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Faraaz Akhtar

Faraaz Akhtar

AI and Health Researcher

Faraaz Akhtar is an AI & Health Researcher at Terra API, where he develops statistical and machine-learning methods to extract insights from large-scale wearable health data.

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Faraaz Akhtar

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Faraaz Akhtar is an AI & Health Researcher at Terra API, where he works with large-scale wearable data to better understand human health using machine learning and statistical methods. He’s particularly interested in learning meaningful representations from physiological time-series and figuring out how to work with noisy, imperfect data collected in real-world settings. His previous work spans a range of problems in wearable health, including sleep, cardiovascular signals, and self-supervised learning approaches for physiological data.

Published Research

Alcohol Doesn't Ruin Your Sleep The Way You Think

Alcohol Doesn't Ruin Your Sleep The Way You Think

March 30, 2026

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Caffeine Kills Your Deepest Sleep First

Caffeine Kills Your Deepest Sleep First

March 17, 2026

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Seasonal Effects on Sleep Performance

Seasonal Effects on Sleep Performance

February 11, 2026

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Sleep Metric Variation Across Wearables

Sleep Metric Variation Across Wearables

January 22, 2026

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The January Activity Spike: A two-day Story

The January Activity Spike: A two-day Story

January 15, 2026

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Sleep Patterns Across the World

Sleep Patterns Across the World

January 6, 2026

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How HRV Actually Works

How HRV Actually Works

December 17, 2025

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