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CogAdapt framework adapts clinical ECG models for wearable cognitive load assessment

Researchers have developed CogAdapt, a framework designed to adapt existing clinical ECG foundation models for use in wearable cognitive load assessment. This is necessary because models trained on clinical data don't directly translate to wearable sensors due to differences in signal configuration and task objectives. CogAdapt utilizes a 'LeadBridge' adapter to convert 3-lead wearable signals to 12-lead representations and a 'ProFine' strategy for progressive fine-tuning, achieving improved performance on public datasets. AI

IMPACT Enables more accurate and personalized cognitive load assessment from wearable devices by leveraging pre-trained foundation models.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new framework and methodology for adapting existing models.

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CogAdapt framework adapts clinical ECG models for wearable cognitive load assessment

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Amir Mousavi, Mohammad Sadegh Sirjani, Erfan Nourbakhsh, Mimi Xie, Rocky Slavin, Leslie Neely, John Davis, John Quarles ·

    CogAdapt: Transferring Clinical ECG Foundation Models to Wearable Cognitive Load Assessment via Lead Adaptation

    arXiv:2605.22774v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-time cognitive load assessment is essential for adaptive human-computer interaction but remains challenging due to limited labeled data and poor cross-subject generalization. Recent ECG foundation models pre-trained on millions…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · John Quarles ·

    CogAdapt: Transferring Clinical ECG Foundation Models to Wearable Cognitive Load Assessment via Lead Adaptation

    Real-time cognitive load assessment is essential for adaptive human-computer interaction but remains challenging due to limited labeled data and poor cross-subject generalization. Recent ECG foundation models pre-trained on millions of clinical recordings offer rich representatio…