Predicting Mental Stress from Wearable Sensor Data

Abstract

This project develops a stress detection pipeline from wearable sensor data using physiological signals such as blood volume pulse and electrodermal activity. It expands feature extraction, applies subject-specific normalization, and uses balanced learning with leave-one-subject-out validation to avoid data leakage.
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Andrea Visentin Salvatore Tedesco Andrea Visentin Paul O'Brien

Description https://project.cs.ucc.ie/project/1510

This project develops a stress detection pipeline from wearable sensor data using physiological signals such as blood volume pulse and electrodermal activity. It expands feature extraction, applies subject-specific normalization, and uses balanced learning with leave-one-subject-out validation to avoid data leakage. The system evaluates multiple classifiers and window sizes, achieving robust and reliable performance, while analysis of features and errors improves interpretability and real-world applicability.