{"product_id":"ai-for-sports-9781032048291","title":"AI for Sports","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is always just five years away, but it never arrives. Recently, however, developments have made the practical utility of game theory a genuine reality. Will sport provide the petri dish in which AI will prove itself? What do domain specialists like managers and coaches want to know that they can't currently find out, and can AI provide the answer? What competitive advantages might AI provide for recruitment, performance and tactics, health and fitness, pedagogy, broadcasting, eSports, gambling and stadium design in the future? Written by leading experts in both sports management and AI, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI for Sports \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ebegins to answer these and many other questions on the future of AI for sports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12730969\"\u003eChris Brady\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3806185\"\u003eKarl Tuyls\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14910214\"\u003eShayegan Omidshafiei\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032048291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032048298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM012040\"\u003eProgramming | Games\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM012050\"\u003eImage Processing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM014000\"\u003eComputer Science\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Chris Brady\u003c\/b\u003e is currently the Chief Intelligence Officer at Sportsology, a US-based consultancy to elite sports organizations across the globe. Professor Brady has had a varied working life ranging from a line-worker at Chrysler in Detroit in his teens to managing a bookmaker's shop, from a land surveyor to a semi-professional footballer, from a naval officer to a management consultant. Prior to joining Sportsology he was most recently Professor of Management Studies at Salford University where he founded the Centre for Sports Business which focussed on the production of high quality research with a particular emphasis on statistical analytics and future trend analysis within the global sports industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Tuyls\u003c\/b\u003e (FBCS) is a team lead at DeepMind (Paris, France), an honorary professor of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, UK, and a Guest Professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Previously, he held academic positions at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Hasselt University, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Maastricht University. Prof. Tuyls has received several awards with his research, amongst which: the Information Technology prize 2000 in Belgium, best demo award at AAMAS'12, winner of various Robocup@Work competitions ('13, '14), and he was a co-author of the runner-up best paper award at ICML'18. Furthermore, his research has received substantial attention from national and international press and media, most recently his work on Sports Analytics featured in Wired UK. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), is on the editorial board of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, and is editor-in-chief of the Springer briefs series on Intelligent Systems. Prof. Tuyls is also an emeritus member of the board of directors of the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShayegan Omidshafiei\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior research scientist in DeepMind's Game Theory team, where he also co-leads DeepMind's Sports Analytics effort. His research interests include multiagent systems, reinforcement learning, robotics, and control systems. He previously received his Ph.D. at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) and Aerospace Controls Laboratory (ACL) at MIT. He received a B.A.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto in 2012, and an S.M. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 2015. 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