Call for Participants - Becoming an Olympian in Sports Analytics
Leonid Kholkine
Dear all,
We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Becoming an Olympian in Sports Analytics summer school happening in Antwerp, Belgium, from the 5th to the 9th of September 2022.
The summer school is a practical course that brings together sports and data scientists to learn and discuss how to harness the power of data in sports. With this course, we want to:
- Build knowledge by bridging the gap between sports science, computer science and the sports industry.
- Create an international network of researchers and practitioners in advanced sports analytics that opens up opportunities for cross-pollination between the two fields.
The course will provide the right mix of theoretical lectures on important topics in sports analytics, specific use cases from several sports and a practical, real-life sports data project throughout the course. Topics include a variety of machine learning application methodologies for sensor data, time series, computer vision and spatio-temporal data.
During the Summer School, lectures and presentations will be given by :
- Bernadet van Os - High Performance Manager at the Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation
- Jesse Davis - Professor at KU Leuven
- Luke Bornn - Professor at Simon Fraser University and Co-founder of Zelus Analytics
- Arno Knobbe - Professor at Leiden University
- Dirk Vissers - Professor at the University of Antwerp
- Jan Boone - Professor at the University of Ghent
- Stephan van der Zwaard - Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Steven Latré - Professor at the University of Antwerp
- Steven Verstockt - Professor at the University of Ghent
- Tim Verdonck - Professor at the Univesity of Antwerp
- Arne Jaspers - Sport Scientist at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Arie-Willem de Leeuw - Senior Researcher in Sports Analytics at the University of Antwerp
- Maarten Slembrouck - Senior Researcher in Sports Analytics at the University of Ghent
- Jules Talloen - Machine Learning Engineer at ML6
- Jelle de Bock - Researcher in Sports Analytics at the University of Ghent
- Leonid Kholkine - Researcher in Sports Analytics at the University of Antwerp
The course is organised by IDLab (a joint research initiative between the University of Antwerp, Ghent University and imec), and it is supported by Sport Vlaanderen (the Flemish Sports agency) and VAIA (Flanders AI Academy).
The applications are open until the 15th of June and will be accepted on a rolling basis. The fee for the school is 250€ including lunches, coffee breaks, lectures, reception and a sports social activity. We encourage anyone interested to apply as soon as possible, as there is a limited number of places available. The course is accredited for 3 ECTS upon completion and evaluation of an assignment after the course.
More information about the Summer School and how to apply for this course can be found here: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/summer-winter-schools/bosa/.
On behalf of the organising committee,
Leonid Kholkine