My name is Eric Hsu and I am a third year Integrated Computer Science undergrad in University of British Columbia. I was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1992 and immigrated to Canada with my family when I was 14 years old. I then graduated from Earl Marriott Secondary in Surrey, B.C. and from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Kinesiology in Kinesiology and Health Science in 2016.

I have also been a badminton player athlete for more than 15 years and currently I am coaching at Premier Badminton Academy in Richmond BC. Badminton has allowed me to meet players from all around the world and I was fortune to be able to work with some of the National Team players.

During the undergrad years in my Kinesiology degree, I was given the opportunity to work alongside professional physiotherapists as a kinesiologist in a sport physiotherapy clinic. I was able to meet many patients and injured athletes and hear their stories. To my surprise, most of their sports related injuries were caused by ill-designed training routine, improper techniques, and/or incorrect biomechanics. This was the moment that I realized the field of physiotherapy needed more computerized technology to even further their helpfulness. All of the above causes could easily be tracked and monitored by body motion sensors but the sensors are not commonly used due to their costs. My goal is to create affordable devices to monitor athletes during training and competition to minimize risk of injury.

The Bachelor of Computer Science (ICS) is a 20-month program offered to graduates to allow them to combine their area of interests or specialty with computer science. I think this program is perfect for me to learn programming skills in order to reach my goal. By merging my kinesiology knowledge and technology, I hope to succeed and contribute to sport medicine.