{"587428":{"#nid":"587428","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank: Wearable Tech in Georgia Tech Athletics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModerator: \u003C\/strong\u003ECarla Gilson, Georgia Tech Athletics, Associate Director of Sports Medicine\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin Georgia Tech Athletics, there are key departments (IT, academics, sports medicine, player development and nutrition\/life skills) who interface with student-athletes, teams, coaches and each other daily. From performance and assessment analytics solutions to communication platforms, departments and sports teams are constantly gathering data, searching for efficiency solutions and identifying ways to implement solutions. This ongoing process is designed to ensure that our student-athletes are equipped for competition in the classroom and on the field. Furthermore, many of our teams are currently using wearables to track performance data without a means to analyze or interpret the data.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt this Think Tank, our goal is to identify solutions and brainstorm how we can incorporate and use wearable technology or other forms of interactive media within Georgia Tech Athletics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Thursday\u0026nbsp;Think\u0026nbsp;Tank\u0026nbsp;is a weekly gathering of the IPaT community to brainstorm about research and stay informed about the work that\u0026nbsp;everyone is doing.\u0026nbsp;This is an informal gathering where the moderator kicks off the weekly topic, but everyone is encouraged to join the discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIdeas for future Thursday\u0026nbsp;Think\u0026nbsp;Tanks? Send comments or suggestions to Russ Clark (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:russ.clark@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eruss.clark@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Maribeth Gandy\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maribeth@imtc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emaribeth@imtc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Thursday Think Tank is a weekly gathering of the IPaT community to brainstorm about research and stay informed about the work that everyone is doing."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2017-02-14 19:25:27","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:50","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-02-23T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-02-23T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-02-23T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-02-23 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-02-23 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-02-23 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"531101","name":"Tennenbaum Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"132141","name":"wearables"},{"id":"115211","name":"wearable tech"},{"id":"172141","name":"GT athletics"},{"id":"173470","name":"Carla Gilson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}