[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 86, Issue 17

Wed Jul 9 14:40:24 EAT 2014

It appears big data analytics worked for the Germans actually. I am reminded of how Obama put together an 'army' big data analytics in a bunker and how that worked with him as well. 

I support calls for us to figure out how this can work for us somehow. 

Herbert

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   1. Re: Germany scours university data for tips to beat Brazil,
      coach says (Andrea Bohnstedt)

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:00:18 +0300
From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
To: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>,  KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Germany scours university data for tips to
    beat Brazil, coach says
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I am, I am. I know nothing about football or big data, but I will
graciously accept the compliment on behalf of my people. I guess we do like
to do things properly and thoroughly, and sometimes that works quite well
:)

On 9 July 2014 10:59, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Ngigi
>
> True that!
>
> Trust the Germans to come up with a perfect mix of data, brains, skill and
> brawn!!
>
> Andrea Bohnstedt are you there? :)
>
>
> *Ali Hussein*
>
> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
> Skype: abu-jomo
>
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
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>
> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>
> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>
> Ali,
>
> How many coaches would have singled-out that they would *love* to meet
> Brazil, the host nation and when they do they thrash them 7 ?
>
> I think they had the antidote to Samba Football, and this antidote had a
> lot to do with that article... :-)
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Much as I love Big Data, Analytics and such..Surely you guys are not
>> suggesting that is what beat Brazil? :)
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
>>
>>  Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>
>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>>
>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:31 AM, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Article notes Germany has beaten all the teams they have played at the
>> 2014 World Cup except Ghana who they drew with.  Suspect they did not
>> bother studying the African side as much as they did Brazil.
>>
>> Your recommendation to involve/invest in smart/ethical students to secure
>> Kenya is very sensible to persons who challenge our youth to improve by
>> demonstrating courage/ethics or competence/expertise.
>>
>> Think about how data analytics can be applied to study patterns linking
>> terrorist entry into Kenya or drugs smuggling through Kenya to certain
>> public officials at our customs and/or immigration departments.
>>
>> We rarely succeed locally in getting anyone (in IT, Sales, Marketing or
>> Corporate Governance) to invest in Data Analytics.
>>
>> We have heard it is too "expensive" to invest in data analytic
>> tools/skills if it costs the same as 4WDs popular with public officials and
>> corporate hot shots.
>>  On Jul 9, 2014 9:58 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> I like this ...
>>>
>>> ?*We?re very, very well-prepared and we?re looking forward to playing
>>> Brazil*,?
>>>
>>> The one team everyone would be wary of meeting is the one team they
>>> would *love* to meet, and when they do, they thrash them totally...
>>>
>>> Victory loves preparation....
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:49 AM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> About Data Analytics :)
>>>>
>>>> http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0FC1I620140707?irpc=932
>>>>
>>>> Germany scours university data for tips to beat Brazil, coach says
>>>>
>>>> Mon, Jul 07 11:02 AM EDT
>>>> [image: image]
>>>>
>>>> By Erik Kirschbaum
>>>>
>>>> SANTO ANDRE Brazil (Reuters) - That no European team has won any of the
>>>> previous six World Cups in Latin America is not a daunting prospect for
>>>> Germany as they head into Tuesday's World Cup semi-final against hosts
>>>> Brazil, according to assistant coach Hansi Flick.
>>>>
>>>> Three-times World Cup winners Germany are confident that two years of
>>>> meticulous university research combined with their own scouting and
>>>> preparations for the conditions will give them an edge against five-times
>>>> winners Brazil on their home turf.
>>>>
>>>> ?We?re very, very well-prepared and we?re looking forward to playing
>>>> Brazil,? Flick told reporters when asked about how Germany planned to ended
>>>> the dominance of Latin American teams when playing in their own region.
>>>>
>>>> ?We?ve been working on this project for the last two years and our
>>>> entire system has been built up for that.?
>>>>
>>>> Germany are undefeated in Brazil but haven't had to face a Latin
>>>> American team yet: their four wins were against Portugal, the United
>>>> States, Algeria and France with a draw against Ghana.
>>>>
>>>> Major European rivals such as Spain, Italy and England have already
>>>> been beaten or knocked out by South American teams.
>>>>
>>>> Flick said to get ready for South American teams Germany have benefited
>>>> from a giant data base put together by a team of about 50 students at
>>>> Cologne?s sport university over the last two years.
>>>>
>>>> That information, combined with scouting reports, has been used for
>>>> detailed analyses of Brazil and their players.
>>>>
>>>> ?The sports students in Cologne have been studying in great detail our
>>>> opponent and put every play they?ve run, every newspaper article on them,
>>>> and everything about them out there under the microscope and made all that
>>>> data available to us,? Flick said at Germany?s base camp on the Atlantic
>>>> coast in Northeastern Brazil.
>>>>
>>>> ?We?ve got this enormous data base to draw upon and, together with our
>>>> scouts, we?re able to take a close look at our opponent and make our plans
>>>> for the match. It?s a project we?ve been working on intensively for the
>>>> last two years. We?ve been able to cull some very high quality information
>>>> from all the data from the students. It?s very much helped us prepare.?
>>>>
>>>> Germany have been turning to the student researchers at the Deutsche
>>>> Sporthochschule Koeln increasingly over the last decade. Former Germany
>>>> coach Juergen Klinsmann first began tapping the data accumulated by the
>>>> students, most of whom are soccer enthusiasts and thrilled to be working on
>>>> a project that could possibly help, even in a small way, to win the World
>>>> Cup.
>>>>
>>>> While the students are sworn to secrecy about their intelligence
>>>> gathering, their Professor Juergen Buschmann headed the project has been
>>>> quoted in German newspapers saying the students use an eclectic variety of
>>>> sources to chronicle such things as how players react in pressure
>>>> situations, what are their preferred routes, how do they react when fouled,
>>>> what gets under skin and how do they sprint for the ball?
>>>>
>>>> He said the one trend that he was at liberty to reveal was that top
>>>> teams change their tactics frequently but provided no further details - not
>>>> surprising but tantalizing nevertheless.
>>>>
>>>> The intelligence has come into special focus for the World Cup in
>>>> Brazil in part because Germany has never won here on the continent with
>>>> their three World Cup titles won in Switzerland (1954), West Germany (1974)
>>>> and Italy (1990).
>>>>
>>>> (Reporting By Erik Kirschbaum, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
>>>>
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