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:
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 :
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