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PHD STUDENT · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Human-Computer Interaction and Sports Science
I study how athletes, coaches, and sports science staff collect, interpret, and protect performance data.
Email: mollie.brewer@ufl.edu
About Me
About Me
I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Florida, specializing in Human-Centered Computing. I work as a graduate research assistant on the AI-Powered Athletics initiative, where my research looks at athletes' and coaches' experiences with technology and performance data. I am interested in how technology fits into the realities of sport and how it can be designed to better support the people using it.
My background is in sports science and applied physiology. I earned a BS in Exercise and Sport Science and an MS in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, and before starting my PhD I worked as an exercise physiologist at the CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center, conducting physiological testing with athletes ranging from recreational competitors to Olympians. Alongside my academic work, I am involved in professional cycling and initiatives that support growth and opportunities in women's cycling.
AI-Powered Athletics
AI-Powered Athletics
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT · JAN 2024 TO PRESENT
I am a graduate research assistant on AI-Powered Athletics, a University of Florida initiative that partners with the University Athletic Association. I work with coaches, student-athletes, and staff to identify needs and gaps in technology and data use, help design a databank of student-athlete data for research and applied performance work, and run physiological testing with collegiate athletes.
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Featured in the University of Florida’s Gator Greatness commercial (at 0:19).
News
News
Nov 2026
Two papers will appear at SportsHCI 2026 in Saarbrücken, Germany: a full paper on sports data repositories and an autoethnography of double threshold training.
Oct 2026
Presenting a poster on our AI-Powered Athletics research at UF AI Days 2026, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Jul–Aug 2026
Spent the summer in the Netherlands with the Silicon Valley Cycling Federation Academy, supporting aspiring American women cyclists in European kermesse racing.
May 2026
Received the Harris Graduate Fellowship for a second year.
Apr 2026
Our paper on how student-athletes engage with their sports data appeared at CHI 2026 in Barcelona.
Nov 2025
Our paper on recreational cyclists and sport tracking technologies won a Top Paper Award at SportsHCI 2025.
Apr 2025
Presented our study of collegiate coaching staff data practices at CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.
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