Job description
An exciting opportunity has become available to work on a 24-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Exeter and JockeyCam Ltd. The KTP will develop new methods to capture and analyse data on horse and athlete movement in horseracing and other sports. The successful candidate will be employed by the University of Exeter and will be based at JockeyCam’s premises in Chepstow, Wales.
Project description
This project aims to create a new sensor integration and analysis
capability within JockeyCam based on Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs).
This will facilitate an industry leading, data-driven approach to improve
jockey and horse health, welfare, and performance and provide an enhanced,
state of the art, real-time entertainment experience for fans.
The KTP associate will develop and embed within JockeyCam the ability
to:
• Validate and refine the hardware for the collection of rich,
large-scale data sets.
• Process and analyse large data sets.
• Transform this data into formats that are attractive to customers.
• Undertake analyses to draw conclusions from the data and make
recommendations for the health and safety of riders and horses.
• Support regulators and stakeholders with the effective implementation
of these recommendations.
About the business
JockeyCam are industry leaders in athlete POV cameras. The aim is to put people where the action is, designing products with athletes in mind. They provide live broadcast HD video services from wearable cameras, in horseracing and other sports. You can read more at https://www.jockeycam.net/.
Video Production
Data Analyst
An upper second or first class degree and/or Masters (or PhD at Grade F) in computer science, mechanical or electrical engineering, data science, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, statistics or a related discipline.
17 March 2023
12 April 2023
2 June 2023
P87142
An exciting opportunity has become available to work on a 24-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Exeter and JockeyCam Ltd. The KTP will develop new methods to capture and analyse data on horse and athlete movement in horseracing and other sports. The successful candidate will be employed by the University of Exeter and will be based at JockeyCam’s premises in Chepstow, Wales.