Michigan Sports Analytics Hackathon

In cooperation with UM Athletics, the Exercise Sports Science Initiative, the Michigan Sports Analytics Society, and Catapult Sports, Inc. — UMSI will be hosting the Michigan Sports Analytics Hackathon on Sunday, October 1st.What: Address challenges posed by UM Athletics in the context of visualization and analysis of data from streaming wearable devices. Participants will work in teams of 2-4 people to generate interesting visualization and analysis approaches — and then present these approaches in Ignite-style presentations. Who: Any member of the University community interested in exploring novel data sets — it is not a requirement to be a sports fan! This is a great opportunity to look at dense, time-varying data collected over a period of several months.Where: North Quad 2435, 10:00 AM to 8:00 pm on Sunday, October 1st.Schedule:10am-12pm — orientation, learning modules 12pm-1pm — Lunch [free!]1pm-6pm — generate approaches6pm-7pm — present approaches in Ignite-style talks (e.g., 3 minutes, 12 slides) + Dinner [free!]7:30pm-8pm — AwardsFor more information, contact [email protected]