of efficient visual and auditory neural codes, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience annual conference, Real-time activity recognition graphical front-end display with semi-supervised labeling assistance, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., STARS conference, Wearables in motion: the motivations, current trends, and future of activity recognition, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., SageDays 65, Code collaboration in SAGE and other open source projects, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., LUC Neuroscience Seminar, Computational Neuroscience: why it is a necessary toolset for understanding the brain, (2014).
  • Albert, M.V., Regional ACM Presentation, Using mobile phones to evaluate and improve patient mobility, Association for Computing Machinery, (2011).
  • Albert, M.V., Various activities prior to 2009 - not recorded here, (2008).

    • Design Work

  • Olness, G.S. (Author & Presenter), Mahbub, I. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), Fletcher, A. (Author), American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Launchpad Competition, Wireless smart system of vocalization sensors for convergent evidence of post-discharge communicative participation in everyday life contexts, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Online (whole conference), United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

    • Lecture

  • Xiao, T. (Author & Presenter), Albert, M.V. (Author & Presenter), An Introduction to Modern Machine Learning Principles and Techniques from Intuitions to Applications, Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Representatives, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2018).
  • Albert, M.V., Chicago Python Group, Albert, MV. Factor analysis: simplifying high dimensional data sets for visualization and machine learning. ChiPy (Chicago Python) invited presentation, Oct 8, 2015, (2016).
  • Albert, M.V., Dalian University of Technology invited presentation, Monitoring Patient Mobility: improving outcomes with wearable technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Information Science, (2016).
  • Albert, M.V., From Machine Learning to Human Learning: leveraging applied computational strategies to understand human cognition, Various: provided 20 hours of lecture and tutorial, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, (2015).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Albert, M.V. (Author & Presenter), IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and IEEE Computer Society, Reinforcement Learning: from Q-learning basics to neuroscience, United States of America. (2021).
  • Albert, M.V. (Presenter), Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Deep learning applied to gait data: better prediction of outcomes through reduced data representations, United States of America. (2021).
  • Xiao, T. (Author & Presenter), Albert, M.V. (Author & Presenter), Workshop in CCSC South Central Conference, On-ramp to AI: lessons from the introductory course Software Development for AI, United States of America. (2021).
  • Albert, M.V. (Presenter), Toyota Analytics Summit 2020, Deep Learning applied to Human Mobility, United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Presenter), State of Research Symposium: Muscle and Bone Health at Shriners Hospitals for Children, Machine Learning Approaches to Augment Surgical Decisions in Clinical Gait Analysis, United States of America. (2019).
  • AlbertV. (Author & Presenter), AI Days @ MATTER healthcare incubator, Practical automatic fall detection using machine learning, MATTER healthcare incubator, United States of America. (2018).
  • Balderama, E. (Presenter), Phillips, J.M. (Presenter), Harfoush, F. (Presenter), Albert, M.V. (Author), Matthews, G.J. (Presenter), O'Brien, T. (Author), Focus on Teaching and Learning Conference, Using Data for Social Change through Interdisciplinary Student Engagement, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., LUC Biology Seminar, Innate learning models of LGN/V1 spontaneous activity, (2014).
  • Albert, M.V., LUC Math Seminar, How to Derive a Brain: efficient coding in sensory neuroscience, (2014).
  • Albert, M.V., LUC Neuroscience Seminar, Innate learning in early visual development, (2013).
  • Albert, M.V., Parkinson's Day Research Fair, Mobile phone-based research at RIC, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, (2013).
  • Albert, M.V., RIC Parkinson's Research Day, Overview of Research: Exercise, Physical Activity, and Smartphone technology. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Symposium “Theory, evidence and innovation: interdisciplinary care for Parkinson’s disease”, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, (2013).
  • Albert, M.V., Parkinson's Day Research Fair, Using mobile phones to evaluate and improve patient mobility, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, (2012).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience Conference, Using the statistics of binocular images to model spontaneous activity in the developing visual system, (2011).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience Conference, Oculomotor adaptation matches natural changes in the body over time, (2010).

    • Other

  • Mahbub, I. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), Olness, G.S. (Author), NSF Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Workshop, Wireless smart vocalization sensors for convergent evidence of rehabilitation effectiveness., National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Thompson, R. (Panelist), Albert, M.V. (Panelist), Sidorova, A. (Panelist), Fu, S. (Panelist), Roberts, A.P. (Moderator), University Research Day, Exploring the Role of AI in Research, UNT, Denton, Tx, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Albert, M.V. (Coordinator/Organizer), O’Brien M, Rafiq RB, Moudy S, Albert MV (organizer). “Best Practices for Validating Machine Learning in Medicine” Panel in the ACM Tapia Conference, September 16-19, 2020., United States of America. (2020).

    • Paper

  • Albert, M. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Spector, J.M. (Author & Presenter), AECT Conference 2021, Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence . Book share session., AECT, Chicago, IL (+hybrid), USA, United States of America. (2021).
  • Nunna, V. (Author & Presenter), Lin, L. (Author & Presenter), Albert, M. (Author & Presenter), AECT Conference 2021, Connecting students and faculty research efforts through Research and Projects Portal (RAPP)., AECT, Chicago, IL (+hybrid), United States of America. (2021).

    • Poster

  • Yuan, C. (Author & Presenter), Bansal, R. (Author), Nelson, P. (Author), K, A. (Author), Sidorova, A. (Author), Narayanan, A. (Author), Albert, M. (Author), ACM Tapia Conference, Multi-agent hierarchical reinforcement learning of strategy and tactics in competitive play, United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), CCSC South Central Conference 2021, Play with trained hierarchical reinforcement learning agents in two common games, United States of America. (2021).
  • Olness, G.S. (Author & Presenter), Mahbub, I. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), Fletcher, A. (Author), 4th biennial Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, Development of a Wireless Smart System of Vocalization Sensors for Convergent Evidence of Post-discharge Communicative Participation in Everyday Life Contexts: A Status Report, Aphasia Access, Online (whole conference), United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), Advancing Health through Science: Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Principal Investigator Meeting, Mahbub I, Berman D, Albert MV, Xiao T, Olness G. “Wireless Smart Vocalization Sensors for Convergent Evidence of Rehabilitation Effectiveness.” Advancing Health through Science: Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Principal Investigator Meeting, Jan 6-7, 2020 NSF Headquarters, Alexandria, VA, United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author & Presenter), Xiao, T. (Author), Albert MV, Xiao T, Dantu M, Thompson M, Jayaraman A. “Physbot therapy: semi-autonomous visual observation and support for home-based physical therapy exercises.” Advancing Health through Science: Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Principal Investigator Meeting, Jan 6-7, 2020 NSF Headquarters, Alexandria, VA, United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Behpour S, Urs N, Albert MV. “Towards an ‘innate learning’ efficient coding model using spontaneous neural activity.” ACM Tapia Conference, September 16-19, 2020, United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Meyarian A, Namdari H, Yuan X, Roeske J, Albert MV. Phantom Tumor Tracking in Dual-energy Fluoroscopy using a Kalman Filter. Biomedical Engineering Society conference (BMES 2020) Oct 14-17, 2020., United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Nallapareddy H, Mummidisetty C, Botonis O, Harari Y, Jayaraman A, Albert MV. Automated pre-fall detection for fall mitigation using a wearable airbag belt. Biomedical Engineering Society conference (BMES 2020) Oct 14-17, 2020., United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Namdari H, Comerica SS, Wang SJ, Lu X, Kalahe J, Du J, Albert MV. “Using machine learning for material properties prediction in glass production” ACM Tapia Conference, September 16-19, 2020, United States of America. (2020).
  • Xiao, T. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Olness G, Mahbub I, Albert MV, Berman D, Xiao T, Fletcher A. Wireless Smart System of Vocalization Sensors for Convergent Evidence of Post-Discharge Communicative Participation in Everyday Life Contexts. Launchpad competition at American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) conference 2020., United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Rafiq RB, Modave F, Guha S, Albert MV “Validation methods to promote real-world applicability of machine learning in medicine.” ACM Tapia Conference, September 16-19, 2020, United States of America. (2020).
  • Xiao, T. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Ranasinghe I, Jayaraman A, Xiao T, Thompson M, Dantu R, Albert MV “Home Care Robotic Assistant Prototype for Remote Human Supervision: Development and Pilot Analysis of Exercise Repetition Counting over Multiple Viewing Angles” American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) conference 2020., United States of America. (2020).
  • Xiao, T. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Tabashum T, Xiao T, Gaynes B, Chawla J, Colleatta D, Albert MV. Automated Pupil Tracking For Parkinson's Disease Biomarker Detection by Integrating Kalman Filters in a Robust User Interface. Biomedical Engineering Society conference (BMES 2020) Oct 14-17, 2020., United States of America. (2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Wang SJ, Park JH, Park HS, Albert MV “Wearable-based Spasticity Prediction and Validation Using Machine Learning” American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) conference 2020. ***Winner for Best Early Career Poster in Technology***, United States of America. (2020).
  • Xiao, T. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Xiao T, Tabashum T, Olness G, Mahbub I, Berman D, Tasneem NT, Albert MV. “Mobile Diarization Dashboard Application and Remote Vocalization Sensor Prototype for Evaluating Communication Rehabilitation Effectiveness.” American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) conference 2020., United States of America. (2020).
  • Xiao, T. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Zelman S, Dow M, Tabashum T, Albert MV, Xiao T. “Automatic counting methods applied to unspecified repetitive physical activities.” ACM Tapia Conference, September 16-19, 2020, United States of America. (2020).
  • Goel, A. (Author & Presenter), Joshi, E. (Author), Kwee-Bintoro, T. (Author), Gopal, K.V. (Author), Chesky, K. (Author), Champlin, S. (Author), Albert, M. (Author), Dashboard system to track cumulative exposure to dangerous sound levels during music instruction., Acoustical Society of America, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Xiao, T. (Author), Tabashum, T. (Author & Presenter), Olness, G.S. (Author), Mahbub, I. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Tasneem, N.T. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Mobile diarization dashboard application and remote vocalization sensor prototype for evaluating communication rehabilitation effectiveness, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Online (whole conference), United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Albert MV, Mummidisetty CK, Tabashum T, Jayaraman A. “PCA Composite Evaluation of Outcomes for Microprocessor Knee versus Mechanical Knee in Individuals with Dysvascular Transfemoral Amputations” Biomedical Engineering Society conference (BMES 2019) Oct 18, 2019., United States of America. (2019).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Georgaras AG, Urs N, Nolan P, Singh H, Albert MV. “Efficient visual neural coding tutorial for grayscale, color, binocular, and video to produce primary visual cortex neural receptive fields” Society for Neuroscience conference (SfN 2019) Oct 19, 2019., United States of America. (2019).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Kwon S, Sindu P, Nickele K, Zavos P, Sugianto A, Albert MV. “Accelerometer-Based Activity Classification Algorithm for Toddlers: Machine Learning Approach” American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM 2019), United States of America. (2019).
  • Albert, M.V. (Author), Society for Neuroscience, Sendelbach S, Albert MV. “Binocular innate visual learning through spontaneous activity patterns” Society for Neuroscience conference (SfN 2018, accepted for Nov 2018), United States of America. (2018).
  • AlbertV. (Author), Saffo D, Kilmarx J, Borhani S, Abiri R, Zhao X, Albert MV. “Convolutional Neural Networks for a Cursor Control Brain Computer Interface” Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting (BMES 2018, accepted for Oct 2018), United States of America. (2018).
  • Fernandes, G. (Author), Linhares, C. (Author), Andaleon, A. (Author), Seabra, A.L. (Author), Wohler, S. (Author), Gutierrez, D. (Author), Putonti, C. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference, Efficient probabilistic nucleotide sequence matching and aggregate analysis using k-mer feature vectors, ISCB, UIC, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2017).
  • Yanar, J. (Presenter), Kais, L. (Author), Dosamantes, N. (Presenter), Walker, H. (Presenter), Albert, M.V. (Author), Morrison, R. (Presenter), Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Age Related Changes in Neural Noise During Cognitive Control, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2017).
  • Dosamantes, N. (Presenter), Yanar, J. (Presenter), Kais, L. (Author), Walker, H. (Presenter), Albert, M.V. (Author), Morrison, R. (Presenter), Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Age Related Changes in Neural Noise in the Default Mode Network, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2017).
  • Yanar, J. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Martsberger, C. (Author), Morrison, R. (Presenter), American Federation of Aging Research, Factors Predicting Successful Verbal Learning in Old Age, American Federation of Aging Research, Four Seasons, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America. (2016).
  • Yanar, J. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), Martsberger, C. (Author), Morrison, R. (Presenter), Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Factors Predicting Successful Verbal Learning in Old Age, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Midtown Hilton, New York, NY, United States of America. (2016).
  • Laten, H.M. (Presenter), Mascarenhas, A.D. (Author), Weglarz, P.W. (Author), Albert, M.V. (Author), The International Conference of the Status of Plant and Animal Genome Research, Analysis of Recent Expansions of Select Retrotransposons in Soybean, USDA, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA, (2015).
  • Albert, M.V., Society for Neuroscience Conference, Mobility in Parkinson’s disease is improved through classical ballet-based instruction, (2013).
  • Albert, M.V., Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting, Activity tracking with smartphones: phone location matters, (2013).
  • Albert, M.V., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Does a Supervised Program in Physical and/or Occupational Therapy Improve Pain Scores in Patients with Parkinson Disease?, (2012).
  • Albert, M.V., Sensory Motor Performance Program intern poster presentation, Validating mobile phone accelerometer for measuring gait, (2012).
  • Albert, M.V., Sensory Motor Performance Program intern poster presentation, Activity monitoring in lower limb amputees: using portable accelerometers and mobile phones, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, (2012).
  • Albert, M.V., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wii video game balance-board training: does it improve balance and gait in adults with Parkinson disease?, (2011).
  • Albert, M.V., Neural Control of Movement, Automated activity recognition and identification using mobile phone accelerometry, (2011).
  • Albert, M.V., Computational Neuroscience Conference, Normative Visual Development: efficient coding principles for adult V1 predict properties of LGN waves prior to eye opening, (2010).
  • Albert, M.V., CoSyNe (Computational and Systems Neuroscience), Efficient coding of binocular spontaneous activity for innate learning in V1 development, (2009).

    • Sharing Session

  • Albert, M. (Discussant), AI roundtable discussion with Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (US House of Rep, IL 8th), who introduced the AI Jobs Act of 2018, United States of America. (2018).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "Predicting Fall Risk in Older Adults Using Machine Learning," sponsored by Subaward through UNT Health Science Center, Federal, $56157 Funded. (2023).
  • Albert, M.V., "Machine Learning to Human Learning: leveraging applied computational strategies to understand human cognition," sponsored by Sapienza University of Rome, $4000 Funded. ( - 2015).

    • Fellowship

  • Yanar, J. (Principal), Morrison, R. (Supporting), Albert, M.V. (Supporting), Martsberger, C. (Supporting), "Development of a neural connectivity toolbox for human scalp electroencephalography recordings and its application to the study of cognitive aging," sponsored by LUROP: Carbon Scholars Program, Other, $15000 Funded. (2015 - 2017).
  • Albert, M.V., "Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Student Fellowship," sponsored by Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, $24000 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Albert, M.V., "Impact of retrotransposons on plant evolution," $15000 Funded. (2014 - 2016).
  • Albert, M.V., "Provost Fellowship for Gordon Kratz's project: Automated depth perception as a behaviorally-relevant metric for the innate learning paradigm," Other, $1000 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
  • Albert, M.V., "NSF Graduate Research Fellowship," $90000 Funded. (2005 - 2008).
  • Albert, M.V., "NSF Nonlinear Systems IGERT Fellowship," $30000 Funded. (2004 - 2005).
  • Albert, M.V., "Fulbright Fellowship," $20000 Funded. (2000 - 2001).
  • Albert, M.V., "Goldwater Scholarship," $20000 Funded. (1999 - 2000).
  • Albert, M.V., "Pittsburg State Presidential Scholarship," sponsored by Pittsburg State University, Local, $100000 Funded. (1996 - 1999).

    • Grant - Research

  • Albert, M.V. (Supporting), "Using the Fitbit for early detection of Infection and reduction of healthcare utilization after Discharge in Pediatric Surgical Patients," sponsored by NIH through subaward from Lurie Children's Hospital, Federal, $72292 Funded. (2023 - 2027).
  • Albert, M., "Physical Activity Measurement in Toddlers," sponsored by Lurie Children's Hospital - Chicago, Federal, $70808 Funded. (2021 - 2026).
  • Albert, M.V. (Principal), "Center for Smart Use of Technologies to Assess Real-world Outcomes (C-STAR) award for “Pilot development and assessment of a precision gesture-to-speech system for speech-impaired individuals with limited mobility”," sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Federal, $37125 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
  • Xiao, T. (Principal), Ding, J. (Co-Principal), Albert, M.V. (Supporting), Alam, Z.S. (Supporting), Hartmann, F. (Supporting), Wang, Y. (Supporting), Liang, L. (Supporting), Chen, H. (Supporting), Du, J. (Supporting), Azad, R.K. (Supporting), "NSF REU site: Beyond Language: Training to Create and Share Vector Embeddings across Application," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $403547 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
  • Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "Improving Orthopaedic Outcomes through Machine Learning," sponsored by Shriners Hospitals for Children, National, $289770 Funded. (2022 - 2025).
  • Albert, M.V., "Hierarchically Structured Materials Systems for Enhanced Dynamic Performance," sponsored by Army Research Lab, Federal, $200000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Zhao, H., Albert, M., "REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience on Accelerated Deep Learning through A Hardware-Software Collaborative Approach," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $398684 Funded. (2021 - 2024).
  • Albert, M.V. (Supporting), "Predicting Fall Risk in Older Adults Using Machine Learning," sponsored by Subaward through UNT HSC with the Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory (AITC) for Aging Research, Federal, $56157 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Xiao, T. (Principal), Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "AI4ALL College Pathways Program," sponsored by AI4ALL, National, $3517.5 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Albert, M. (Principal), "Fall Catcher: Wearable Airbag Technology to Mitigate Falls in Individuals with Stroke (RERC subcontract through Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)," sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Federal, $97000 Funded. (2020 - 2023).
  • Xiao, T. (Principal), Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "AI4ALL College Pathways Program," sponsored by AI4ALL, National, $7035 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Yang, H., Tune, J., Albert, M., "Clinical trial in a dish for studying antihypertensive drug induced cardiovascular malformation and dysfunction in gestational hypertension," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $7800 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Xiao, T. (Principal), Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "AI4ALL College Pathways Program," sponsored by AI4ALL, National, $9503 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Li, Y. (Co-Principal), Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "Characterising the Warm Envelop Surrounding the Milky Way Disk With Machine Learning," sponsored by COS-CENG, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Albert, M. (Principal), "Machine learning prediction using quantitative gait analysis data to suggest and support interventions for pediatric patients with movement disorders," sponsored by Shriners Children's Hospitals (system-wide), Private, $111218 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Xiao, T. (Principal), Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), "AI4ALL College Pathways Program," sponsored by AI4ALL, National, $2468 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Albert, M.V., "Google Compute Platform $5000 Research Credit "Modeling aspects of early binocular visual development by optimizing depth perception"," $5000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
  • Albert, M.V., "NIH R01 subcontract of "Understanding Real-Life Falls in Amputees using Mobile Phone Technology"," sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), $4000 Funded. ( - 2017).
  • Albert, M.V., "Summer research stipend for "Behaviorally-relevant scoring of binocular visual development models by depth perception"," sponsored by Loyola, $7000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Albert, M.V., "Computer Science Summer Research Program - IIE funding," sponsored by Institute for International Education, $65000 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Albert, M.V., Greenberg, R.I., Harrington, A.N., "CS Seminar special funding project," sponsored by CAS, Other, $2000 Funded. (2014 - 2015).
  • Tingley, P., Albert, M.V., Lauve, A., "Summer "SAGE days" Workshop," Other, $2000 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
  • Zhao, H. (Principal), Albert, M.V. (Principal), "REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience on Accelerated Deep Learning through A Hardware-Software Collaborative Approach," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2021 - 2024).
  • Albert, M. (Principal), "Fall Catcher: Wearable Airbag Technology to Mitigate Falls in Individuals with Stroke (yearly subcontract)," sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Federal, Funded. (2020 - 2023).
  • Albert, M.V. (Principal), "79151 Machine Learning Techniques for Gait Data to Support Evidence Based Decision Making," sponsored by Shriners Hospitals for Children, NFP, Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Albert, M.V. (Principal), "Technologies to Evaluate and Advance Manipulation and Mobility (TEAMM)- RERC," sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, NFP, Funded. (2019 - 2021).

    • Grant - Service

  • Albert, M.V. (Co-Principal), Xiao, T. (Principal), "AI4All College Pathways Program," sponsored by AI4ALL, NFP, Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Albert, M.V. (Principal), Xiao, T. (Principal), "AI4All College Pathways Program," sponsored by AI4ALL, NFP, Funded. (2021 - 2021).

Copyrights, Patents

    Patent

  • Kording, K., Albert, M.V., Levien, A., Medical Evaluation System and Method using Sensors in Mobile Devices (continuation of Patent 9,872,637), 10,750,977. Regular, Date Patent Approved: August 25, 2020. .
  • Kording, K., Albert, M.V., Levien, A., Medical Evaluation System and Method using Sensors in Mobile Devices, Patent 9,872,637. Regular, Date Patent Approved: January 23, 2018. .
  • Albert, M.V., Many Others, Systems and Methods for a Rehabilitation Dashboard. Heinemann AW, Jerousek S, Sliwa J, French E, Garcia E, Thomas M, McKula T, Snyder T, Henry M, Kording K, Albert M, inventors. U.S. patent application 14/468,051, U.S. patent application 14/468,051. Provisional, Date of Patent Application: 2015. .

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, College PAC (member, at-large). (2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Appeals committee (Grade and Academic Integrity, Chairperson 2022-2024). (2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, PhD admissions committee (Chairperson 2022 - 2023). (2022 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Member, Executive committee. (2021 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Graduate Curriculum Committee (Department GCC Chair, College GCC Member). (2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Staff search committee, 3 positions (2 CSE + 1 dean's office), FY 2022. (2021 - 2022).
  • Committee Member, Search committee, 3 T/TT planned hires, FY 2022. (October 2021 - April 2022).
  • Committee Member, Search committee, BME TT hire, FY 2022. (October 2021 - April 2022).
  • Committee Member, Search committee for 5+ Clinical Faculty, FY 2022. (September 2021 - January 2022).
  • Program Coordinator, MS in Artificial Intelligence / Data Engineering Program. (2020 - August 2021).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (September 2019 - August 2021).
  • Chairperson, Search Chair for 3 TT faculty positions, FY 2021. (October 2020 - April 2021).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee for 5 Clinical Faculty, FY 2021. (October 2020 - April 2021).
  • Committee Member, Strategic Planning Committee (every 5 years). (2020).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee, BDI/CSE TT position. (November 2019 - March 2020).

Public Service

  • Guest Speaker, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. (2013 - 2014).
  • Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, Rolex Awards for Enterprise. (2013 - 2013).
  • Guest Speaker, Biotech Launch Symposium - Northwestern University. (2012 - 2012).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Various Journals and Conferences. (2019 - Present).
  • Interaction with Industry, Deloitte, Consulting. (2014 - 2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer for various professional journals in the past year - IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 2015, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Biomed Engineering Online, Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, .... (2014 - 2015).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, AAAS Research Competitiveness Program. (2014 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Various journals in past 2 years including: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Trans on Neural Systems and Rehab Engineering, J Applied Gerontology, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, PLoS Computational Biology, Sensors, AI in mediciine. (2013 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Various Journals, e.g. in the past two years for Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Trans on Neural Systems and Rehab Engineering, J Applied Gerontology, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, PLoS Comp Biology, Sensors, AI in medicine..... (2013 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, AAAS Research Competitiveness Program. (March 2014 - March 2014).

Consulting

  • For Profit Organization, Deloitte, 111 S Wacker, (January 2014 - 2015).