{"626567":{"#nid":"626567","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Sports Innovation Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for People and Technology, Georgia Tech Athletics, and other campus units have partnered to create SPRINT, or the Sports Research, Innovation, and Technology initiative. SPRINT centralizes and expands the Institute\u0026rsquo;s sports-related research, with the vision of making Atlanta a global leader in sports innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe initiative will focus on three components:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAthletic performance (athlete health and human performance, wearables, and analytics)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFan engagement (in-game engagement, relationship management, segmentation, communications, sales, and customer marketing)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOperations (ticketing, game-day operations, parking, security, concessions, ingress\/egress, and venue management)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDoug Allvine\u003C\/strong\u003E is leading the effort as assistant athletics director for innovation, a role created in 2017 by Athletic Director \u003Cstrong\u003ETodd Stansbury \u003C\/strong\u003Ewithin the Georgia Tech Athletic Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Georgia Institute of Technology is a leading research university,\u0026rdquo; said Stansbury. \u0026ldquo;Applying our research innovation to sports is a huge opportunity for faculty and students, and gives our teams on and off the field a competitive advantage. Sports innovation creates opportunities for research, grants, corporate partnerships, industry collaboration, and student advancement.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIPaT will bring together Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s research community to support and amplify the work of faculty in this area, including the emerging \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/events\/ipat-thursday-think-tank-0\u0022\u003Eesports industry\u003C\/a\u003E, the use of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/shaping-human-technology-frontier\/fans\u0022\u003Etechnology to engage sports fans\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/news\/sports-technology-innovation\u0022\u003Ephysical and mental health of athletes\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech researchers have examined the critical role of technology through the lens of sports for many years,\u0026rdquo; said IPaT Executive Director \u003Cstrong\u003EBeth Mynatt\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;IPaT and our partners are excited to convene multidisciplinary research teams engaged in pioneering work that improves human performance and enhances the fan experience.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and staff from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI), the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/OIC\u0022\u003EOffice of Industry Collaboration\u003C\/a\u003E (OIC), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/exercisephysiology\/\u0022\u003EExercise Physiology Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/sports\u0022\u003ESports, Society, and Technology program\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECreateX\u003C\/a\u003E are also partnering in the initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about SPRINT, including research, news, events, and student and partnership opportunities, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sprint.ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESPRINT website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary SPRINT initiative focuses on sports-related research and innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The interdisciplinary SPRINT initiative focuses on sports-related research and innovation."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2019-09-23 15:39:24","changed_gmt":"2019-10-11 15:52:04","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623232":{"id":"623232","type":"image","title":"DETECT","body":null,"created":"1562871287","gmt_created":"2019-07-11 18:54:47","changed":"1562871287","gmt_changed":"2019-07-11 18:54:47","alt":"DETECT","file":{"fid":"237344","name":"DETECT.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DETECT.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DETECT.png","mime":"image\/png","size":194867,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DETECT.png?itok=l8ziMsdg"}}},"media_ids":["623232"],"groups":[{"id":"622605","name":"GT SPRINT"},{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181703","name":"HTF"},{"id":"182451","name":"SPRINT"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"26041","name":"gtaa"},{"id":"12888","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"11726","name":"Institute for People and Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlyson Powell Key\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}