\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents and staff at Carnegie Mellon University got to showcase their work to NFL and Pittsburgh officials Wednesday. The \u201cPowering the Future of Sport\u201d competition took over CMU\u2019s Robotics Innovation Center in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hazelwood neighborhood. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful showcase for the broader audience to really see this,\u201d said Ron Yurko, director of CMU\u2019s Sport Analytics Center. \u201cWhen people think of sports analytics, they think of Carnegie Mellon University. They think of robotics. They think of this amazing amount of technology that\u2019s here.\u201dYurko was one of several people who showcased their inventions and studies to NFL officials like Commissioner Roger Goodell. Alongside Goodell were Steelers Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis and famous entrepreneur and Mt. Lebanon native Mark Cuban.\u201cThe NFL has an amazing amount of tracking data like chips in the shoulder pads,\u201d Yurko said. \u201cAmazing students have done a number of different projects.\u201dYurko\u2019s station at Wednesday\u2019s showcase was about using data, including Madden NFL video game ratings, to predict the success rate of draft picks. \u201cAt the very top of the draft, there\u2019s like a 75% chance of having at least a starter on your roster. But by the end of the first round, you\u2019re already getting to a coin toss,” Yurko said. “Across the draft, we get a look at the ceiling for the value of a player and which teams go above that ceiling. The first overall pick in the draft is worth 3,000 points. What type of picks would a team have to trade to get that pick?\u201dOther displays used artificial intelligence and robotics to do things like launch footballs and present logistics for use in pro sports front offices. Some examples did not have anything to do with sports. However, they are meant to help sports cities be sustainable. Xiaoyu Kaess, co-founder and COO of Aquatonomy, showed off an underwater robot that helps analyze the stability and longevity of infrastructure.\u201cWe can cover the same large areas,\u201d she said. \u201cImagine dams and bridges. That directly impacts on the safety of our infrastructure, given that it\u2019s 50-100-plus years old. We\u2019re moving the industry from manual, dangerous work to autonomous and data-driven.\u201dThe showcase ended up netting $1.825 million in start-up money for finalists in the competition.”And now, we’re here talking about the future of Pittsburgh, the future jobs that are going to be created here through this technology that\u2019s being built,” Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor said. “You’re having the future of the world being built here on this old steel mill. It\u2019s a great story.\u201d\u201cYou are the incubator for AI growth across this country, across the globe,\u201d Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. \u201cIt\u2019s having big economic development deals, relationships that get cemented, opportunity that comes.\u201dSome of the data studies on display will be displayed on the NFL\u2019s website.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Students and staff at Carnegie Mellon University got to showcase their work to NFL and Pittsburgh officials Wednesday. <\/p>\n
The \u201cPowering the Future of Sport\u201d competition took over CMU\u2019s Robotics Innovation Center in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hazelwood neighborhood. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful showcase for the broader audience to really see this,\u201d said Ron Yurko, director of CMU\u2019s Sport Analytics Center. \u201cWhen people think of sports analytics, they think of Carnegie Mellon University. They think of robotics. They think of this amazing amount of technology that\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yurko was one of several people who showcased their inventions and studies to NFL officials like Commissioner Roger Goodell. Alongside Goodell were Steelers Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis and famous entrepreneur and Mt. Lebanon native Mark Cuban.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NFL has an amazing amount of tracking data like chips in the shoulder pads,\u201d Yurko said. \u201cAmazing students have done a number of different projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yurko\u2019s station at Wednesday\u2019s showcase was about using data, including Madden NFL video game ratings, to predict the success rate of draft picks. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt the very top of the draft, there\u2019s like a 75% chance of having at least a starter on your roster. But by the end of the first round, you\u2019re already getting to a coin toss,” Yurko said. “Across the draft, we get a look at the ceiling for the value of a player and which teams go above that ceiling. The first overall pick in the draft is worth 3,000 points. What type of picks would a team have to trade to get that pick?\u201d<\/p>\n
Other displays used artificial intelligence and robotics to do things like launch footballs and present logistics for use in pro sports front offices. <\/p>\n
Some examples did not have anything to do with sports. However, they are meant to help sports cities be sustainable. <\/p>\n
Xiaoyu Kaess, co-founder and COO of Aquatonomy, showed off an underwater robot that helps analyze the stability and longevity of infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can cover the same large areas,\u201d she said. \u201cImagine dams and bridges. That directly impacts on the safety of our infrastructure, given that it\u2019s 50-100-plus years old. We\u2019re moving the industry from manual, dangerous work to autonomous and data-driven.\u201d<\/p>\n
The showcase ended up netting $1.825 million in start-up money for finalists in the competition.<\/p>\n
“And now, we’re here talking about the future of Pittsburgh, the future jobs that are going to be created here through this technology that\u2019s being built,” Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor said. “You’re having the future of the world being built here on this old steel mill. It\u2019s a great story.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are the incubator for AI growth across this country, across the globe,\u201d Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. \u201cIt\u2019s having big economic development deals, relationships that get cemented, opportunity that comes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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