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Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) faculty Weihao Qu, Ph.D., Ling Zheng, Ph.D., and Jiacun Wang, Ph.D., along with recent alumni Dongyang Wang \u201925M, Francisco E. Alvarez \u201925M, and Shobharani Polasa \u201924M, published research in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems, Man, and Cybernetics magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their article, \u201cMultimodal Injury Risk and Performance Prediction in Tennis Using Weighted Ensemble Learning<\/a>,\u201d explores how machine learning can help predict tennis players\u2019 performance and injury risk by integrating data from multiple sources into a single system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOur goal is to develop a data-driven AI framework that provides a comprehensive Athlete Readiness Score and personalized injury risk assessment for tennis players \u2026 We hope this work can help coaches and players identify potential injury risks early and make better training and recovery plans,\u201d Dongyang Wang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors introduce Predictive Athlete Readiness for Tennis (PART), a multimodal weighted ensemble learning framework. PART combines data from wearable devices, surveys, physical tests, match information, and video analysis to assess player readiness, performance potential, and injury risk more accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IEEE is the world\u2019s largest technical professional organization<\/a> consisting of over 533,000 members in more than 190 countries, and is a public charity dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine<\/a> offers educational materials and communicates to readers the activities and actions of the IEEE SMC Society\u2019s governing body, its technical committees, and chapters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) faculty Weihao Qu, Ph.D., Ling Zheng, Ph.D., and Jiacun Wang, Ph.D., along with recent alumni Dongyang Wang \u201925M, Francisco E. Alvarez \u201925M, and Shobharani Polasa \u201924M, published research in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems, Man, and Cybernetics magazine. Their article, \u201cMultimodal Injury Risk and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2249,"featured_media":40802286955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,218,215,322,444,423,170],"tags":[432,3777],"person":[7411,7415,1020,7414,7418,5032],"audience":[14,17,11,8,50,1961,131,128,47],"school":[77,68],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802295451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-excellence","category-accomplished-alumni","category-experiential-education","category-faculty-accomplishments","category-monmouth-now","category-faculty-perspectives","category-research","tag-newsletter","tag-school-of-science","person-dongyang-wang","person-francisco-e-alvarez","person-jiacun-wang","person-ling-zheng","person-shobharani-polasa","person-weihao-qu","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-graduate-student","audience-parent","audience-prospective-graduate-student","audience-prospective-undergraduate-student","audience-undergraduate-student","school-computer-science-software-engineering","school-school-of-science"],"squareimage":{"id":40802286955,"rendered":"\"Professor","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Weihao-Qu_20240409_MG_.jpeg","width":950,"height":950}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802295451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802295451"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802295451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802295554,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802295451\/revisions\/40802295554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802286955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802295451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802295451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802295451"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802295451"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802295451"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802295451"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802295451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}