Olympic sailing on Eclipse technology: Eclipse Azimuth Sailing Analytics

This talk, presented by Axel Uhl from SAP, explores the development of a real-time sailing analytics platform using Eclipse technologies, specifically for competitive sailing events, including the Olympic Games. The speaker discusses the system's architecture, which integrates GPS tracking, wind data, and race management inputs to create a live digital twin of sailing events, featuring a wind-based leaderboard that accurately ranks competitors based on dynamic conditions. The session highlights operational challenges faced, such as real-time data ingestion, network reliability, and the need for high availability during live competitions, while also detailing the evolution of the platform into a robust distributed system capable of managing diverse race formats and large volumes of data. Ultimately, the platform has been open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing for community contributions and integration into broader ecosystems.