Katarzyna Wac

Full Professor
Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science

Ph.D., University of Geneva

Uni Battelle - A 207
+41 22 379 02 46
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Prof. Katarzyna Wac is a Computer Scientist at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Wac leads the Quality of Life Technologies lab, researching how emerging sensor/actuator-based mobile and wearable technologies can be leveraged for a personalized assessment of the individual’s behavior and Quality of Life (QoL), as they unfold naturally over time and in context, and improvement of the latter. Her research also includes understanding and modeling human factors influencing the acceptance of these technologies in everyday life, in turn influencing the collected data quality. To date, her lab has researched ways of assessing and modeling an individual’s mobility, including physical activity and public transportation usage, sleep quality and quantity, stress, physical safety and security (via an intimacy perception), and productivity patterns. Her research appears in more than 170 peer-reviewed proceedings and high-impact journals in computer science, human-computer interaction, and health informatics (including the “Nature Digital Medicine” journal), and in 2018 she co-edited a book on Digital Health, while in 2022, a book titled “Quantifying Quality of Life.” She is a (co)-PI in several European (including competitive H2020), Swiss National Science Foundation projects, and Stanford Medicine projects. She contributes to the ITU European Regional Initiative for mHealth. In 2015 she was a TEDMED Research Scholar. She is also a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM.

Selected publications

Journal article

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., & Wac, K. (2025). A correlation analysis between passively assessed gait initiation signal data and brain tumours progress. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 99 (1), 106858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2024.106858.

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., Kurpicz-Briki, M., & Wac, K. (2024). Analysis of health recommendations using longitudinal quality of life data: QoL@TbA − A transformer-based approach. Health Informatics Journal, 30 (4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/14604582241291789.

Löchner, J., Moshe, I., Schiepek, G., Schuller, B. W., Schoedel, R., Rodgar, M., ... & Seizer, L. (2024). Tracking Health-Related Quality of Life Dynamics: Advances in Ambulatory Assessment Methods. Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative, 1 (1-20), 100061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbii.2024.100061.

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., Kurpicz-Briki, M., & Wac, K. (2024). Transformers in health: a systematic review on architectures for longitudinal data analysis. Artificial Intelligence Review, 57 (2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-023-10677-z.

Seiferth, C., Vogel, L., Aas, B., Brandhorst, I., Carlbring, P., Conzelmann, A., ... & Löchner, J. (2023). How to e-mental health: a guideline for researchers and practitioners using digital technology in the context of mental health. Nature Mental Health, 1 (8), 542-554. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00085-1.

Raket, L. L., Petcu, P., Wac, K., & Hassenstab, J. (2023). Editorial: Digital brain health. Frontiers in digital health, 5 (1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1142897.

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., Amorim, L., Quintino, J. P., Santos, A. L. M., Batista Da Silva, D., & Wac, K. (2023). Behaviour recommendations with a deep learning model and genetic algorithm for health debt characterisation. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 137, 104277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104277.

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., & Wac, K. (2023). Designing ontologies for behaviours based on temporal passive data. Applied Ontology, 1 (1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-230278.

Clay, I., Peerenboom, N., Connors, D. E., Bourke, S., Keogh, A., Wac, K., ... & Hoffmann, S. C. (2023). Reverse Engineering of Digital Measures: Inviting Patients to the Conversation. Digital Biomarkers, 1 (1), 28-44. https://doi.org/10.1159/000530413.

Margaritini, A., Benadduci, M., Amabili, G., Bonfigli, A. R., Luzi, R., Wac, K., ... & Bevilacqua, R. (2022). The social robot companion to support homecare nurses: The guardian study protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 30 (1), 101024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101024.

Dello Strologo, L., Spada, M., Montini, G., Shenoy, M., Sidhu, S., Spada, M., ... & Tönshoff, B. (2022). Renal outcome and plasma methylmalonic acid levels after isolated or combined liver or kidney transplantation in patients with methylmalonic acidemia: A multicenter analysis. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 137 (3), 265-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2022.09.010.

Wac, K. (2022). Advances in telemedicine using personal mobile devices: One patient at a time. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1 (1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15256.

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., & Wac, K. (2022). Engineering uncertain time for its practical integration in ontologies. Knowledge-Based Systems, 6 (1), 109152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2022.109152.

Frodi, D. M., Manea, V., Diederichsen, S. Z., Svendsen, J. H., Wac, K., & Andersen, T. O. (2022). Using Consumer-Wearable Activity Trackers for Risk Prediction of Life-Threatening Heart Arrhythmia in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: An Exploratory Observational Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12 (6), 942. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12060942.

Almeida Matias, I. A., Daza, E. J., & Wac, K. (2022). What possibly affects nighttime heart rate? Conclusions from N-of-1 observational data. DIGITAL HEALTH, 8 (1), 205520762211207. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221120725.

Wac, K., Bianchi, R., Sowden, J. F., & Schonfeld, I. (2022). Burned-out with burnout? Insights from historical analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 5649 (1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993208.

Berney, A., Carrard, V., Berney, S., Schlegel, K., Gaume, J., Gholam, M., ... & Bourquin, C. (2021). Study protocol for the ETMED-L project: longitudinal study of mental health and interpersonal competence of medical students in a Swiss university using a comprehensive framework of empathy. BMJ Open , 11 (12), e053070. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053070.

Berrocal, A., & Wac, K. (2021). The use of proxies and proxy-reported measures: a report of the international society for quality of life research (ISOQOL) proxy task force. Quality of Life Research, 1 (1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02937-8.

Greshake Tzovaras, B., Senabre Hidalgo, E., Alexiou, K., Baldy, L., Morane, B., Bussod, I., ... & Ball, M. (2021). Using an Individual-Centered Approach to Gain Insights From Wearable Data in the Quantified Flu Platform: Netnography Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23 (9), e28116. https://doi.org/10.2196/28116.

Raijada, D., Wac, K., Greisen, E., Rantanen, J., & Genina, N. (2021). Integration of personalized drug delivery systems into digital health. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 113857 (1), 113857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2021.113857.

De Masi, A., & Wac, K. (2020). Towards accurate models for predicting smartphone applications’ QoE with data from a living lab study. Quality and User Experience, 5 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41233-020-00039-w.

Manea, V., & Wac, K. (2020). Co-Calibrating Physical and Psychological Outcomes and Consumer Wearable Activity Outcomes in Older Adults: An Evaluation of the coQoL Method. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 10 (4), 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040203.

Wac, K. (2020). 27th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Quality of Life Research, 29 (S1), 1-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-020-02626-y.

Manea, V., & Wac, K. (2020). Using consumer-friendly wearables to associate patient-reported quality of life and tech-reported physical activity and sleep in healthy seniors. Quality of Life Research, 29 (1), S136-S136.

Berrocal, A., Manea, V., Masi, A. D., & Wac, K. (2020). mQoL Lab: Step-by-Step Creation of a Flexible Platform to Conduct Studies Using Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Devices. Procedia Computer Science, 175, 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.07.033.

van Berkel, N., Goncalves, J., Wac, K., Hosio, S., & Cox, A. L. (2020). Human accuracy in mobile data collection. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (formerally the International Journal of Man-Machine Studies), 137, 102396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102396.

Daza, E. J., Wac, K., & Oppezzo, M. (2020). Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Blood Glucose, Food Cravings, and Affect in a Non-Diabetic: An N-of-1 Randomized Pilot Study. Healthcare, 8 (1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010006.

Berrocal, A., & Wac, K. (2020). Peers Know You: A Feasibility Study of the Predictive Value of Peer’s Observations to Estimate Human States. Procedia Computer Science, 175, 205-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.07.031.

Manea, V., Barrocal, A., & Wac, K. (2020). Using consumer-friendly wearables to correlate patient and technology-reported physical activity in healthy seniors. Procedia Computer Science, 175, 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.07.036.

Berrocal, A., Concepcion, W., De Dominicis, S., & Wac, K. (2020). Complementing Human Behavior Assessment by Leveraging Personal Ubiquitous Devices and Social Links: An Evaluation of the Peer-Ceived Momentary Assessment Method. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8 (8), e15947. https://doi.org/10.2196/15947.

Estrada-Galiñanes, V., Wac, K., & Hoehndorf, R. (2020). Collecting, exploring and sharing personal data: Why, how and where. Data Science, 3 (2), 79-106. https://doi.org/10.3233/DS-190025.

Symul, L., Wac, K., Hillard, P., & Salathé, M. (2019). Assessment of menstrual health status and evolution through mobile apps for fertility awareness. npj Digital Medicine, 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-019-0139-4.

Wac, K. (2019). 26th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Quality of Life Research, 28 (S1), 1-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02257-y.

Tsiourti, C., Weiss, A., Wac, K., & Vincze, M. (2019). Multimodal Integration of Emotional Signals from Voice, Body, and Context: Effects of (In)Congruence on Emotion Recognition and Attitudes Towards Robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 11 (4), 555-573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-019-00524-z.

Grantcharov, P. D., Boillat, T., Elkabany, S., Wac, K., & Rivas, H. (2019). Acute mental stress and surgical performance. BJS Open, 3 (1), 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.104.

Ciman, M., & Wac, K. (2019). Smartphones as Sleep Duration Sensors: Validation of the iSenseSleep Algorithm. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7 (5), e11930. https://doi.org/10.2196/11930.

Wulfovich, S., Fiordelli, M., Rivas, H., Concepcion, W., & Wac, K. (2019). “I Must Try Harder”: Design Implications for Mobile Apps and Wearables Contributing to Self-Efficacy of Patients With Chronic Conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02388.

Grantcharov, P., Ahmed, S., Wac, K., & Rivas, H. (2019). Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 17 (1), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000146.

Wulfovich, S., Matabuena, P., Wilhelm, D. A., García Osuna, L. A., Wac, K., & Rivas, H. (2018). Scaling Access to Care in Rural Mexico via Digital Health, Telemedicine, and Drone. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 227 (4), S132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.280.

Ciman, M., & Wac, K. (2018). Individuals’ Stress Assessment Using Human-Smartphone Interaction Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 9 (1), 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2016.2592504.

Wac, K. (2018). SBM 39th Annual Meeting Abstract Supplement. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 52 (suppl_1), S1-S838. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay013.

Khoury, H., Morton, J., Boillat, T., Wulfovich, S., Wac, K., & Rivas, H. (2017). Do Wearable Activity Trackers Enhance the Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery? Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 13 (10), S196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2017.09.435.

Wac, K., Rivas, H., & Fiordelli, M. (2017). Quality-of-Life Technologies. IEEE Computer, 50 (3), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2017.89.

Acerini, C. L., Wac, K., Bang, P., & Lehwalder, D. (2017). Optimizing Patient Management and Adherence for Children Receiving Growth Hormone. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2017.00313.

Gustarini, M., Scipioni, M. P., Fanourakis, M., & Wac, K. (2016). Differences in smartphone usage: Validating, evaluating, and predicting mobile user intimacy. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 33, 50-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2016.06.003.

Streimelweger, B., Wac, K., & Seiringer, W. (2016). Human-Factor-Based Risk Management in the Healthcare to Improve Patient Safety. International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, 7 (3), 16-28. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEHMC.2016070102.

Kaup, F., Michelinakis, F., Bui, N., Widmer, J., Wac, K., & Hausheer, D. (2016). Assessing the Implications of Cellular Network Performance on Mobile Content Access. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 13 (2), 168-180. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2016.2544402.

Wac, K., Cummings, M., & Dey, J. (2016). E2eUberIM: end-to-end service management framework for anything-as-a-service. IEEE Communications Magazine, 54 (3), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2016.7432172.

Wac, K. (2016). Use and Misuse of Mobile Health Information Technologies for Health Self-management. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50 (S1), 1-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9766-4.

Gustarini, M., Wac, K., & Dey, A. K. (2016). Anonymous smartphone data collection: factors influencing the users’ acceptance in mobile crowd sensing. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 20 (1), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-015-0898-0.

Wac, K., Fiordelli, M., Gustarini, M., & Rivas, H. (2015). Quality of Life Technologies: Experiences from the Field and Key Challenges. IEEE Internet Computing, 19 (4), 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIC.2015.52.

Ickin, S., Fiedler, M., Wac, K., Arlos, P., Temiz, C., & Mkocha, K. (2015). VLQoE: Video QoE instrumentation on the smartphone. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 74 (2), pp. 381-411.

Streimelweger, B., Wac, K., & Seiringer, W. (2015). Improving Patient Safety through Human-factor-based Risk Management. Procedia Computer Science, 64, 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.466.

Ickin, S., Wac, K., Fiedler, M., Janowski, L., Hong, J.-H., & Dey, A. K. (2012). Factors influencing quality of experience of commonly used mobile applications. IEEE Communications Magazine, 50 (4), 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2012.6178833.

Academic meeting proceeding with presentation

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., & Wac, K. (2022). Behavioural Data Categorization for Transformers-based Models in Digital Health. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (pp. 1-10). IEEE.

Almeida Matias, I. A., & Wac, K. (2022). Dejà vu: Recurrent Neural Networks for Health Wearables Data Forecast. IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA). IEEE.

De Albuquerque Siebra, C., Almeida Matias, I. A., & Wac, K. (2022). Behavioral Data Categorization for Transformers-based Models in Digital Health. 2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (pp. 01-04). IEEE.

Wac, K., & De Masi, A. (2022). Less Annoying: Quality of Experience of Commonly Used Mobile Applications. 13th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys'22). ACM Press.

Manea, V., Schnoor Hansen, M., Elbeyi, S. E., & Wac, K. (2019). Towards Personalizing Participation in Health Studies. Multimedia for Personal Health & Health Care. the 4th International Workshop (pp. 32-39). ACM Press.

Masi, A. D., & Wac, K. (2019). Predicting Quality of Experience of Popular Mobile Applications from a Living Lab Study. 2019 Eleventh International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Manea, V., & Wac, K. (2018). mQoL: Mobile Quality of Life Lab: From Behavior Change to QoL. Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers. the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium (pp. 642-647). ACM Press.

De Masi, A., & Wac, K. (2018). You’re Using This App For What? mQoL Living Lab Study. Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers. the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium (pp. 612-617). ACM Press.

Berrocal, A., & Wac, K. (2018). Peer-vasive Computing: Leveraging Peers to Enhance the Accuracy of Self-Reports in Mobile Human Studies. Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers. the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium (pp. 600-605). ACM Press.

Berrocal, A., & Wac, K. (2018). Peer-ceived Well-Being: Exploring the Value of Peers for Human Stress Assessment in-Situ. Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers. the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium (pp. 492-497). ACM Press.

Estrada-Galinanes, V., & Wac, K. (2018). Visions and Challenges in Managing and Preserving Data to Measure Quality of Life. 2018 IEEE 3rd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W) (pp. 92-99). IEEE.

Tsiourti, C., Weiss, A., Wac, K., & Vincze, M. (2017). Designing Emotionally Expressive Robots: A Comparative Study on the Perception of Communication Modalities. HAI '17: The Fifth International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (pp. 213-222). ACM Press.

De Masi, A., Ciman, M., Gustarini, M., & Wac, K. (2016). mQoL Smart Lab: Quality of Life Living Lab for Interdisciplinary Experiments. UbiComp '16: The 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 635-640). ACM Press.

Martinez Ballesteros, L. G., Ickin, S., Fiedler, M., Markendahl, J., Tollmar, K., & Wac, K. (2016). Energy saving approaches for video streaming on smartphone based on QoE modeling. 2016 13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (pp. 103-106). IEEE.

Ciman, M., Wac, K., & Gaggi, O. (2015). iSenseStress: Assessing stress through human-smartphone interaction analysis. perv health. 9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. ICST.

Fanourakis, M., & Wac, K. (2015). ReNLoc: An anchor-free localization algorithm for indirect ranging. 2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on "A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM) (pp. 1-9). IEEE.

Wac, K., Pinar, G., Gustarini, M., & Marchanoff, J. (2015). Smartphone users mobile networks quality provision and VoLTE intend: Six-months field study. 2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on "A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM) (pp. 1-9). IEEE.

Kaup, F., Michelinakis, F., Bui, N., Widmer, J., Wac, K., & Hausheer, D. (2015). Behind the NAT- A measurement based evaluation of cellular service quality. 2015 11th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) (pp. 228-236). IEEE.

Wac, K., Pinar, G., Gustarini, M., & Marchanoff, J. (2015). More mobile & not so well-connected yet: Users' mobility inference model and 6 month field study. 2015 7th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT) (pp. 91-99). IEEE.

Wac, K., & Rivas, H. (2015). Emerging mHealth innovations for patient self-management support. 2015 17th International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom) (pp. 574-577). IEEE.

Wac, K., & Hausheer, D. (2015). Software Defined Health. 2015 17th International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom) (pp. 600-601). IEEE.

Wac, K., Gustarini, M., Marchanoff, J., Fanourakis, M., Tsiourti, C., Ciman, M., ... & Pinar, G. (2015). Mqol: experiences of the 'mobile communications and computing for quality of life' living lab. 2015 17th International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom) (pp. 177-181). IEEE.

Academic meeting presentation

Almeida Matias, I. A., Kliegel, M., & Wac, K. (2024). Providemus alz: Ubiquitous Screening of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease with Consumer-grade Technologies. UbiComp '24: The 2024 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 743-751). ACM Press.

De Masi, A., & Wac, K. (2023). Forecasting Smartphone Application Chains: an App-Rank Based Approach. MUM '23: International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 87-98). ACM Press.

Almeida Matias, I. A., & Wac, K. (2022). Dejà vu: Recurrent Neural Networks for health wearables data forecast. 2022 21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) (pp. 1724-1731). IEEE.

Invited speaker

Wac, K. (2024). Speaker at the Joint Food and Drug Administration (FDA) /FNIH Event for Digital Measures., Bethesda, MD, USA, United States of America.

Wac, K. (2023). AI for Quality of Life Assessment., mHealth HUB, mHealth Center for Discovery, Optimization & Translation of Temporally-Precise Interventions (mDOT), NIH, United States of America.

Wac, K. (2022). Panel: Closing Fireside Chat., Reverse Engineering of Digital Measures: A Conference on Patient-Centric Digital Evidence, Zurich, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Panel: “AI for Good”., University of Geneva Data Science Day, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Panel: “Where Does the Future Lie for Digital Biomarkers and Digital Measurements?”., Digital Biomarkers & Digital Measurements Europe event, London, United States of America.

Wac, K. (2022). Panel: “Wellbeing. Psychological Safety. Workplace of tomorrow”., Annual Conference by the Association for Human Resources Management in International Organisation (AHRMIO), online, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Keynote, “Remote Quality of Life Assessment: ‘What is Always Speaking Silently is the Body’”., Digital Health Connect Conference, Sion, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Keynote: “Multimodal Machine Learning for Quality of Life Assessment: Throwing Data at a Problem?”., ZHAW Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Keynote: “Treated by computers? – A futuristic perspective of healthcare?”., European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Conference (EAHP), online, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Keynote: “Video Killed the Radio Star”: How Technology is Changing the Way We Collect, Analyze and Interpret Patient-Relevant Data”., International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) Conference, online, Switzerland.

Wac, K. (2022). Panel: “Can Technology Reported Outcomes (TechROs) Lead to a Paradigm Shift in Healthcare Decision-Making?”., International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Conference (ISPOR), Vienna, Austria.

Practitioner-oriented article (non peer-reviewed)

Wac, K. (2022). “Addressing the Telecom Innovation Deficit”,. Pipeline Magazine.

Wac, K. (2022). “Researcher Mental Health and Well-being Manifesto”. Zenodo.

Wac, K. (2021). "Regional Clouds Are the Answer". Pipeline Magazine.

Book

Wac, K., & Wulfovich, S. (2022). Quantifying Quality of Life. Springer International Publishing.

Rivas, H., & Wac, K. (2018). Digital Health. Springer.

Book chapter

Ma, L., Kang, H., Magnenat-Thalmann, N., & Wac, K. (2025). TransSG: A Spatial-Temporal Transformer for Surgical Gesture Recognition (1 ed.). In Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Jinman Kim, Bin Sheng, Zhigang Deng, Daniel Thalmann, Ping Li (Eds.), Advances in Computer Graphics (pp. 151-165). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Bediou, B., & Wac, K. (2023). The role of cognition in mediating the relationship between media use and health in a media saturated world (1 ed.). Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health (pp. 299-313). Elsevier.

Wulfovich, S., Buur, J., & Wac, K. (2022). Unfolding the Quantification of Quality of Life (1 ed.). In Katarzyna Wac, Sharon Wulfovich (Eds.), Quantifying Quality of Life (pp. 3-24). Springer International Publishing.

De Masi, A., & Wac, K. (2022). The Importance of Smartphone Connectivity in Quality of Life (1 ed.). In Katarzyna Wac, Sharon Wulfovich (Eds.), Quantifying Quality of Life (pp. 523-551). Springer International Publishing.

Villaverde Naveira, A., De Masi, A., Wac, K., Amabili, G., Vastenburg, M., Alberts, J., ... & Lovis, C. (2022). Designing a Social Robot Companion to Support Homecare: Usability Results (1 ed.). Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare (pp. 261-254). IOS Press.

Wac, K. (2022). The Future of Quantifying Behaviors, Health, and Quality of Life (1 ed.). In Katarzyna Wac, Sharon Wulfovich (Eds.), Quantifying Quality of Life (pp. 585-589). Springer International Publishing.

Wac, K. (2020). Quality of Life Technologies (1 ed.). In Marc Gellman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 1-2). Springer.

van der Mei, R., van den Berg, H., Ganchev, I., Tutschku, K., Leitner, P., Lassila, P., ... & Key, P. (2018). State of the Art and Research Challenges in the Area of Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services (1 ed.). In Ivan Ganchev, R. D. van der Mei, Hans van den Berg (Eds.), Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services (pp. 1-22). Springer.

Wac, K. (2018). From Quantified Self to Quality of Life (1 ed.). In Homero Rivas, Katarzyna Wac (Eds.), Digital Health (pp. 83-108). Springer.

Boillat, T., Rivas, H., & Wac, K. (2018). “Healthcare on a Wrist”: Increasing Compliance Through Checklists on Wearables in Obesity (Self-)Management Programs (1 ed.). In Homero Rivas, Katarzyna Wac (Eds.), Digital Health (pp. 65-81). Springer.

Faculty

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