EVENTO
Sport informatics as a scientific discipline
Tipo de evento: Seminário LNCC
Over the past three decades, the discipline sport informatics - also called computer science in sports - has become a growing discipline. In this presentation the historical roots are reconstructed and some reflections on the nature of this new discipline between sport science and informatics are given.Sport informatics is a set of multi- and interdisciplinary research programs which contain parts of sport science and computer science. The subject area is the application of tools, methods and paradigms from computer science on questions of sport science as well as the integration of sport scientific knowledge in computer science. Thus, activities range from simple tools for handling data and controlling sensors up to the modelling and simulation of complex sport-related phenomena.Whereas first applications in the Seventies used computers for information and documentation purposes only, current approaches deal, for example, with virtual reality in sport, computer technology for supporting top level sports, e-learning in sports training, the modelling and simulation of biomechanical phenomena, and many more. The International Association on Computer Science in Sport (IACSS) was founded in 2002 and promotes research in this area. In many countries such as Austria, China, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Portugal, Slovakia, and Turkey national associations have been established. There is mutual benefit from cooperation between sports science and informatics. Outstanding services as well as theoretical and practical improvements on one side and a well-defined testing field for applications as well as large public impact on the other.One has to admit, though, that levels of interdisciplinarity achieved so far could be improved. Ideally activities include a two way exchange of concepts and applications. Whereas the integration of computer science concepts (neuronal networks, virtual reality, image recognition etc.) in sports applications (performance analysis, motor learning, biomechanics) is quite frequent and fruitful, the other direction can only rarely be observed although there are interesting subjects (robotics, collective behaviour).As conclusion one might state that sport informatics as interdisciplinary research area between informatics and sports science has an impressive impact at present as well as excellent perspectives for the future.Reference:Link, D. & Lames, M. (2014). An introduction to sport informatics. In A. Baca (Ed.), Computer Science in Sport (pp. 1-17). London: Routledge.
Data Início: 24/03/2015 Hora: 09:30 Data Fim: Hora: 11:30
Local: LNCC - Laboratório Nacional de Computação Ciêntifica - Auditorio B
Comitê Organizador: Martin Lames - TU München - -
