Ass.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Kempe
T: +43-1-4277-59180
Winter term 2025
350147 SE BA3I - Bachelorarbeit - Abt. A - Fachgruppen: Biomechanik, Neuromechanik und Sportinformatik
350151 UE Begleitung der Abfassung einer Bachelorarbeit - Abt. A - Fachgruppen: Biomechanik, Neuromechanik und Sportinformatik
350352 VU BD2III - Digitalisierung im Sport
Summer term 2025
Oonk GA, Buurke TJW, Lemmink KAPM, Kempe M. The interaction between attacker and environment predicts successfulness in one-on-one dribbles in male elite football. Journal of Sports Sciences. 2025 Sept 24. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2025.2555117
Hecksteden A, Kempe M, Berger J. Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support. Science and Medicine in Football. 2025 Jun 7;1-9. Epub 2025 Jun 7. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2025.2517056
Nijmeijer EM, Brals FD, Kempe M, Elferink-Gemser MT, Benjaminse A. How are athletes trained to move? A systematic review exploring the effects of implicit and explicit learning on biomechanics of sport-specific tasks. Journal of Biomechanics. 2025 May;184:112671. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112671
Grob D, Hendriks A, Fransen J, Kempe M. None are Accurate but Some are Useful: A Comparison of Different Systems Used to Assess Jump Height in Volleyball. International Journal of Strength and Conditioning. 2025 Apr 25;5. doi: 10.47206/ijsc.v5i1.359
Anzer G, Arnsmeyer K, Bauer P, Bekkers J, Brefeld U, Davis J et al. Common Data Format (CDF): A Standardized Format for Match-Data in Football (Soccer). Arx-Schriftenreihe. 2025 Feb 1.
Kempe M. Machine Learning for Injury Prediction. In Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Sports Science. Springer Science+Business Media. 2025. p. 275-283 doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-70155-3_19
Li S, Kempe M, Lemmink KAPM. Recovery Strategies in Endurance Sports: A Survey in Coaches and Athletes. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 2025 Jan 1;20(1):120-130. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2024-0032
Nijmeijer EM, Kempe M, Elferink-Gemser MT, Gokeler A, Benjaminse A. Effects of enhanced expectancies on execution and outcome variability of a sidestep cutting task in basketball players: a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2025. doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2025.2578857
Oonk GA, Kempe M, Lemmink KAPM, Buurke TJW. Examining the concurrent validity of markerless motion capture in dual-athlete team sports movements. Journal of Sports Sciences. 2025. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2025.2497678
Roete AJ, van Erp T, Elferink-Gemser MT, Kempe M, Lamberts RP. Internal and External Load Characteristics in Professional Female Cyclists During Highly Successful and Less Successful Seasons. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 2025. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2024-0365
Oonk A, Kempe M, Grob D. The Right Way to Synchronize Tracking and Event Data: Using Domain Knowledge to Optimize Algorithms. In MathSports Conference 2025. 2025
Li S, Kempe M, Brink M, Lemmink K. Effectiveness of Recovery Strategies After Training and Competition in Endurance Athletes: An Umbrella Review. Sports Medicine - Open. 2024 Dec;10(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s40798-024-00724-6
Nijmeijer EM, Kempe M, Elferink-Gemser MT, Benjaminse A. Observe, Practice, and Improve? Enhancing Sidestep Cutting Execution in Talented Female Soccer Players: A Four-Week Intervention Program with Video Instruction. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2024 Aug 1;38(8):e430-e439. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004796
Jager ED, Willemsen M, Kempe M, Janssen I. Breaking barriers: Exploring female-specific health challenges affecting performance in an elite multisport training environment. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2024 Jul;27(7):466-471. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2024.04.011
Oonk A, Buurke TJW, Kempe M, Lemmink KAPM. Dribble Like Robben: What Determines Successfulness in 1-vs-1 Actions in Elite Soccer?. 2024.
Forcher L, Forcher L, Altmann S, Jekauc D, Kempe M. The keys of pressing to gain the ball – Characteristics of defensive pressure in elite soccer using tracking data. Science and Medicine in Football. 2024 Apr 2;8(2):161-169. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2158213
Forcher L, Forcher L, Altmann S, Jekauc D, Kempe M. Is a compact organization important for defensive success in elite soccer? – Analysis based on player tracking data. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 2024 Apr;19(2):757-768. doi: 10.1177/17479541231172695
Forcher L, Forcher L, Altmann S, Jekauc D, Kempe M. The Success Factors of Rest Defense in Soccer: A Mixed-Methods Approach of Expert Interviews, Tracking Data, and Machine Learning. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 2023 Dec;22(4):707-725. doi: 10.52082/jssm.2023.707
Klingner FC, Huijgen BCH, Kempe M. The heat is on: Investigating the effect of psychological pressure on competitive performance in elite surfing. Journal of Sports Sciences. 2023 Jun;41(6):596-604. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2230032
Oonk A, Kempe M. Finding a Superior Defending Approach in One-Versus-One Actions in Male Elite Soccer. 2023.
Matthias Kempe
Tenure track professor
- Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
Research interests
Dr. Matthias Kempe is an Assistant Professor of Data Analytics in Sports at the University of Vienna. He received his PhD in Sport Science at the German Sport University Cologne form the Faculty of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics and worked at the Univeristy of Groningen as an Assistant Professor. His research intrests include performance optimization in sports and studying interaction patterns using complex analysis (i.e. Machine Learning). He cooperateds with different sports federations in various countries, especially in Handball, Ice-Skating, Tennis, and Football. These cooperations led to several publicly funded projects to implement analytic tools and machine learning in sports practice. Besides that, he works together with several data analytics companies and is regular mentor for Hackathons.
Employment
Tenure track professor
Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
University of ViennaWien, Austria
15 Feb 2025 → present
Dr. Matthias Kempe is an Assistant Professor of Data Analytics in Sports at the University of Vienna. He received his PhD in Sport Science at the German Sport University Cologne form the Faculty of Exercise Training and Sport Informatics and worked at the Univeristy of Groningen as an Assistant Professor. His research intrests include performance optimization in sports and studying interaction patterns using complex analysis (i.e. Machine Learning). He cooperateds with different sports federations in various countries, especially in Handball, Ice-Skating, Tennis, and Football. These cooperations led to several publicly funded projects to implement analytic tools and machine learning in sports practice. Besides that, he works together with several data analytics companies and is regular mentor for Hackathons.
Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
Auf der Schmelz 6a (USZ II)
1150 Wien
Room: 4.24
T: +43-1-4277-59180