Sayma Akther, Ph.D.

Dr. Sayma Akther is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at San José State University, where she directs the Wearable AI Lab. Her research develops machine learning methods for wearable and mobile sensor data for health monitoring and behavior understanding. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Memphis, where her work at the MD2K Center produced the first models to detect oral-hygiene behaviors from wrist-worn sensors. Before her doctoral studies, she earned her B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Dhaka and taught computer science as a lecturer in Dhaka, Bangladesh.