Andrea Zignoli

Andrea Zignoli

I create mathematical models for sport performance analysis

Talks and presentations

Human-AI Balance in Coaching: A Look into Athletica’s AI-Assisted HRV Monitoring

December 26, 2024

Podcast, Remote, Remote

This episode of the Athletes Compass podcast explores heart rate variability (HRV) and its role in optimizing training readiness and recovery. Andrea Zignoli, co-architect of Athletica’s AI-assisted HRV monitoring, discusses how AI enhances HRV analysis while maintaining the importance of human expertise for contextual decision-making. They explore the integration of Garmin technology, AI, and HRV trends to balance training load and recovery.

How to process power data in sports

June 15, 2021

Tutorial, Remote, Remote

This hands on tutorial was part of the International Summer School in Wearable Sensors in Sport, Energetics and power monitoring in sport. I paste here the description of the tutorial from the school website.

DeMotu project: design and production of a 3D printed human knee for research in biomechanics

December 01, 2019

Talk, Trentino Sviluppo, Rovereto, Trento, Italy

In this talk delivered at the Mountain Sport and Health international conference, I presented the results of the DeMotu project in behalf of the research group: A. Zignoli, C. Malacarne, P. Bosetti, L. Bortolan, D. Tombolato and F. Biral. The talk was mainly about 3D printing technologies apoplied to the design of new physical models of the human knee.

An optimal control approach to the high intensity interval training design

March 01, 2016

Talks, Congress Center, Caen, France

At the 2016 edition of the World Congress of Cycling Science, I presented a new methodology that can be adopted to automatically prescribe high intensity interval training sessions with optimal control techniques. The research teeam was compesed by: A. Zignoli, A. Fornasiero, A. Savoldelli, M. Morelli, E. Bertolazzi, F. Biral and B. Pellegrini.