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Digital Doping
How do you detect manipulated GPS data in digital sports competitions? In this five-part series, LaceUp and researchers from ETH Zurich show how GPS analysis makes fairness measurable – from the fundamentals all the way to the "perfect" fake ride.
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Fairness in GPS sport
To safeguard fairness and trust in GPSbased timing, LaceUp has launched a research project together with ETH Zurich. The goal: an algorithm that automatically …
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Manipulated data
Our current analysis – a collaboration between LaceUp, ETH Zurich and students Kevin Kosch and Nikolaus Rath – examines the phenomenon of digital doping …
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A case from the field
Or: when a GPX track raises questions... The lescolsdezurich.ch competition is currently running with over 700 participants – and unfortunately we had to …
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Fair play through GPS analysis
So that every ride in LaceUp events is scored fairly, we have developed an algorithm together with our colleagues at ETH Zurich that automatically rates the …
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The "perfect" fake ride
Even highly sophisticated GPS manipulations leave digital fingerprints. These traces are often subtle but systematically detectable. Our mission at LaceUp is …