Major League Baseball Advanced Media Statcast Tech Talk at CSAIL 3/6

[Meghan Huber]

*Posted on behalf of a member company of the CSAIL Alliance Program (CAP) *

Title: Major League Baseball Advanced Media Statcast Tech Talk at CSAIL 3/6


Abstract:
MLB Advanced Media’s Statcast system is a revolutionary tracking technology
that gathers and displays aspects of the game that were previously
immeasurable. In its first two years, the system has calculated nearly 54
million different metrics with data collected by high-resolution optical
cameras and radar equipment installed in all 30 Major League ballparks.
MLBAM will discuss how it is using Statcast data to contextually tell, and
visualize, baseball’s most interesting stories, engaging fans in a
multi-platform world.

Speaker Bios:
Greg Cain is Sr. Director, Sports Data for MLBAM. Greg is responsible for
data systems that capture, process, distribute and display sports data for
MLBAM built properties including: MLB, NHL, MLS, and League of Legends.
Greg was the point person for the development of the Statcast system
leading to its league wide launch in 2015. Greg’s group working on stats in
baseball was also featured in Vice Sports in 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rOKGKhQe8U

Dirk Van Dall is the Vice President of Multimedia Technology Development.
Dirk oversees multimedia technology development for baseball as well as
various sports and entertainment partners at Major League Baseball Advanced
Media. Mr. Van Dall has championed technologies in OTT video, security,
digital archiving, artificial intelligence, and machine vision. Among his
recent MLBAM projects is the StatCast Player Tracking Initiative for Major
League Baseball.  StatCast records the metrics of every player of every
game, illuminating nuances of the athletes, and exciting fans of all ages.
Mr. Van Dall is proud to be a new media pioneer at the confluence of
streaming video, interactivity, traditional storytelling, and big data.

Event details:

MLB Advanced Media Tech Talk: Statcast

Monday, March 6, 2017
Time: 4:00PM-5:00PM EST

Location: G882 (Hewlett Room), Ray and Maria Stata Center



Registration: http://bit.ly/CSAILMLBTALK2017





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