• Automatic thumbnail selection for soccer videos using machine learning 

      Husa, Andreas; Midoglu, Cise; Hammou, Malek; Hicks, Steven; Johansen, Dag; Kupka, Tomas; Riegler, Michael; Halvorsen, Pål (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022-08-05)
      Thumbnail selection is a very important aspect of online sport video presentation, as thumbnails capture the essence of important events, engage viewers, and make video clips attractive to watch. Traditional solutions in the soccer domain for presenting highlight clips of important events such as goals, substitutions, and cards rely on the manual or static selection of thumbnails. However, such ...
    • Exploration of Different Time Series Models for Soccer Athlete Performance Prediction 

      Kulakou, Siarhei; Ragab, Nourhan; Midoglu, Cise; Boeker, Matthias; Johansen, Dag; Riegler, Michael; Halvorsen, Pål (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-29)
      Professional sports achievements combine not only the individual physical abilities of athletes but also many modern technologies in areas such as medicine, equipment production, nutrition, and physical and mental health monitoring. In this work, we address the problem of predicting soccer players’ ability to perform, from subjective self-reported wellness parameters collected using a commercially ...