students, and establish sustainable community partnerships. Each expenditure directly supports innovation, implementation, and dissemination of outcomes.
With partial funding, SportSavvy would focus on building a minimum viable product —a working prototype that automates core functions, such as registration, scheduling, and results tracking. This version would be tested through a pilot tournament at JMU's URec facility, with limited features, providing students with hands-on experience in software testing, event operations, and data analytics. Even at a smaller scale, the project would still achieve meaningful outcomes: cross-disciplinary collaboration between Computer Science and Hart School students, a real-world proof of concept, and the foundation for expanding SportSavvy into a recurring experiential learning lab that grows year after year.
Project Team
• Project Lead: Dr. Sandhya Manjunath – Assistant Professor, Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management. Dr. Manjunath brings over 15 years of experience in sport event operations and management, having led student experiential learning programs across major NCAA and international sporting events. Her leadership ensures the SportSavvy project bridges academic research with real-world application, offering JMU students a hands-on opportunity in sport technology and community engagement. • Computer Science Collaborator: Dr. Chris Johnson – Professor, Computer Science, College of Integrated Science and Engineering. Dr. Johnson brings 23 years of experience and scholarly interest and expertise in computer graphics, programming languages, mobile development, and computational fabrication. • Student Collaborator: Emma Bacon – Undergraduate Student, Sport and Recreation Management. Emma is an active leader within the Hart School, with practical experience in officiating and event coordination across several cities along the East Coast. Her involvement brings valuable insight into tournament logistics, rule compliance, and participant experience, ensuring the SportSavvy platform meets the needs of real-world organizers and users. • Technical Collaborator: Dr. Chandan Ganesh – AI Scientist and Software Development Advisor. Dr. Ganesh is an accomplished researcher with over 30 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of biomedical data science and artificial intelligence. As a passionate advocate for applied technology, he will serve as the project’s technical resource person, advising on software architecture, algorithmic design, and data ethics to build a robust and scalable AI-driven tournament management tool.
Supplemental Materials
• Sports Information Systems: A systematic review: https://reference- global.com/article/10.2478/ijcss-2021-0001
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