http://blog.visual.ly/can-big-data-help-win-olympic-gold/ Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.visual.ly/can-big-data-help-win-olympic-gold/#comment-1212 Las aplicaciones de big data en el deporte | Think Big Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:54:33 +0000 http://blog.visual.ly/?p=6203#comment-1212 [...] Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 han supuesto asimismo un principio de innovación tecnológica en el deporte. Algunos de los participantes se sirvieron de big data para tratar de mejorar sus [...] [...] Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 han supuesto asimismo un principio de innovación tecnológica en el deporte. Algunos de los participantes se sirvieron de big data para tratar de mejorar sus [...]

]]> http://blog.visual.ly/can-big-data-help-win-olympic-gold/#comment-498 Can Big Data Help Win Olympic Gold? | Digital-News on Scoop.it today | Scoop.it Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:44:14 +0000 http://blog.visual.ly/?p=6203#comment-498 [...] My friend Perry and I sat in the wooden lobby of an apartment building in Brooklyn today, when a debate familiar to any sports fan came up. Hey, I said.  [...] [...] My friend Perry and I sat in the wooden lobby of an apartment building in Brooklyn today, when a debate familiar to any sports fan came up. Hey, I said.  [...]

]]> http://blog.visual.ly/can-big-data-help-win-olympic-gold/#comment-481 Can Big Data Help Win Olympic Gold? | opendatanews | Scoop.it Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:25:15 +0000 http://blog.visual.ly/?p=6203#comment-481 [...] "My friend Perry and I sat in the wooden lobby of an apartment building in Brooklyn today, when a debate familiar to any sports fan came up. “Hey,” I said. “Did you see the archery final at the Olympics today?” “Archery is at the Olympics? That’s not even a sport.” The sport/not a sport debate always seems to come around in full force during the Olympics, when events like shooting and ping pong take center stage for a brief moment every four years. But in watching the myriad competitions that make up these Olympic games, it’s important to remember that while they may not all be sports, thanks to the emergence of big data they are all a science. Simon Williams proved as much in his presentation at the Strata Online Conference last week in London, the site of the 2012 Olympics. As the Chief Executive and Co-Founder of data firm QuantumBlack, Williams has worked to design race strategy engines for some of the biggest names in Formula 1 racing. “Everybody knows about the race on the F1 track, but there’s another race going on – the innovation arms race,” Williams said in the presentation. “The fantastic plan that you’ve arranged starts falling apart at the first corner. After that first corner, it’s all about determining which course of action is appropriate to undertake.”  [...] [...] "My friend Perry and I sat in the wooden lobby of an apartment building in Brooklyn today, when a debate familiar to any sports fan came up. “Hey,” I said. “Did you see the archery final at the Olympics today?” “Archery is at the Olympics? That’s not even a sport.” The sport/not a sport debate always seems to come around in full force during the Olympics, when events like shooting and ping pong take center stage for a brief moment every four years. But in watching the myriad competitions that make up these Olympic games, it’s important to remember that while they may not all be sports, thanks to the emergence of big data they are all a science. Simon Williams proved as much in his presentation at the Strata Online Conference last week in London, the site of the 2012 Olympics. As the Chief Executive and Co-Founder of data firm QuantumBlack, Williams has worked to design race strategy engines for some of the biggest names in Formula 1 racing. “Everybody knows about the race on the F1 track, but there’s another race going on – the innovation arms race,” Williams said in the presentation. “The fantastic plan that you’ve arranged starts falling apart at the first corner. After that first corner, it’s all about determining which course of action is appropriate to undertake.”  [...]

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