📰 Paper reading club: fitness bands
UPD: Sun 25 => Sat 24

We meet biweekly to discuss advances in computer science, ground them down to applications, and see where to the wind is blowing. Read the papers at your own time and come discuss them with us. The talks will be given in English, discussion in En/Ru.

Мы встречаемся дважды в месяц чтобы обсудить достижения в компьютерных науках, заземлить их в приложения, и увидеть куда дует ветер. Прочитайте статьи в удобное время и приходите обсуждать! Доклады будут на английском, а обсуждение En/Ru.

Do Fitness Bands Work?

Fitness bands count numbers they call "steps", "calories", "heart rate", "stress", "sleep", "sleep phases", and so on. We posit two questions:

1. Are these numbers reliable? Do they accurately track true steps and calories?
2. If yes, how? If no, why?
3. Bonus: could we DIY our own band?

We'll base the reliability discussion on a comprehensive metaanalysis and the workings one on this PPG tech review. Also check these popsci articles for background.

⏱ 12:00-14:30 Saturday, 24 Feb
📍 F0RTHSP4CE, Khorava St, 18
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