13 - 18 OCTOBER 2013, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA

Workshop on Sports Data Visualization

Organizers: 
Rahul Basole (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Organizers: 
Edward Clarkson (Georgia Tech Research Institute)
Organizers: 
Andy Cox (The Weather Company and Crashing the Dance)
Organizers: 
Christopher Healey (North Carolina State University)
Organizers: 
John Stasko (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Organizers: 
Chad Stolper (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Description

Few areas involve, generate, and celebrate data in the manner that sports does. The field of sports analytics is primarily associated with baseball, but has more recently spread to other sports, including basketball, soccer, professional football, ice hockey, tennis, and golf. Surprisingly, there have been few applications of visualization presentation and exploration tools to sports data. This workshop will serve as the first meeting of researchers and practitioners interested in presenting sports data through visualization. It will provide an opportunity for those engaged in this topic to interact and share their experiences. Hopefully, it will spur growth in a new sub-area of data visualization for the future.