Research

Current research projects can be found in the Research Information System (FIS).

DFG projects in the field of computer science:

  • 2024–2028 DFG Funding: SportVid: A portal to support the search, analysis, and evaluation of videos in sports and exercise science
  • 2024–2027 DFG Funding: Implementation of floodlight e-Research technology for the analysis of spatiotemporal movement data in sports science [DFG]
  • 2022–2027 DFG Funding: Simulation of interactive action sequences using the example of elite soccer [DFG]
  • 2019–2027 DFG Funding: A Theoretical Simulation Framework for the Analysis of Predictive Rating Methods on Networks with Applications in Sports
  • since 2020 DFG - Funding: Data-driven approaches for analyzing soccer matches from an e-science perspective [DFG]
  • 2018–2020 DFG - Funding: Simulation of complex tasks using the example of high-performance soccer [DFG]
  • 2018–2020 DFG Funding: Simulation of Interaction Patterns and Simulative Effectiveness Analysis of Creative Plays in Sports Using Neural Networks [DFG]
  • 2014 - 2016 Simulation and analysis of creativity using neural networks (Daniel Memmert & Jürgen Perl) (2nd renewal application)
  • 2011–2013 Simulation and Analysis of Creativity Using Neural Networks (Daniel Memmert & Jürgen Perl) (1st renewal application)
  • 2008–2011 Simulation and Analysis of Creativity Using Neural Networks (Daniel Memmert & Jürgen Perl) (Initial Grant Application)

DFG projects in the field of psychology:

  • 2016–2019 DFG Grant: Neural Mechanisms of Creative Solutions in Complex Tasks (Collaborator: Dr. Andreas Fink) [DFG]
  • 2016–2017 DFG Funding: Finding Appropriate and Original Solutions: A Research Program on the Influence of Personal and Situational Factors on Creative Motor Problem Solving [DFG]
  • 2014–2017 DFG Funding: Why Do We Shoot Where We Do? An Investigation into the Simultaneous Involvement of Various Cognitive Processes in Laboratory and Field Settings [DFG]
  • 2013–2017 DFG Funding: Inattentional Blindness and Attention: Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Failures of Awareness [DFG]

Projects supported by the BMBF:

2022–2025 Funding for training initiatives and research projects in the field of machine learning under the “Promotion of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education” funding program: A university-based teaching concept for AI in sports science (uLKIS)

2020–2024 Multimodal Analysis for Sports Analytics: Intelligent synchronization and semantic enrichment of positional and video data for the analysis of sports game data. “Application of Artificial Intelligence Methods in Practice” as part of the German Federal Government’s AI Strategy and the High-Tech Strategy 2025.

 

Projects supported by the German Football Association (DFB) and the German Football League (DFL):

  • Certificate Program: DFB European Championship Scouting 2021 [more]
  • Since 2016 | DFL Funding: Position Data in Professional Soccer [more]
  • 2015–2017 DFL funding: Referee evaluation in professional soccer [more]

Additional funding:

  • 2024–2026 | BISp Project: Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Women’s 3x3 Basketball
  • 2022–2024 | Funding from the Marga and Walter Boll Foundation: What strategies do people use to get from A to B in a new environment, and how do these strategies change over the course of a lifetime? [more]
  • 2019–2020 | BISp Funding: Match-Fixing [more]
  • 2017–2019 | Funding from the Ministry of Health, Emancipation, Care, and Aging of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Identification of factors that increase the risks of gambling addiction in sports betting and the development of preventive measures to avoid gambling addiction in sports betting [more]
  • 2016–2017 | BISp Funding: Coordinated Eye Movement: A service research project in beach volleyball to improve decision-making among elite athletes [more]
  • 2015–2017 | BISp Funding: Development and evaluation of an instruction-based motivation program to optimize performance in elite sports [more]