{"id":788,"date":"2026-08-12T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/?page_id=788"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:20:40","slug":"handwriting-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/handwriting-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Handwriting Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg 2486w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_8990-edited.jpg?resize=800,533 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:56%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Primary Investigator: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maria Leyba Mesa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About The Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our lab is exploring how handwriting can serve as a window into Parkinson&#8217;s disease progression. By collecting handwriting samples across a range of tasks, we&#8217;re building an AI model trained first on a control population to learn typical handwriting patterns, then applied to individuals with Parkinson&#8217;s to better understand how their condition evolves over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in being a participant? Send an Email to: mvl16@uakron.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coming Soon&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conferences and Poster Presentations <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Conference Papers<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leyba-Mesa MV, Barkana BD. A Multimodal Deep Network for Parkinson\u2019s Disease Assessment from Handwriting Kinematics and Visual Task Traces. 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Internet of Things, Central Michigan University (CMU), USA, on September 05 \u2013 06, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leyba-Mesa MV, Barkana BD. Compact ResNet18 with Test-Time Adaptation: Balancing Accuracy and Latency for Parkinson\u2019s Disease Screening. In2026 12th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) 2026 Jul 13 (pp. 349-353). IEEE.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Poster Presentations<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria V. Leyba Mesa, Buket D. Barkana, PhD, AI-Driven Remote Monitoring of Parkinson\u2019s Disease Through Spatiotemporal Handwriting Analysis. UA Biomedical Engineering Research Day, March 6,&nbsp;<strong>2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(500 \/ 333)\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4500\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-864\" data-id=\"864\" data-aspect-ratio=\"500 \/ 333\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?w=500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg 4500w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/08\/01_DSC_7368.jpg?resize=800,533 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4500px) 100vw, 4500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">UA Biomedical Engineering Research Day, March 6, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4500\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-699\" data-id=\"699\" data-aspect-ratio=\"500 \/ 333\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?w=500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg 4500w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1664\/2026\/05\/01_DSC_9081.jpg?resize=800,533 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4500px) 100vw, 4500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporting Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undergraduate Students: Elijah Ray and Connor Allen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary Investigator: Maria Leyba Mesa About The Study Our lab is exploring how handwriting can serve as a window into Parkinson&#8217;s disease progression. 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