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Sports and machine learning: How young people can use data from their own bodies to learn about machine learning

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In order to foster interest in machine learning among young people, presented are simple and effective ways to engage kids using sensors on their own bodies.

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            cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
            XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 25, Issue 4
            Computer Science and Sports
            Summer 2019
            62 pages
            ISSN:1528-4972
            EISSN:1528-4980
            DOI:10.1145/3344809
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