Muftee Mysan

Research

Research experience

Wearable devices that record physiological signals and process them on the device, with a current focus on the gut.

Current research

  1. Hardware Platform for Real-Time Gut Activity Monitoring

    2026 – present

    Final-year project, University of Moratuwa · Team of 4 · Supervisor: Dr. Pranjeewan

    Extending OpenGut: building the next version of the hardware, with on-device noise cancellation and classification of gut sounds for real-time monitoring.

  2. Real-Time Heart-Rate Estimation Using PPG on Embedded Systems During High-Intensity Activity

    2026 – present

    Biomedical Signal Analysis module, University of Moratuwa

    Extending the TROIKA heart-rate estimation method and comparing variants that can run on Nordic microcontrollers. Early stage.

  3. Biomedical Signals and Graph/Topological Neural Networks

    2026 – present

    Research Project module, University of Moratuwa

    Early-stage work on graph and topological neural networks for biomedical signals, processing them over graphs and higher-order topological domains.

  4. FaceVitals: Contactless, Bias-Robust Estimation of Heart Rate, SpO₂ and Blood Pressure from RGB Facial Videos

    2026 – present

    IEEE Signal Processing Cup (SP Cup), University of Moratuwa team · Supervisor: Dr. Pranjeevaan

    Estimating heart rate, blood-oxygen saturation and blood pressure from ordinary RGB video of the face, with no contact sensors, and designed to stay accurate across different people and recording conditions.

Past positions

  1. Research Intern

    Dec 2025 – Jun 2026

    Augmented Human Lab, National University of Singapore · Supervisor: Prof. Suranga Nanayakkara

    • Built the hardware for OpenGut, a wearable platform for recording gut sounds non-invasively and playing them back as audio or haptic feedback: an nRF52840-based PCB with two synchronised digital microphones, microSD logging and plug-in audio and haptic actuators; firmware in the nRF Connect SDK; and a 3D-printed mic-to-body interface, enclosure and belt.
    • Recordings correlated well with a medical-grade stethoscope for over 75% of gut-activity segments; the device records for 24 hours on a 1000 mAh battery.
    • Built the ESP32-driven vibration, heat/cold and audio hardware for Interrupting Autopilot, an 11-participant study.
    • The Augmented Human Lab group gathered around giant CHI letters in the conference foyer
      The lab at CHI '26
    • Muftee with Prof. Suranga Nanayakkara and two colleagues in the Augmented Human Lab
      Augmented Human Lab
    • Muftee standing in front of a large outdoor NUS sign surrounded by tropical planting
      National University of Singapore
    • Muftee and his co-author standing either side of their Interrupting Autopilot poster at the conference
      Presenting the Interrupting Autopilot poster at CHI '26.
    • The OpenGut team standing together in the lab, workbenches and prototypes behind them
      The OpenGut team
    • Muftee and Soundarya Ramesh in the lab, the harbour visible through the window behind them
      With co-author Soundarya Ramesh

Publications

  1. C1

    OpenGut: An Open-Source Platform for Gut-Computer Interaction Research

    Muftee Mysan*, Soundarya Ramesh*, Peter Cleveland, Ryo Hajika, Mia Huong Nguyen, Jochen Huber, Marianna Obrist, Suranga Nanayakkara

    Proceedings of the 39th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '26), Detroit, MI, USA, 2026. Full paper and demo. To appear.

  2. P1

    Interrupting Autopilot: Evaluating Sensory Interventions for Momentary Self-Regulation

    Dinithi Dissanayake, Muftee Mysan, Yifei Luo, Timothy Antoni, Peter Cleveland, Prasanth Sasikumar, Suranga Nanayakkara

    Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26), Barcelona, Spain, 2026. Poster.

* Equal contribution

Let's talk.

I'm open to research collaborations, graduate study opportunities and conversations about human-centred computing, signal processing and biomedical device design.