Wanzi Su - PhD student

Contact

Room D229, School of Engineering of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

E: wanzi dot su at warwick dot ac dot uk

Biography

• BEng student in the Internet of Things Engineering at the University of Wuhan Technology, 2016-2020
• MSc student in Computer Science at the University of Warwick, 2020-2021
• PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Warwick, 2021-Current

In the final year of his BEng in Internet of Things Engineering, Wanzi had a scholarship for an exchange program between the UK and China. This allowed him to come to the UK and apply for an MSc student in the UK. During his MSc in Computer Science, he completed a project about Brain Connectivity in Depression, where he applied his computer science specialties to the medical domain. After that, he is currently a second-year PhD student at the University of Warwick. In addition, he won the scholarship from the China Scholarship Council.

Research Project

Artificial Intelligence toolbox for the tracking of pupil movement in neurodegenerative disorders based on smartphone

The project aims to explore how Artificial Intelligence can be applied in the image processing of the pupil and its healthcare domain, like the saccades or the nystagmus detection. This can help to early detect neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease or long COVID and support home rehabilitation. The project also involves how to integrate it with the smartphone and smartphone apps.

Pupillary light reflex in five common ophthalmological diseases

The project aims to investigate the value of automated pupillometry systems in five common eye diseases including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, refractive error, macular degeneration, and cataracts. This involves identifying the significant variables detectable by the pupillometer as the biomarker of those five diseases. The pupillometer is to be integrated with funduscopy for further innovative applications.

Research interests

• Artificial Intelligence
• Image Processing
• Medical Devices
• Sensor Network
• Web Interface
• Mental Health

Publications

Maccaro, Alessia, Silvio Marcello Pagliara, Marianna Zarro, Davide Piaggio, Faridat Abdulsalami, Wanzi Su, Muhammad Salman Haleem, and Leandro Pecchia. Ethics and biomedical engineering for well-being: a cocreation study of remote services for monitoring and support. Sci Rep 13, 14322 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39834-8

Davide Piaggio, Owain Cisuelo, Wanzi Su, Martina Andellini, Leandro Pecchia. "10. Use of smartphones for frugal innovation." (2022), in Biomedical Engineering for Sustainable Development, Bologna:
Pàtron Editore, 2022. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363974953_0_Use_of_smartphones_for_frugal_innovation