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Dr Kevin Mc Daid

Lecturer
Department of Computing Science and Mathematics
PJ Carroll Building
| Room: P1121
[email protected]
+353 (0)42 9370200

Biography

Lecturer in computing and researcher/ practitioner/consultant in sports data analytics. Former co-founder & CTO Playertek.com. Expert on sensor technology in sport. Working with numerous high level football and Gaelic football teams.

Teaching

Qualifications & Awards

  • BSc (Joint Honours) in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, UCD
  • MSc in Statistics, UCD
  • PhD in Statistics, TCD

Research & Interests

  • Football Data Analytics - Sensor data and human motion, Evaluation of maximal intensity periods, Context related game analysis, Force-velocity and acceleration-speed profiling.
  • Gaelic Football Actions - Advanced statistical and machine learning scoring models, Models for valuing of actions. 
  • Artificial Intelligence - Machine learning bias, Computer vision methods in sport.

Publications

The publications listed below represent my 10 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD

Applied AI Letters
June 2026
DOI: 10.1002/ail2.70028
Type: Journal article

NETWORK MODELING ANALYSIS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS AND BIOINFORMATICS
2026
DOI: 10.1007/S13721-025-00723-X
Type: Journal article

BIOLOGY OF SPORT
2026
DOI: 10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2026.153304
Type: Journal article

2026
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-12717-4_3
Type: Book chapter

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity
31 March 2025
DOI: 10.29359/BJHPA.17.1.01
Type: Journal article

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SPORT
2025
DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2024.2396222
Type: Journal article

BALTIC JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
2025
DOI: 10.29359/BJHPA.17.1.1
Type: Journal article

BIOLOGY OF SPORT
2025
DOI: 10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2025.142641
Type: Journal article

PLOS ONE
2025
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0325611
Type: Journal article

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
2024
DOI: 10.1123/IJSPP.2023-0063
Type: Journal article