{"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":"2026-11-03T08:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:53:40","slug":"handwriting-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/handwriting-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Handwriting Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maria Leyba Mesa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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About The Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our lab is exploring how handwriting can serve as a window into Parkinson’s disease progression. By collecting handwriting samples across a range of tasks, we’re building an AI model trained first on a control population to learn typical handwriting patterns, then applied to individuals with Parkinson’s to better understand how their condition evolves over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in being a participant? Send an Email to: mvl16@uakron.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Journal Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Conferences and Poster Presentations <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Conference Papers<\/summary>\n

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

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

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Poster Presentations<\/summary>\n

Maria V. Leyba-Mesa*, Buket D. Barkana, PhD, A Multimodal Deep Network for Parkinson\u2019s Disease Assessment from Handwriting Kinematics and Visual Task Traces. Innovation Day, October 29, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria V. Leyba-Mesa*, Buket D. Barkana, PhD, A Multimodal Deep Network for Parkinson\u2019s Disease Assessment from Handwriting Kinematics and Visual Task Traces. The Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting, October 23 \u2013 24, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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