Session
Advanced Technology
Revolutionizing Sports: The Role of AI in Judging and Its Potential Side Effects
The role of referees in sports has long depended on human judgment, but with the advancement of AI technology, this role is beginning to change. This session will explore the impact of AI-driven judging systems on sports and discuss the potential for human referees to be replaced. We will delve into the benefits and challenges of AI-based decision-making, examining how technological innovation could affect the fairness of sports, the experience of players and spectators, and the evolving role of referees themselves.
Available passes
- Executive
- Business/Startup
- Rising Star
- City
Language：Japanese
Speakers
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Mizuki Oka
University of Tsukuba,ConnectSphere Inc.
Mizuki Oka
Researcher. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba, and CEO of ConnectSphere Inc.
She graduated from the College of Information Science, University of Tsukuba in 2003, and completed her doctoral program there in 2008, earning a Ph.D. in Engineering. That same year, she served as a specially appointed researcher at the University of Tokyo. After working as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba in 2013, she assumed her current position. Her areas of expertise include artificial life and web science. Her publications include ALIFE: Toward AI More Life-like than Artificial Life (BNN Inc.) and Creating and Running ALife: An Introduction to Artificial Life Model Theory Through Implementation (O’Reilly Japan).
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Keisuke Fujii
Nagoya University
Keisuke Fujii
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University
He is born in Osaka City in 1986. After obtaining his PhD degree from the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies at Kyoto University in 2014, he worked such as a researcher at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, and became an associate professor at the Graduate School of Informatics at Nagoya University in 2021. He received the Nagoya University Akasaki Prize in 2023. He is conducting research on the integration of machine learning and sports analytics, and has recently been working on the social implementation of this technology in collaboration with various organizations.
