Personal profile
Research interests
Application of Electromyography sensors and signals for myoelectric control of prostheses.
Wearable sensors and devices for monitoring in cardiology, nutrition, and fluid intake
Human Machine Interfaces, Biomedical Signal Processing
Biographical details
Ernest N. Kamavuako has been a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering at King's College London since October 2017. He received his Master's and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2006 and 2010, where he was Assistant Professor (2010-2014) and Associate Professor (2014-2017) with excellent teaching and supervision skills. From 2012 to 2013, he was a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Between 2017 and 2021, he was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Between February and September 2017, he was an Academic Visitor at the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. He has a good publication record with primary research interests related to using EMG recordings to control upper limb prostheses and quantifying fluid intake.
Dr Kamavuako was Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering between 2016 and 2021. He has Guest-Edited the Special Issue "On the Applications of EMG Sensors and Signals" in Sensors, MDPI 2022. He is now an Associate Editor for Neuroprosthetics within Frontiers in Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Engineering within Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences.
Education/Academic qualification
Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, Intramuscular and intrafascicular recordings for proportional control of prostheses, Aalborg Universitet
Award Date: 15 Jun 2010
Biomedical Engineering, Master of Science, The Recruitment Order of Electrically Activated Motor Neurons Investigated with a Novel Collision Technique, Aalborg Universitet
Award Date: 30 Jun 2006
External positions
Guest Professor, University Kindu
Aug 2022 → …
Adjunct Professor, University of New Brunswick
1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020
Guest Associate Professor, University Kindu
Jun 2016 → Aug 2022
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Fusion of surface electromyogram signals with IMU sensors and dynamic training to mitigate the effect of limb position
Wang, B., Li, J. & Kamavuako, E. N., Mar 2026, In: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 113, 109144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AudiNosh: Seamless Dietary Behaviors Optimization via Latency-Efficient In-Ear Acoustic Inspection
Ahmed, A., Yang, P., Rizwan, M., Angin Ulkuer, P., Kamavuako, E. N. & Saggio, G., 9 Dec 2025, In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT. 74, 2554017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fluid Intake Action Detection Based on Egocentric Videos and YOLOv8 Models
Chen, X., Bao, X. & Kamavuako, E., 6 Mar 2025, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 29, 7, p. 4910-4919 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Real-world evaluation of deep learning decoders for motor imagery EEG-based BCIs
Sedi Nzakuna, P., D'Auria, E., Paciello, V., Gallo, V., Kamavuako, E. N., Lay-Ekuakille, A. & Kyamakya, K., 15 Dec 2025, In: Frontiers in systems neuroscience. 19, 17 p., 1718390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differentiating Fluid-intake-related Swallowing Events from Saliva and Solid Food Intake Using Swallowing Sounds and Conventional Machine Learning
Ismail, I. A. & Kamavuako, E., Jun 2024, 2024 IEEE 22nd Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Exploring the use of wearable ECG for remote screening in the DRC
Kamavuako, E. (Primary Investigator)
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
15/09/2024 → 15/09/2025
Project: Research
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Development of novel non-invasive indices of respiratory muscle strength for investigation of respiratory failure
Jolley, C. (Primary Investigator), Kamavuako, E. (Co-Investigator) & Rafferty, G. (Co-Investigator)
22/06/2024 → 9/01/2026
Project: Research
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Development of a wearable system for the early detection of heart valve diseases (CARDIOPHONE)
Kamavuako, E. (Primary Investigator) & Vanhoestenberghe, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/06/2023 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research
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Variability of EMG in upper limb prostheses
Kamavuako, E. (Primary Investigator)
9/11/2020 → 8/11/2022
Project: Research
Datasets
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BSSLAB Localized ECG Data
Kamavuako, E. & Bao, X., King's College London, 3 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.18742/21977186, https://kcl.figshare.com/articles/dataset/BSSLAB_Localized_ECG_Data/21977186
Dataset
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Dataset-I-drinking-related-object-detection (in both YoloV8 and COCO format)
Chen, X., Bao, X. & Kamavuako, E., King's College London, 27 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.18742/26337085
Dataset
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Electromyogram and Sound of Swallowing Events
Kamavuako, E. & Ismail, I., King's College London, 13 Mar 2025
DOI: 10.18742/28528115
Dataset
Prizes
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IECBES Best Paper Award
Malvuccio, C. (Recipient) & Kamavuako, E. (Recipient), 3 Mar 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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PhysioNet Challenge 2022 1st Place
Xu, Y. (Recipient), Bao, X. (Recipient), Lam, H.-K. (Recipient) & Kamavuako, E. (Recipient), 7 Sept 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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