Our Partner in Swedish Network for Sports Tech and Analytics – Chalmers Sports and Technology celebrates 10 years

In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Chalmers Sports and Technology, we invite you to a conference taking place Sep 6-7. With invited speakers from leading sports research groups around the world, the program will cover topics such as: Data driven sports research, Sustainability in Sports, Innovation in Sports and Sports, Technology and Education.

Program​. 

Venue: Chalmers Conference Centre​

Register now!​ Participation is free of charge (including lunch and coffee), but we do require you to register! Registration closes on September 2, but please note that seats are limited.

Organizers:

Alexandar Matic

Moa Johansson​

Martin Fagerström

Contact: matic@chalmers.se

New research by Mikael Mattsson – Head of Health & Sports Technology Initiative

New resaerch with title “Generating Weekly Training Plans in the Style of a Professional Swimming Coach Using Genetic Algorithms and Random Trees”

Abstract

Optimal training planning is a combination of art and science, a time-consuming task that requires expert knowledge. As such, it is often exclusively available to top tier athletes. Many athletes outside the elite do not have access or cannot afford to hire a professional coach to help them create their training plans. In this study, we investigate if it is possible to use the historical training logs of elite swimmers to construct detailed weekly training plans similar to how a specific professional coach would have planned. We present a software system based on machine learning and genetic algorithms for generation of detailed weekly training plans based on desired volume, intensity, training frequency, and athlete characteristics. The system schedules training sessions from a library extracted from training plans written by a professional swimming coach. Results show that the proposed system is able to generate highly accurate training plans in terms of training load, types of sessions, and structure, compared to the human coach.

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Workshop – How can Health & Sports Tech be implemented at BTH

On Thursday, March 24, we conducted a workshop on Health and Sports Tech at BTH. Many good collaborations were made for further development around this exciting area.

Several different institutions came together to jointly develop Health and Sports Tech together with the Vice Chancellor.