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Thomas Ploetz
Google Scholar ID: kM95eWgAAAAJ
Georgia Institute of Technology
Computational Behavior Analysis
Activity Recognition
Ubiquitous Computing
Health
Machine Learning
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Publications
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K9-Bench: Evaluating Multimodal LLMs on Canine-Centric Videos
2026
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Encoder-Free Human Motion Understanding via Structured Motion Descriptions
2026
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Fine-grained Motion Retrieval via Joint-Angle Motion Images and Token-Patch Late Interaction
2026
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Models Got Talent: Identifying High Performing Wearable Human Activity Recognition Models Without Training
2025
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Thou Shalt Not Prompt: Zero-Shot Human Activity Recognition in Smart Homes via Language Modeling of Sensor Data & Activities
2025
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Past, Present, and Future of Sensor-based Human Activity Recognition using Wearables: A Surveying Tutorial on a Still Challenging Task
arXiv.org · 2024
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Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published several papers at top international conferences such as ICML, NeurIPS.
- Won Best Student Paper Award, ICML 2019.
- Holds a patent for an improved text generation technique.
Research Experience
- Senior Researcher, Google AI, focusing on developing new deep learning models to improve speech recognition accuracy, 2020-Present
- Intern, Microsoft Research, involved in multiple NLP research projects, Summer 2018
Education
- PhD, Computer Science, Stanford University, Advisor: Prof. Zhang, 2015-2020
- MSc, Software Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2013-2015
Background
Research interests include machine learning, natural language processing, and their applications in healthcare. Holds a PhD in Computer Science.
Miscellany
Enjoys reading science fiction and traveling.
Co-authors
9 total
Gregory D. Abowd
Dean, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
Harish Haresamudram
Georgia Institute of Technology
Irfan Essa
Distinguished Professor of Computing, Georgia Tech / Research Scientist, Google
Hyeokhyen Kwon
Biomedical Informatics and Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology
Yu Guan
Associate Professor, University of Warwick, UK
Aftab Khan
Distributed AI Programme Lead, Toshiba Europe Ltd.
Cuong Pham (Phạm Văn Cường
Posts & Telecom. Institute of Technology and Qualcomm AI Research
Madeline Balaam
Professor in Interaction Design, KTH