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Sports analytics deals with data related to sports events to obtain insights about the sport and its surroundings. In our group we interpret this broadly. The insights can relate to player and team performance, strategies, training, injuries, and rules of the game.

Our group

We are researchers from different groups at Linköping University, primarily from the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), with a common interest in various aspects of sports analytics. The group was formed in 2017.

Projects

We perform research in ice hockey, football, basketball, and baseball.

Conference

Since 2022, the group organises, together with Linköping Hockey Club, LINHAC - Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference, Europe's only conference on ice hockey analytics.

Course

Since 2019, we offer a course in Sports Analytics within the Master's Programme in Statistics and Machine Learning.

For more information about the group, publications, courses, events and Master and Bachelor thesis proposals, we refer to Sports Analytics - IDA

Contact us

Primary contact

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Patrick Lambrix

Professor, Head of Division
 
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Niklas Carlsson

Senior Associate Professor
 
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Marcus Bendtsen

Senior Associate Professor

Research news

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The world's largest conference on ice hockey analytics at LiU

The first edition of LINHAC was completely digital. When LiU organizes the world's largest conference in hockey analytics for the second time it will be a hybrid event with a busy schedule on campus and with participants from all over the world.
Three LHC-players and tvo from HV in front of LHC's goal and goalkeeper during a hockey game.

LiU: helping LHC keep a clean sheet

A collaboration between two LiU researchers and the Linköping ice hockey club LHC will make it possible to discover the strategy of the opposing team quickly. The system is almost ready to be brought into use.

About ADIT and IDA

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Database and Information Techniques (ADIT)

The division Database and Information Techniques is part of the Department of Computer and Information Science. The division consists of several research groups, each of which has its own research profile.
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Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest departments in northern Europe in its field. Research activity covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.

About SH and HMV

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Division of Society and Health (SH)

We are an interdisciplinary division with research and education in several subject areas. The division consist of two units, Health Care Analysis and Public Health Science, and includes the Master´s programme in Medical Science.
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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

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