GCGarvit Chugh
Garvit Chugh

Garvit Chugh

Postdoctoral Researcher, Singapore Management University

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

Singapore · chughgarvit98@gmail.com · ORCID

Singapore Management University IIT Jodhpur
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27Publications
1Patent filed
CHI ’26Honourable Mention
PMRFPrime Minister Research Fellow

About

  • Postdoc at SMU (School of Computing and Information Systems, with Prof. Archan Misra): building deployable earable and wearable sensing systems for health and everyday interaction.
  • 27 publications: 22 peer-reviewed at ACM CHI, IEEE PerCom (×7), ACM SenSys, PACMHCI, CIKM, ICDM, CHASE, UbiComp and COMSNETS; 1 patent filed; 4 under review. CHI 2026 Honourable Mention.
  • 12 sensing systems and tools taken from prototype to user study, including MorsEar, HydratEar, BiteSense, SpineSense, WristSense, EarControl, CompulsEar, EarFence, EarDesk and enVolve.
  • 16 fellowships and grants, including the Prime Minister Research Fellowship, TCS Research Fellowship, SIGBED and Gary Marsden travel awards.
  • 1,095 students taught as TA across 10 IIT Jodhpur courses; 24 researchers mentored (2 M.Tech. and 2 B.Tech. theses, 20 interns) and ~60 project students supervised.
  • Reviewer for 11 venues (CHI, 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. Get in touch

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).

eSense IMU BLE Deep 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 Learning LSTM CNN UbiComp

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).

HCI Accessibility LLM Tokenization

AIoT & Smart Systems

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

IoT VR Testbed Security

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Singapore Management University · Full-time
    Sep 2026 – Present · Singapore
    School of Computing and Information Systems. Advisor: Prof. Archan Misra. Research in human-centered 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. 22 peer-reviewed, 1 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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Honors & awards

  • CHI 2026 Honourable Mention Award for MorsEar
  • Departmental Rank 1, M.Tech.–Ph.D., IIT Jodhpur (2026)
  • Prime Minister Research Fellowship, Government of India (2023–2026)
  • SIGBED Student Travel Award (CPS-IoT Week 2026) and Gary Marsden Travel Award (CHI 2026)
  • Finalist, IEEE Smart Mobility Challenge, Saudi Arabia (Top 5 of 175, sole representative of India)
  • TCS Research Fellowship (2023)
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