Edward Sazonov (IEEE M’02, SM’11) received the Diploma of Systems Engineer from Khabarovsk State University of Technology, Russia, in 1993 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from West Virginia University in 2002. He is currently a James R. Cudworth Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama and heads the Computer Laboratory of Ambient and Wearable Systems (CLAWS).

His research spans wearable devices, sensor-based behavioral informatics, and biomedical signal processing and pattern recognition. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and other federal and state agencies, industry, and foundations, and has received multiple awards, including best paper awards and the University of Alabama President’s Research Award. He has published over 100 journal papers and 150 conference papers/abstracts and holds seven issued patents.

Dr. Sazonov served as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 2020. He currently serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics and IEEE Sensors, and as Chief Section Editor (Wearable Electronics) for Frontiers in Electronics.