“Cloud on the Olympic Games”, Ali cloud to accept the massive data challenge, so that faster, higher, stronger Olympic Games, now, more intelligent.
6Gbps Olympic Network communication;
100,000 Sets of Olympic technical equipment management;
200,000 hours of Olympic system testing;
175,384,000 minutes of Olympic video storage;
The storage of 500 million Olympic photos.
“Cloud on the Olympic Games”, Ali cloud to accept the massive data challenge, so that faster, higher, stronger Olympic Games, now, more intelligent.
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On February 9, the 23rd Olympic winter games, the official opening of pyeongchang county, particularly notable is that the Olympics will be an important node in the history of the Olympic 122 – as the alibaba became an Olympic “cloud services” and “e-commerce platform service,” the official partner, Olympic era will be entered a new round of change, Starting with the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Alibaba will make the “Olympics on the cloud” a reality through cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma jointly opened a new chapter in the centennial Olympic Games on February 10 at the Alibaba Pavilion in Gangneung Olympic Park, one of the host sites.
Photo: Bach passes the Olympic flame to Jack Ma
At the event, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach personally passed the Olympic flame to Ma as a gift, he said, “The Olympic flame symbolizes the value of the Olympic Games, with a history of more than 3,000 years, is the symbol of the ancient Greek Olympic Games. Today I passed the flame to Alibaba, so we can look forward to the future of the Olympics together.”
“When we founded Alibaba, we had a small dream to use technology to empower ordinary people. Now our dream remains the same — to use our own power to help every small individual,” said Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba’s board of directors. Our partnership with the Olympic Committee means better integration between us and the Olympics. We have a responsibility to bring the Games into a new chapter and into the digital age, so that technology can better serve sports and people can compete and enjoy opportunities more equitably.
Ali Cloud ET brain: Promoting the Change of the Olympic Era
At the event site, Alibaba brought the concept of “Cloud on the Olympics”, and released the ET Olympic brain based on Ali Cloud to the world.
Ali Cloud ET Olympic Brain is an artificial intelligence system launched for the Olympic Games and other large-scale sports events. Based on ali cloud powerful computing capacity, alibaba will computer vision, machine learning, IoT, big data technology combined with sporting events, such as promote upgrading of the evolution from four aspects: first, the digital experience to upgrade, use the Internet to create a better experience of the Olympic Games, let tens of thousands of young people involved, let the Olympic Games have more young blood; Second, digital operation upgrading, using artificial intelligence, IoT, big data and other technologies to improve the operational efficiency of Olympic cities, with fewer resources to host the Games. Third, digital competition upgrade, use new technology to help athletes and coaches optimize training methods, reduce injuries, and constantly refresh the goal of “higher, faster, stronger”; Fourth, digital communication upgrade, with the help of the powerful “cloud toolbox” and youku’s high-quality and rich video content, so that billions of audiences around the world can experience the Wonderful moments of the Olympic Games anytime, anywhere and at will.
Technology has transformed the Olympics
During the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil, the Olympic venues welcomed 15,000 athletes, 3,000 media, 200,000 volunteers and millions of tourists in 18 days, which greatly increased the load on the Olympic Village, competition venues, hotels, roads and other infrastructure. It became increasingly difficult to control with past management experience and technology alone.
Ali cloud can “digitize” the people, things, events, buildings and facilities related to the Olympic Games, and use artificial intelligence, big data for global real-time analysis, automatic allocation of resources. For example, traffic congestion points can be predicted in advance and traffic efficiency can be improved by means of dynamic control lights. Through the remote control of the signal light, ensure that the ambulance in the fastest time to arrive at the scene; Based on the function of crowd analysis and prediction, public safety warning is provided to avoid the occurrence of vicious events such as stampedes.
Alibaba’s “Olympic Pass” concept will also usher in a face-swiping era for the Olympics. Visitors will be able to register for an “Olympic pass” by scanning their face to pass through the Olympic venues. They will also be able to get route directions, competition information and athlete recommendations.
For the wider audience outside the stadium, where people used to watch live on TV, young people now do it on their phones, cars and other devices. Ali Cloud ET Olympic Brain is based on the recommendation engine to help the young generation get personalized event recommendations anytime and anywhere, get immersive experience through VR/AR and other technologies, and interact with their favorite athletes.
The athletic training of the athletes will also be enhanced. Ali Cloud ET Olympic Brain will use video recognition and Internet of things technology to generate detailed data through motion capture of training process to improve athletes’ training performance. Alibaba Cloud will also provide electronic health record management services to support medical data synchronization between athletes’ home countries and host cities.
Behind the ET Olympic Brain, Ali Cloud will use the Flying operating system to connect millions of servers around the world into a network of computing resources, providing online computing capacity to support the operation of the Olympic Organization. This will make the operation of Olympic events more economical and efficient.
From Pyeongchang, the Olympics go digital
In January 2017, Alibaba signed a long-term cooperation with the IOC until 2028, making alibaba the sole official partner of the IOC in the field of “cloud services” and “e-commerce platform services”, as well as the founding partner of the Olympic Channel.
“Youth participation” and “improving the effectiveness of Olympic organization” are two of the most important issues for the IOC – youth participation in the Olympic movement around the world is at the heart of the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020. Bach proposed as early as 2013 that he hoped to reduce the cost of repeated construction by 2020 through digitization and cloud. By joining hands with Alibaba, the IOC will realize the development and evolution of the Olympic Games in the digital era.
Ioc President Thomas Bach said on the spot: “We are very happy to have made this decision to join hands with Alibaba and lead alibaba into the digital age.”
Looking back at the 100-year history of the Olympic Games, every technological evolution has greatly enhanced the influence of the Olympic Movement. In 1924, in Paris, radio introduced people to the Olympics for the first time in ways other than newspapers. In London in 1948, the Olympics were brought into homes by television. The 1996 Atlanta Olympics were the first to be broadcast over the Internet. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, The 122 year old Olympian and the 18 year old Alibaba will create another era change.
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