On Monday we were able to attend the lecture series on presenting research. What I got out of it the most was the necessity of being concise and specific which what is printed/displayed and the levels of engagements time moves on while presenting. During my admin program, we had to read the Choreography of Presenting by Kendall Zoller and Claudette Landry. This book focused on your movements as you present. I thought about this when the presenter showed the following slides:
I have to admit being involved in this project has really added more meaning to numbers. It is really nice to see so many people genuinely dedicated to the several end goals of the various projects. I am being exposed to platforms I have never heard of. This is both exciting and scary. I had really get detailed with the fundamentals of computer science and constantly understanding and realizing some potential obstacles and pitfalls some of my students may encounter. There are several platforms I am not familiar with but am going to write about help me understand a pathway of success.
New term for me is an IDE. I now figured out the use of Anaconda and being able to bbring up Jupyter
For my own research I am adding you tube videos and links for when I get stuck later
I was really lost today. I realized if I just take a few steps and chill I will get it. I want to shout out Derek, Amira, Al, Michael, Sheryl and Daniel for sharing information today. I am finally able feel like I can can contribute and that was just now starting to get stuff organize and see where everything class in place
Here in article on how jupyter works and how to upload data.
Here is an article about Python Jupyter Numpy tutorial with other definitions
Dr. Souptik’s Presentation on Diabetes was a pretty good one. One thought I had was concerning the new patch that has the needle that if there could be a patch itself could change color from green to red to help younger and older patients know right away thier levels. It would be a good indicator for first responders. This is thinking outside the box but, I often wonder what happens when batteries do not work. This could be a good backup. Dr. Soupiks did mention the concern of building capacity of elderly and those who are seen as poor to use and have equity of access.
Dr. Ramin spoke about obesity and cardiovascular disease and how it realates to its accuracy with people of color.
What makes me think the most in terms of equity and access is why this is an issue? I watched a documentary early this year called Coded Bias. The Artificial Intelligence programs inevitably had lower accuracy of recognizing people of color. So it seems that problem is not just an hardware or software issue.
I was shocked to learn about the Fitpatrick Scale!! I was shocked to learn of the six different skin tones for people of color.
My thoughts as I listed to the presentation was is how much did cultural values play a role? Do the sensors have accurate measurements if you skin is hydrated with lotion? Lotion has a different refractive index. Since Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an uncomplicated and inexpensive optical measurement method that is often used for heart rate monitoring purposes. PPG is a non-invasive technology that uses a light source and a photodetector at the surface of skin to measure the volumetric variations of blood circulation.(1) A lot of people with in the African American culture used supplemental moisturizing aide to keep skin hydrated. Does there need to be skin to skin contact for a higher accuracy?
Here is a YouTube link of a Jerry Rig Everything doing a breakdown/ tear down of of a Apple Watch 6
Dr. Ramin showed a picture of the sensors of the iWatch. I just wanted to provide a little more information as to what is inside.
Diabetics skin breaks down faster and easier than normal skin.
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(1)Castaneda, D., Esparza, A., Ghamari, M., Soltanpur, C., & Nazeran, H. (2018). A review on wearable photoplethysmography sensors and their potential future applications in health care. International journal of biosensors & bioelectronics, 4(4), 195–202. https://doi.org/10.15406/ijbsbe.2018.04.00125