Week 1 Friday (Ice Skating)

Anoop Sunkara (seen on the right hand side) performs a triple axel.

During the staff meeting, we went over the abstracts that we wrote yesterday. After spending some time to correct the abstract for the hockey group, adding in background information about analytics and our goals, Emma and I went to Frank Ritter Arena to take some measurements of certain reference points on the ice that we didn't have. We measured a lot of key points on the tiger head and on the four dots that lie at each corner of the arena. However, we  are concerned about the accuracy of those measurements due to the fact that Frank Ritter Arena is different from the main stadium that the RIT hockey team plays at.

After coming back to the laboratory, Joe, Emma and I spoke about the results from the data yesterday. We considered using certain advertisements as reference points. However, we can't access them due to the fact that the main Gene Polisseni center doesn't have any ice in it as of now. We also considered using the lines that are around the four dots on the four corners. However, we questioned whether or not a computer would be able to automatically recognize these points. Before we answered these questions about the capability of a computer to automatically categorize the data, we needed to ensure that we could do it accurately manually. Thus, we performed some more tests with data points and a new origin to see if that would correct the inaccuracies. It did not, so we need to talk with Carl to understand how we can do the math accurately.

After that, we went to the ice rink and had fun ice skating. I could not get my shoes on properly, so someone had to tie my shoelaces for me. That was quite unfortunate. We missed out on the free pizza, but we had lunch after ice skating.

When we got back, I worked on getting more data for the excel chart I worked on yesterday. It seemed like the accuracy was increasing, but I will have to get more data to see if it really is higher than the 48 percent I had yesterday. I got a new chair today too, so that was definitely a plus.