SARTHAK AHUJA

Human activity recognition is a well known area of research in pervasive computing, which involves detecting activity of an individual by using various types of sensors. This finds great utility in the context of human-centric problems not only for purposes of tracking ones daily activities but also in monitoring activities of others - like the elderly, patrol officers, etc for purposes of health-care and security. With the growth of interest in AI, such a system can provide useful information to make the agent much more intelligent and aware about the user, thus giving a more personalized experience. Several technologies have been used to get estimates of a person's activity like sensors found in smartphones(accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer etc.), egocentric cameras, other wearable sensors to measure vital signs like heart rate, respiration rate and skin temperature (apart from the same data provided by smartphones), worn on different parts of the body like chest, wrist, ankles,..