<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>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. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I support calls for us to figure out how this can work for us somehow. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;
font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Herbert</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:02 PM, "kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Send kictanet mailing list submissions to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a
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Bohnstedt)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:00:18 +0300<br>From: Andrea Bohnstedt <<a ymailto="mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com" href="mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com">andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com</a>><br>To: Ali Hussein <<a ymailto="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Germany scours university data for tips to<br> beat Brazil, coach says<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:CAFaobUCWBF01k7K07P8Tb0hK1abkykO5Q1-vmVNCB74ZidTLRA@mail.gmail.com"
href="mailto:CAFaobUCWBF01k7K07P8Tb0hK1abkykO5Q1-vmVNCB74ZidTLRA@mail.gmail.com">CAFaobUCWBF01k7K07P8Tb0hK1abkykO5Q1-vmVNCB74ZidTLRA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>I am, I am. I know nothing about football or big data, but I will<br>graciously accept the compliment on behalf of my people. I guess we do like<br>to do things properly and thoroughly, and sometimes that works quite well<br>:)<br><br><br>On 9 July 2014 10:59, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Ngigi<br>><br>> True that!<br>><br>> Trust the Germans to come up with a perfect mix of data, brains, skill and<br>> brawn!!<br>><br>> Andrea Bohnstedt are you there? :)<br>><br>><br>> *Ali Hussein*<br>><br>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113<br>><br>> Twitter:
@AliHKassim<br>><br>> Skype: abu-jomo<br>><br>> LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><br>> <<a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a>><br>><br>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com<br>><br>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will<br>> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein<br>><br>> Sent from my iPad<br>><br>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <<a ymailto="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke" href="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke">ngigi@at.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Ali,<br>><br>> How many coaches would have singled-out that they would *love* to meet<br>> Brazil, the host nation and when they do they thrash them 7 ?<br>><br>> I think they had the antidote to Samba Football, and this antidote had a<br>> lot to do
with that article... :-)<br>><br>><br>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Much as I love Big Data, Analytics and such..Surely you guys are not<br>>> suggesting that is what beat Brazil? :)<br>>><br>>> *Ali Hussein*<br>>><br>>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113<br>>><br>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim<br>>><br>>> Skype: abu-jomo<br>>><br>>> LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><br>>> <<a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a>><br>>><br>>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com<br>>><br>>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human
interaction. The world will<br>>> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein<br>>><br>>> Sent from my iPad<br>>><br>>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:31 AM, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Article notes Germany has beaten all the teams they have played at the<br>>> 2014 World Cup except Ghana who they drew with. Suspect they did not<br>>> bother studying the African side as much as they did Brazil.<br>>><br>>> Your recommendation to involve/invest in smart/ethical students to secure<br>>> Kenya is very sensible to persons who challenge our youth to improve by<br>>> demonstrating courage/ethics or competence/expertise.<br>>><br>>> Think about how data analytics can be applied to study patterns
linking<br>>> terrorist entry into Kenya or drugs smuggling through Kenya to certain<br>>> public officials at our customs and/or immigration departments.<br>>><br>>> We rarely succeed locally in getting anyone (in IT, Sales, Marketing or<br>>> Corporate Governance) to invest in Data Analytics.<br>>><br>>> We have heard it is too "expensive" to invest in data analytic<br>>> tools/skills if it costs the same as 4WDs popular with public officials and<br>>> corporate hot shots.<br>>> On Jul 9, 2014 9:58 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <<a ymailto="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke" href="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke">ngigi@at.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> I like this ...<br>>>><br>>>> ?*We?re very, very well-prepared and we?re looking forward to playing<br>>>> Brazil*,?<br>>>><br>>>> The one team everyone would be wary of meeting is the one team
they<br>>>> would *love* to meet, and when they do, they thrash them totally...<br>>>><br>>>> Victory loves preparation....<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:49 AM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>> About Data Analytics :)<br>>>>><br>>>>> <a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0FC1I620140707?irpc=932" target="_blank">http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0FC1I620140707?irpc=932</a><br>>>>><br>>>>> Germany scours university data for tips to beat Brazil, coach says<br>>>>><br>>>>> Mon, Jul 07 11:02 AM EDT<br>>>>> [image: image]<br>>>>><br>>>>> By Erik
Kirschbaum<br>>>>><br>>>>> SANTO ANDRE Brazil (Reuters) - That no European team has won any of the<br>>>>> previous six World Cups in Latin America is not a daunting prospect for<br>>>>> Germany as they head into Tuesday's World Cup semi-final against hosts<br>>>>> Brazil, according to assistant coach Hansi Flick.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Three-times World Cup winners Germany are confident that two years of<br>>>>> meticulous university research combined with their own scouting and<br>>>>> preparations for the conditions will give them an edge against five-times<br>>>>> winners Brazil on their home turf.<br>>>>><br>>>>> ?We?re very, very well-prepared and we?re looking forward to playing<br>>>>> Brazil,? Flick told reporters when asked about how Germany planned to ended<br>>>>> the dominance of
Latin American teams when playing in their own region.<br>>>>><br>>>>> ?We?ve been working on this project for the last two years and our<br>>>>> entire system has been built up for that.?<br>>>>><br>>>>> Germany are undefeated in Brazil but haven't had to face a Latin<br>>>>> American team yet: their four wins were against Portugal, the United<br>>>>> States, Algeria and France with a draw against Ghana.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Major European rivals such as Spain, Italy and England have already<br>>>>> been beaten or knocked out by South American teams.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Flick said to get ready for South American teams Germany have benefited<br>>>>> from a giant data base put together by a team of about 50 students at<br>>>>> Cologne?s sport university over the last two
years.<br>>>>><br>>>>> That information, combined with scouting reports, has been used for<br>>>>> detailed analyses of Brazil and their players.<br>>>>><br>>>>> ?The sports students in Cologne have been studying in great detail our<br>>>>> opponent and put every play they?ve run, every newspaper article on them,<br>>>>> and everything about them out there under the microscope and made all that<br>>>>> data available to us,? Flick said at Germany?s base camp on the Atlantic<br>>>>> coast in Northeastern Brazil.<br>>>>><br>>>>> ?We?ve got this enormous data base to draw upon and, together with our<br>>>>> scouts, we?re able to take a close look at our opponent and make our plans<br>>>>> for the match. It?s a project we?ve been working on intensively for the<br>>>>> last two years. We?ve
been able to cull some very high quality information<br>>>>> from all the data from the students. It?s very much helped us prepare.?<br>>>>><br>>>>> Germany have been turning to the student researchers at the Deutsche<br>>>>> Sporthochschule Koeln increasingly over the last decade. Former Germany<br>>>>> coach Juergen Klinsmann first began tapping the data accumulated by the<br>>>>> students, most of whom are soccer enthusiasts and thrilled to be working on<br>>>>> a project that could possibly help, even in a small way, to win the World<br>>>>> Cup.<br>>>>><br>>>>> While the students are sworn to secrecy about their intelligence<br>>>>> gathering, their Professor Juergen Buschmann headed the project has been<br>>>>> quoted in German newspapers saying the students use an eclectic variety of<br>>>>>
sources to chronicle such things as how players react in pressure<br>>>>> situations, what are their preferred routes, how do they react when fouled,<br>>>>> what gets under skin and how do they sprint for the ball?<br>>>>><br>>>>> He said the one trend that he was at liberty to reveal was that top<br>>>>> teams change their tactics frequently but provided no further details - not<br>>>>> surprising but tantalizing nevertheless.<br>>>>><br>>>>> The intelligence has come into special focus for the World Cup in<br>>>>> Brazil in part because Germany has never won here on the continent with<br>>>>> their three World Cup titles won in Switzerland (1954), West Germany (1974)<br>>>>> and Italy (1990).<br>>>>><br>>>>> (Reporting By Erik Kirschbaum, Editing by Nigel
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