Strengthening our expertise in signal processing

On September 5, 2025, SEFAS hosted a MATLAB Scientific Workshop, highlighting the importance of digital tools in advancing elderly and nursing home medicine.

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Group photo with 12 people, some sitting on a sofa, and the rest standing behind them, in SEFAS' break room.
Federico Seri and Carlos de Cos (no. 1 and 4 sitting on the coach) together with the SEFAS participants. Photo by Kjersti Nedreskår. Photo: SEFAS

MATLAB (external link), a leading platform for data analysis and signal processing, is widely used by engineers and scientists to analyze complex datasets and develop algorithms. For SEFAS, a tool like this plays a key role in making sense of digital signals collected from wearables and radar-based sensors that track symptoms such as sleep disturbances, shortness of breath, and changes in heart rate.

At the workshop, researchers Federico Seri and Carlos de Cos presented recent advances in MATLAB’s capabilities. Their insights were directly relevant to SEFAS’ ongoing work, where stronger expertise in signal processing can translate into better tools for monitoring and understanding symptoms in patients with dementia, Parkinson’s, and other age-related conditions.

By bridging engineering and clinical research, workshops like this strengthen SEFAS’ capacity to innovate in medical digital science and to bring forward new solutions that support personalized care and improve quality of life for older adults.