Wrist-worn wearable devices provide rich sets of pulsatile physiological data under various modalities and circumstances. An unexploited capability is that the pulsatile physiological time series collected by wrist-worn wearable devices can be used for recovering internal brain dynamics. This Cyber Physical System research project integrates computational algorithms for state-space estimation with wrist-worn wearable devices that sense the physiological signals to present wearable machine-interface architectures related to mental stress.

The recent increase in the variety and usage of wearable sensing systems allows for the continuous monitoring of health and wellness of users. The output of these systems enable individuals to make changes to their personal routines in order to minimize exposures to pollutants and maintain healthy levels of exercise. Furthermore, medical practitioners are using these systems to monitor proper activity levels for rehabilitation purposes and to monitor threatening conditions such as heart arrhythmias.

Situational Awareness provides a user centric approach to security and privacy. The human factor is often recognised as the weakest link in security, therefore situational perception and risk awareness play a leading role in the adoption and implementation of security mechanisms. In this study we assess the understanding of security and privacy of users in possession of wearable devices. The findings demonstrate privacy complacency, as the majority of users trust the application and the wearable device manufacturer.

According to the fire fighter fatalities report issued by the U.S. Fire Administration, ninety-one firefighters including 56 volunteer, 30 career and five wildland agencies died while on duty in the year of 2014. Respecting the fact that the total number of fire incidents across the country is actually decreasing, being a fire fighter becomes more and more dangerous disregarding other significant advances in various areas of science and technology. In the proposed research project, we investigate a new connected and smart infrastructure