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The SEBA system: a novel approach for assessing psychological stress continuously at the workplace

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Mario A. Meza-Cuevas,

Carsten König,

Gerald BieberAuthors Info & Claims

iWOAR '19: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction

Article No.: 10, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3361684.3361694

Published: 06 January 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Stress at work is a major cause of health problems for the employees and of costs for companies and the healthcare system. To prevent stress-related disorders, first both the stress level and the exposition to possible stressors must be known. The SEBA system assesses both and produces live data streams that are constantly and automatically evaluated. The system is a head-worn portable device. Multiple sensors assess biosignals of the users that are known to be sensitive towards the feeling of stress (e.g., pulse, eye blink rate, breathing rate, brain activity) and ambient conditions that could influence the feeling of stress (e.g., air quality, flickering lights, temperature, draft). SEBA classifies the individual stress level using a neural network and sends the processed data to a mobile application for visualization purposes. In this paper, we introduce the concept of the SEBA system, including its hardware, sensors, firmware, and software. The SEBA system is currently being development; the paper outlines the current state of development and possible obstacles.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70248-8_4
Nyman SBødker MBlegind Jensen T(2023)Reforming work patterns or negotiating workloads? Exploring alternative pathways for digital productivity assistants through a problematization lensJournal of Information Technology10.1177/0268396223118160239:3(503-520)Online publication date: 23-Jun-2023
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Kraft Dvan Laerhoven KBieber GMakedon F(2021)CareCam: Concept of a new tool for Corporate Health ManagementProceedings of the 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference10.1145/3453892.3461314(585-593)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3453892.3461314

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The SEBA system: a novel approach for assessing psychological stress continuously at the workplace
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Ubiquitous and mobile computing

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iWOAR '19: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction

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DOI:10.1145/3361684

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Mezieres IGorrab ADeneckère RBen Rabah NLe Grand B(2024)A Systematic Literature Review on Affective Computing Techniques for Workplace Stress DetectionAdvances in Computational Collective Intelligence10.1007/978-3-031-70248-8_4(44-56)Online publication date: 8-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70248-8_4
Nyman SBødker MBlegind Jensen T(2023)Reforming work patterns or negotiating workloads? Exploring alternative pathways for digital productivity assistants through a problematization lensJournal of Information Technology10.1177/0268396223118160239:3(503-520)Online publication date: 23-Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.1177/02683962231181602
Kraft Dvan Laerhoven KBieber GMakedon F(2021)CareCam: Concept of a new tool for Corporate Health ManagementProceedings of the 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference10.1145/3453892.3461314(585-593)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3453892.3461314

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