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Marco Altini

  • ​PhD cum laude in Data Science
  • MSc cum laude in Computer Science Engineering
  • MSc cum laude in Human Movement Sciences, High-Performance Coaching 

  • Founder of HRV4Training 
  • ​Data Science Advisor at Oura
  • Guest Lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Physiology section of the Department of Human Movement Sciences)
  • Editor of the Wearable Department of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine
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  • 10+ years of experience modeling physiological data (6+ in Holland, 4 in Silicon Valley)
  • 50+ publications at the intersection between technology, health, and performance
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  • ​Passionate Runner
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Contact & Social Media

​I am currently based in Amsterdam and you can reach me via email here 

You can also find me on Twitter, Instagram and Strava.

Bio

​I am a scientist and developer mainly working at the intersection between health, technology and performance. I have a PhD (cum laude) in Data Science and a MSc (cum laude) in Computer Science Engineering as well as another MSc (also cum laude) in Human Movement Sciences, with a specialization in High Performance Coaching

I started HRV4Training in 2012, making it a tool that is today trusted by more than 150 000, including olympic medalists and professional teams. HRV4Training is a mobile platform using advanced signal processing and data analytics to measure physiology  and quantify stress, helping athletes of all levels to better balance training and lifestyle stressors to improve performance. HRV4Training is also the first and only app that can reliably measure heart rate variability (HRV) using the phone's camera 

CURRENT WORK
Currently, I am taking care of product development (strategy, iOS and Android app development, web platform development) and research (clinical studies, insights, new features development from user generated data and large scale data analysis) as well as producing and delivering educational material on the topic of HRV, stress and performance

In 2020 I took also a role as Data Science Advisor at Oura, helping a great team developing meaningful insights from physiological data. In particular, I have worked with Oura on the development of the next generation sleep staging algorithm, which I have described in this paper

Finally, I am guest lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Physiology section of the Department of Human Movement Sciences. I am mostly helping out in the course in Data in Sport and Health and advising students entrepreneurs in the Demonstrator Lab.

PREVIOUS WORK
Between 2014 and 2019 I led data science activities at Bloomlife, a digital health startup focusing on helping expecting mothers have a healthy pregnancy. During this period Bloomlife grew from 3 to 20 employees, raised over 8 M USD in capital, and pioneered data-driven pre-natal research. In 2019 I left Bloomlife to pursue a different career path. You can learn more about my research here

​From time to time, I also help other companies improving their products, see for example my work on Relative Effort with Strava. ​

You can learn more about the solutions I have developed, at HRV.tools. ​

INTERVIEWS

The Use Case for Heart Rate Variability with Marco Altini and Corrine Malcolm | Koopcast (video)

Longevity by Design: Dr. Marco Altini - Heart Rate Variability and the Stress Response
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Marco Altini: The Man Behind the Movement. 80/20 Endurance

Marco Altini in Heart Rate Variability, Autonomics and Interpreting Data. Upside Strength

Heart Rate Variability – New perspectives and insights with Marco Altini, PhD, Scientific Triathlon

Heart Rate Variability applications and insights with Marco Altini, Scientific Triathlon

Interview Wild Ginger Running (video)

Run Beyond with Jason Brooks and Jason Schlarb

Balancing Stress to Improve Performance, Sweat Elite

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Tracking with Marco Altini, Founder of HRV4Training, Age Grouper for Life

Webinar for the Spanish Paralympic Committee (video)

Marco Altini on Biofeedback

Dr. Marco Altini on using HRV for Health and Performance 

Webinar for triathlon Victoria (Australia) (video)

Podcast Trail and Error

Runtesters. Runners' Guide to Heart Rate Variability: How to use HRV to guide your training (video)

Performance Quest with Francesco Cuzzolin | HRV monitoring: benefits and criticism​ (video)

Oxygen addict triathlon podcast, Dr Marco Altini  on Heart Rate Variability

The Rowing Chat, Heart Rate Variability with Marco Altini (video)
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Sports Tech Research Podcast: Marco Altini

Fitness Freaks: Marco Altini, How your Heart Can Save You from Overtraining

Did you move today? EP 63 Meet Marco Altini and Move with Him!

Heart Rate Variability Simplified with Marco Altini

Stressed?? Why HRV is the Coolest Thing You Should Be Tracking (ft. HRV4Training - Marco Altini) (video)

HRV explained - Marco Altini | Coach's Couch (video)

Endurance Innovation Podcast, Marco Altini and HRV4Training

The Data Science behind HRV with Marco Altini, PhD

HRV research update, Consummate athlete podcast

Interview with Marco Altini, Complementary training

Heart Rate Variability with Marco Altini, PhD. Inner Fight

Optimize your training and health with HRV with Marco Altini, The Consummate Athlete

Why HRV matters and how to track it with HRV4Training app founder Marco Altini

High Intensity Health

Quantified Body: estimating cardiorespiratory fitness, my PhD research work

Come misurare lo Stress, HRV, la variabilità della frequenza cardiaca, una sintesi semplice (Video in Italian)

Come gestire al meglio l'allenamento in bici. Bikeitalia (Italian)

HRV con Marco Altini (Italian)

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