Dr. Priyanka Bagade, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) gave a talk AI for Healthcare: from Sensing to Systems on 3 January.  

Here is the summary of her talk:

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping healthcare from early diagnosis to real-time clinical decision-making. This talk highlights recent advances in applied machine learning and AI that demonstrate this impact at both the patient and system levels. We begin with ML-based approaches for identifying and monitoring gait abnormalities in Parkinson’s disease using wearable sensors and video, enabling objective, continuous assessment of disease progression outside the clinic. We then discuss AI-driven optimization in emergency medical services, focusing on intelligent ambulance routing that dynamically considers patient condition, traffic, and hospital resource availability to improve response times and patient outcomes. Finally, we explore progress in medical image analysis using deep learning methods for differentiating diseases with overlapping clinical and imaging features across radiology and pathology. 

Dr. Priyanka Bagade obtained her Ph.D in Computer Science from Arizona State University. Her research interests are in Internet of Things (IoT) security, medical image processing, digital forensics, and IoT network security (e.g., NID-TGN system).

She was awarded Best Paper at the International Conference on Security, Privacy, and Applied Cryptographic Engineering (SPACE) 2024 for her research work on NID-TGN: Spatiotemporal Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks.  

January 2026