Mobile Health and Activity Monitoring 2024

Health and activity monitoring has become a key purpose of mobile and wearable devices, including phones, (smart) watches, (smart) rings, (smart) belts, and other trackers (e.g., shoe clips, pendants). In this course, we will cover the fundamental aspects that these devices observe, i.e., user behavior, actions, and physiological dynamics of the human body, as well as the sensors, signals, and methods to capture, process, and analyze them. We will then cover methods for pattern extraction and classification on such data. The course will therefore touch on aspects of human activities, cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology, affective computing (recognizing, interpreting, and processing emotions), corresponding lower-level sensing systems (e.g., inertial sensing, optical sensing, photoplethysmography, eletrodermal activity, electrocardiograms) and higher-level computer vision-based sensing (facial expressions, motions, gestures), as well as processing methods for these types of data.

Overview

Course: 252-0312-00L Mobile Health and Activity Monitoring
Lecturers: Christian Holz
Head TA: Max Moebus (max.moebus@inf....)
Supporting TAs: Björn Braun, Paul Streli, and Manuel Meier
Communication: Please address all questions (on content, organization, etc.) on Moodle
link to Mobile Health & Activity Monitoring Moodle 2024
Lecture: ETH lecture room CAB G 11.
All lectures will be streamed live and recorded (link in Moodle)
Mondays, 2pm–4pm
first lecture: February 19, 2024
last lecture: May 27, 2024
Exercise: ETH lecture room CAB G 56.
Mondays, 1pm–2pm (TA Hours may end as early as 1:15pm if no students are present.)
first TA Hour: March 11, 2024
last TA Hour: May 27, 2024
All exercises will be announced on Moodle, including deliverables, expectations, and submission dates.
Exam: end-of-term exam (Semesterendprüfung)
type: in-person computer-based exam
when: June 3, 2024
location: HG F 7, HG D 7.1
Credits: 6 ECTS
Materials: slides, assignments, and recordings