This project focusses on development of sports related AI-driven video analytics. Research contributions will focus on:
- the development of convolutional neural networks to detect in-game events (goals, points, throw-ins, penalties, etc);
- detection of individual player behaviours (goal scorers, player infringements, player fitness, etc), building on video-based behavioural analysis research conducted in the ISRC;
- generation of realistic defensive and attacking plays based on the ball and team movements using a generative adversarial network to learn spatio-temporal interactions between players' movements and subsequently simulate how the opposing team will react to a newly developed strategy.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of video sports analytics alongside a well-established CCTV company resulting in high quality publications.
Established in 1968, Ulster University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the medium-sized town of Coleraine (population range of 10,000-49,999 inhabitants), Northern Ireland. This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Belfast, Jordanstown, Derry. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Privy Council, Ulster University is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 25,000-29,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Ulster University offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.