Staff Researcher, Samsung Research America
Anandghan Waghmare
I build sensing systems that let everyday devices understand the body and the world around them, combining novel hardware with machine learning for health and human–computer interaction.
About
I'm a Staff Researcher at Samsung Research America in Mountain View and a founding member of its Digital Health Biosensors team, working at the intersection of health and AI: sensing systems, hardware–software integration, and scalable digital health solutions.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington, advised by Dr. Shwetak Patel. My thesis, Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices, focused on novel sensing and machine learning for healthcare and HCI applications. During my Ph.D. I designed and built full-stack, real-time hardware and software systems, and worked at Meta Reality Labs, Microsoft Research, and Google.
I completed my Master's in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology, advised by Dr. Gregory Abowd, where my research involved sensing for XR input. I also interned at Amazon during that time.
I earned my Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna, then worked as a software developer at Cisco and Flipkart before starting grad school.
- Ph.D.University of Washington, SeattleAdvisor: Dr. Shwetak Patel. Thesis: Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices
- M.S.Georgia Institute of Technology, AtlantaAdvisor: Dr. Gregory Abowd
- B.Tech.Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Selected projects
Z-Band
Touch, swipe and pressure input on everyday surfaces from a wristband.
IMWUT 2025
Z-Ring
Gestures, objects, users and passive UIs sensed from a single ring.
CHI 2023
GlucoScreen
A readerless glucose test strip read by any smartphone touchscreen.
IMWUT 2023
WatchLink
Low-cost sensor add-ons for smartwatches through the watch's ECG interface.
UIST 2024
UbiquiTouch
An ultra-low-power wireless touch interface that runs on ambient light.
IMWUT 2020Publications
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Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices
Ph.D. Thesis 2025Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington
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Z-Band: On-world Interactions Using Wrist-based Electrical Impedance Sensing
IMWUT 2025Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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FlowRing: Integrated Microgesture and Surface Interaction Ring for Versatile XR Input
MobileHCI 2025Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI) * Equal contribution
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Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices
UIST Adjunct 2024ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
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WatchLink: Enhancing Smartwatches with Sensor Add-Ons via ECG Interface
UIST 2024ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
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OptiRing: Low-Resolution Optical Sensing for Subtle Thumb-to-Index Micro-Interactions
SUI 2023ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction
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Z-Pose: Continuous 3D Hand Pose Tracking Using Single-Point Bio-Impedance Sensing on a Ring
SmartWear 2023SmartWear Workshop at ACM MobiCom
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Z-Ring: Single-point Bio-impedance Sensing for Gesture, Touch, Object and User Recognition
CHI 2023ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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GlucoScreen: A Smartphone-based Readerless Glucose Test Strip for Prediabetes Screening
IMWUT 2023Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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SurfaceFleet: Exploring Distributed Interactions Unbounded from Device, Application, User, and Time
UIST 2020ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
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UbiquiTouch: Self Sustaining Ubiquitous Touch Interfaces
IMWUT 2020Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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Serpentine: A Self-Powered Reversibly Deformable Cord Sensor for Human Input
CHI 2019ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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FingerPing: Recognizing Fine-grained Hand Poses using Active Acoustic On-body Sensing
CHI 2018ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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FingOrbits: Interaction with Wearables Using Synchronized Thumb Movements
ISWC 2017International Symposium on Wearable Computers
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FingerSound: Recognizing Unistroke Thumb Gestures Using a Ring
IMWUT 2017Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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SoundTrak: Continuous 3D Tracking of a Finger Using Active Acoustics
IMWUT 2017Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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Exploiting Node Heterogeneity for Time Synchronization in Low Power Sensor Networks
IC3I 2014International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics
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Modelling Energy Efficiency of OR Protocols in Wireless Networks
IJAHUC 2014International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
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Fuzzy Decision Making Model using MATLAB
COSMA 2014National Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and their Applications
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Time Synchronization Protocol for 6LoWPAN
ICACCI 2013International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics