Past Conferences

The 19th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 7

Mar 8, 2025

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2025

Top Events

2025

'The Deal' featuring David Blitzer hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly

The NCAA’s Newest Power Players: The Rise of the GM

Building Sports Empires with an Entrepreneurial Edge: Michele Kang and Gerry Cardinale

Top Papers

2025

2024

The 18th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 1

Mar 2, 2024

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Top Speakers

2024

Top Events

2024

Beyond the Pitch: Transforming Soccer Through Advanced Analytics

Winning With AI: The Future of AI in Sports

Evolution of Basketball Analytics: 20 Years of Nerds, Data, & Efficiency

Top Papers

2024

2023

The 17th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 3

Mar 4, 2023

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2023

Top Events

2023

The Chess Renaissance: Modern Challenges for an Ancient Game

Player Power - Building Businesses by Empowering Athletes presented by Wasserman Foundation

Performance Under Pressure

Top Papers

2023

2022

The 16th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 4

Mar 5, 2022

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2022

Top Events

2022

Transgender Athletes: A Conversation led by Malcolm Gladwell on Data and Participation Policy

Disrupting, Reimagining, & Crushing It!: A Conversation with Michael Rubin and Gary V

How to Win at Sports Betting: Building Models and Pricing Odds with Data Science Presented by FanDuel

Workshops

Top Papers

2022

2021

The 15th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Apr 8

Apr 9, 2021

Virtual

Top Speakers

2021

Top Events

2021

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivor Analytics

A conversation with Andrew Yang and Nate Silver

A Conversation with Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt

Top Papers

2021

2020

The 14th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 6

Mar 7, 2020

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Top Speakers

2020

Top Events

2020

Game (Show) Theory: An Omnibus Conversation with Jeopardy GOAT Ken Jennings and Nate Silver

Moneyball To Homerball With Bill James and Tom Tango

A New Arena: Careers After Sports

Top Papers

2020

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DFS Player, Author

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2017-conference

speakers

TJ Manotoc

North American News Bureau Chief, ABS-CBN

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2021-conference

speakers

Stan Kasten

President & CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2013-conference

speakers

Marc Jenkins

Chief Operating Officer,, Learfield Sports

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2017-conference

speakers

Craig O'Shannessy

Founder, Brain GameTennis; Analytics Pioneer; Frequent Contributor to the NYT

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2021-conference,2012-conference,2026-conference

speakers

Leah Jackson

Games Editor, G4TV.com

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2012-conference

speakers

Peter Keating

Senior Writer, ESPN

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

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Jon Wertheim

Senior writer, Sports Illustrated

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2013-conference

speakers

Avery McIntyre

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2016-conference

speakers

Bill Polian

Commentator, ESPN

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2013-conference

speakers

Dan Reed

Head of Global Sports Partnerships, Facebook

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2016-conference

speakers

Brandon Payne

Founder, Owner,, Accelerate Basketball Training

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2017-conference

speakers

Alan Rabb

Vice President of Finance - USA Operation, Coca Cola

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2016-conference

speakers

Peter Scott

Vice President, Emerging Media, Turner Sports

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2012-conference

speakers

Erika Nardini

CEO, Barstool Sports

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2021-conference

speakers

Douglas Arnot

Chairman, The Broadstone Group

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2014-conference

speakers

Susan Polgar

American chess Grandmaster

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2017-conference

speakers

Scott Loft

Vice President of Ticket Sales, Retention and Database Operations, Oklahoma City Thunder

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2016-conference

speakers

Brian Kenny

Host, MLB Network

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2017-conference,2015-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Craig Custance

Senior NHL Writer, ESPN the Magazine

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2016-conference

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speakers

Stefanie Francis

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Navigate

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2015-conference

speakers

Gartheeban Ganeshapillai

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2014-conference

speakers

Ian Yates

Performance Pathway Manager,, Great Britain Cycling

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2017-conference

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Sunil Gulati

President, U.S. Soccer Federation

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2015-conference

speakers

Ainissa Ramirez

Science Evangelist

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2014-conference

speakers

Joseph McNulty

Managing Partner,¬†McNulty CPAs/The McNulty Group

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Chris Pittenturf

Vice President of Data & Analytics, Palace Sports & Entertainment

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2016-conference

speakers

Steve Ritter

Data Scientist, SeatGeek

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2015-conference

speakers

Rod Thorn

President, Basketball Operations, NBA

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2015-conference

speakers

Scott Jablonski

Vice President, Club Business & Analytics, NHL

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2015-conference,2014-conference

hockey

speakers

Phil de Picciotto

Founder and President, Octagon

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

John Brody

Principal, Wasserman Media Group

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2012-conference

speakers

Greg Moore

Director of Baseball Products - Sportvision

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2012-conference

speakers

Cris Collinsworth

Sportscaster,, NBC

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2017-conference

speakers

Richard Deitsch

Writer and Editor, Sports Illustrated

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2014-conference

speakers

Aaron Schatz

Editor-in-Chief, Football Outsiders

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2013-conference

football

speakers

Richard Bickers

Founder, SquashLevels

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2021-conference

tennis

speakers

Dr. Lucius Riccio

Senior Lecturer in Discipline at Columbia Business School

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2014-conference

speakers

Prasad Setty

VP, People Analytics & Compensation, Google

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2013-conference

speakers

Geoff Bodine

Professional Motorsport Driver

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2012-conference

speakers

Dale Arnold

Host, NESN Daily

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2014-conference

hockey

speakers

Brian Burke

Sports Data Scientist at ESPN

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2020-conference,2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference,2026-conference

speakers

Roger Ford

Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Hampshire

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2016-conference

speakers

Cory Mingelgreen

Vice President - Club Business Development, NFL

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2013-conference,2026-conference

speakers

Lyle Ayes

Managing Director, Evercore

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2015-conference

speakers

Eric Nyquist

Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, NASCAR

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2016-conference

speakers

Renie Anderson

Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President, NFL Partnerships, NFL

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2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference

speakers

John Dewan

Owner, Baseball Info Solutions

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2012-conference

speakers

Iain Matthews

Associate Research Director, Disney Research

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2014-conference

speakers

Neal Campbell

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, CDW

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2016-conference

speakers

Eric Petrosinelli

General Manager, Sports, Zebra Technologies

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2015-conference

speakers

Pei Zhe Shu

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2016-conference

speakers

Kathy Carter

CEO, LA28 | CEO, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Properties

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2021-conference,2022-conference,2016-conference,2013-conference

speakers

Matthew Holt

Director of Race & Sports Data, Cantor Gaming

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2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Evan Silva

Senior NFL Writer, Rotoworld, writer for NBC Sports

evan-silva

2013-conference

speakers

Noah Whinston

Co-Founder and CEO,, Immortals

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2017-conference

speakers

Mike D'Antoni

Former NBA Head Coach

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2015-conference

basketball

speakers

Nathan Hubbard

CEO, Ticketmaster

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2012-conference

speakers

Omid Ashtari

Head of Sports & Entertainment, Twitter

omid-ashtari

2013-conference

speakers

Michael Yormark

President & Chief of Branding and Strategy, Roc Nation

michael-yormark

2016-conference

speakers

Mati Kochavi

Chairman and Owner, AGT International

mati-kochavi

speakers

Mike Lorenc

Head of Ticketing, Sports & Live Events Google

mike-lorenc

2017-conference

speakers

Ryan Zander

General Manager of Baseball Products, Sportvision

ryan-zander

2013-conference

speakers

Katie Baker

Staff Writer, Grantland

katie-baker

2015-conference

hockey

speakers

Sonia Raman

Head Coach, Seattle Storm

sonia-raman

2021-conference,2025-conference,2026-conference

speakers

Chris Marinak

SVP of League Economics and Strategy, MLB

chris-marinak

2017-conference,2016-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Peter Schoenke

Co-Founder and President of RotoWire

peter-schoenke

2012-conference,2026-conference

speakers

David Highhill

Director, Club Business Development Group, NFL

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2016-conference,2013-conference

speakers

Jason Gates

COO & Sr. Marketing Analyst - Getfused

jason-gates

2016-conference

speakers

Jim Pallotta

Chairman and Managing Director, Raptor Group

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2016-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Dan Adams

Counsel, Ropes & Gray

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2015-conference

speakers

Ben Fry

Founder and Principal, Fathom Information Design

ben-fry

2013-conference

speakers

Don Sweeney

Assistant General Manager, Boston Bruins

don-sweeney

2014-conference

hockey

speakers

Marshall Faulk

Analyst, NFL Network

marshall-faulk

2015-conference

football

speakers

Roham Gharegozlou

CEO, Dapper Labs

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2021-conference

speakers

Hikaru Nakamura

Chess Grandmaster, 5-time U.S. Champion and Popular Chess Streamer

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2021-conference,2023-conference

speakers

John Henry

Principal Owner, Fenway Sports Group

john-henry

2014-conference

speakers

Ravi Ramineni

VP - Soccer Analytics and Research, Seattle Sounders

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2021-conference,2018-conference,2015-conference

speakers

Jason Wright

President of the Washington Football Team

jason-wright

2021-conference

football

speakers

J.R. Hildebrand

Professional Race Car Driver

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2013-conference

speakers

John Anderson

Anchor, SportsCenter

john-anderson

2015-conference

speakers

Etan Green

etan-green

2014-conference

speakers

Stanley Kroenke

Owner, Kroenke Sports Enterprises

stanley-kroenke

2016-conference

speakers

Mike Riegel

Vice President, Industries, Platforms, and Services Marketing, Cisco

mike-riegel

2016-conference

speakers

Stephanie McMahon

Chief Brand Officer, WWE

stephanie-mcmahon

2021-conference,2022-conference

speakers

Joe Rogowski

Director of Science & Research, Houston Rockets

joe-rogowski

2015-conference

speakers

Travis Tygart

Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

travis-tygart

2014-conference

speakers

Seth Partnow

Director of Basketball Research,, Milwaukee Bucks

seth-partnow

2017-conference

basketball

speakers

Jack Del Rio

Defensive Coordinator, Denver Broncos

jack-del-rio

2013-conference

football

speakers

Robbie Mustoe

Analyst, Premier League

robbie-mustoe

2014-conference

soccer

speakers

Sean Foley

Professional Golf Instructor

sean-foley

2014-conference

golf

speakers

Sundance DiGiovanni

Co-Founder and CEO, Major League Gaming

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2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Tim Clark

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of NASCAR

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2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

speakers

Liam McHugh

Host NHL, NBC Sports

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2016-conference

hockey

speakers

Gideon Yu

President, Co-Owner San Francisco 49ers

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2014-conference

speakers

Randy Campbell

Executive Director, Head of Sports Facility Finance, Morgan Stanley

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2016-conference

speakers

Chris Granger

President, Sacramento Basketball Holdings

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2015-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Jon Knight

Senior Principal, Populous

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2015-conference

speakers

Priya Narasimhan

CEO and Founder, YinzCam, Inc.

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2016-conference,2015-conference

speakers

Big Data Analytics in the Wide World of Sports

Dave Cameron

Managing Editor,, FanGraphs

dave-cameron

2017-conference,2015-conference

speakers

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

Big Data Energy

Big Data Energy: How Marketing Technology and Analytics are Changing Sports

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Big Data for Sports

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Big Data – Insight to Action: Sports Case Studies

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Big Data: Lessons for Sports

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Big Events, Big Tickets, Big Experiences: Managing the Fan Experience When Stakes are Highest

Biometrics: The Next (And Biggest) Analytics Frontier

panels

business,mediacontent,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

Birdies & Big Data: The Golf Revolution

Blending old and new: How the Florida Panthers try to Predict Future Performance at the NHL Entry Draft

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

golf

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

on-field

hockey

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Blockchain, Technology, and Sports

Book It: Legalizing Sports Betting

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

Box Score Rebooted

panels

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Brand Equity: Valuing Sports Sponsorship

panels

fanegagementexperiencemarketing,mediacontent

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Braves New World - Marketing in the Metaverse

Breaking Away From The Pack: Sports Entrepreneurship

competitive-advantages

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Bill Walsh Room

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Breaking Down the Fight: MMA Analytics

panels

events

Day 1

Workshops

Breaking Down the Tape

workshops

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Breaking Glass with WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson and Her Agent Jade-Li English

Brick & Mortar Integration for Digital Customers Presented by Caesars Sportsbook

panels

on-field,womenssports,careerseducation,sportsinsociety

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Bridging Fan Gaps with Data and Technology to Drive Organizational Growth

competitive-advantages

business

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Bringing Basketball Analytics to the Women's Game

competitive-advantages

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,womenssports,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

soccer

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,womenssports

basketball

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Workshops

Bringing Sports Data to Life: Information for Modern Consumption

Workshop Room (311)

workshops

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Brittney Griner: Leveraging Data for Collective Action

Building Sports Empires with an Entrepreneurial Edge: Michele Kang and Gerry Cardinale

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Building Unfair Advantages: Analytics at Multi-Sport Organizations

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Competitive Advantages

Building a Legacy: A 1-on-1 with MLS Commissioner Don Garber

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Building a Dynasty

panels

business

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Panels

Building the Academic Playbook for Sports Analytics Education

panels

business,sportsinsociety

soccer

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2026

Panels

Building the Modern Athlete: Performance Analytics

panels

careerseducation

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Building the Ultimate Global Rating System for Racquet Sports

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

tennis

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Built To Last: The Importance of Inclusion & Diversity in Sports Organizations Presented By Wasserman

Built for the Ride: The Physicality of the Wildest 8 Seconds in Sports

panels

on-field,womenssports,careerseducation,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Business Analytics 2.0: Redefining the Sports Business

competitive-advantages

on-field

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Panels

Business Of Sports

panels

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Business of Sports

panels

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Business of Sports

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

Business of Sports: Leading Change

panels

business

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Buzz Cuts: Insights on the History of NBA Buzzer-Beaters

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Competitions

Can a Stadium Full of Monkeys Playing Strat-o-Matic Outmanage Earl Weaver? An Empirical Bayesian Estimator of Manager Value

Can you Really Predict Athletic Injury and Performance?

competitions

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

on-field,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Careers

Career Conversations (Session 1) presented by Ticketmaster

Workshop Room (311)

careers

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Careers

Career Conversations (Session 2) presented by Ticketmaster

Workshop Room (311)

careers

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Careers

Career Conversations Presented by Ticketmaster

Careers Room (207)

careers

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Careers

Career Conversations Presented by Ticketmaster

Careers Room (207)

careers

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Career Kickoff

Career Panel: What's Your Game Plan?

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

Career Panel

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

Career Panel

panels

careerseducation

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Activities

Career Playbooks Presented by Catapult

Careers and Competitions Room

activities

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2026

Panels

Career Playbooks: The Reality of Working in Sports Presented by Ticketmaster

Career Playbooks: The Reality of Working in Sports presented by Ticketmaster

panels

careerseducation

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Careers

Case Competition Final Presentations Presented by Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) in partnership with Tepper Sports and Entertainment

careers

events

Day 1

Panels

Careers In Sports

panels

careerseducation

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Competitions

Case Competition Final Presentations presented by Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) in partnership with NCAA

competitions

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitions

Research Papers Room

competitions

events

Day 2

Panels

Caught in a Pickle: What's Next for Baseball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Changing Sports: Beyond Ownership

Changing on the Fly: The State of Advanced Analytics in the NHL

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Changing the Game: How Advanced Data is Enhancing Broadcasts (Presented by ESPN)

Changing the Game: How the Sports Industry is Accelerating Progress in DEI

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Characterizing and Controlling the Perceived Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,investmentfinance,sportsinsociety,womenssports

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Competitions

Chasing Greatness: A Conversation with GMs Across Sports

competitions

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Checkmate and Innovate: The Future of Engagement in Chess

panels

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Chess Analytics: Winning Moves when the Clock Is Ticking

panels

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

chess

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Chess Interactive Event - Blindfolded Chess

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

chess

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2026

Interactive Events

Chess Interactive Event - Chess Boxing Demonstration

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2026

Interactive Events

Chess Interactive Event - Guess the Elo

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Workshop Room (312)

interactive-events

chess

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Interactive Events

Chess Interactive Event - Guess the Elo

Chess Interactive Event - Hand & Brain

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Interactive Events

Chess Interactive Event - Hand and Brain

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Interactive Events

Workshop Room (312)

interactive-events

chess

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2026

Interactive Events

Chess Interactive Event - Open Chess Boxing

Chess Interactive Event - Simul

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Interactive Events

Chess and Machines: The Future of the World's Oldest Game

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Chess Open Play

Room 310

interactive-events

chess

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Interactive Events

Chess Simul

Room 310

interactive-events

chess

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Exhibition Room

panels

on-field

chess

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Client Entertainment Analytics: The Competitive Advantage Through the Eyes of Industry Leaders

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Closest to the Pin Competition

Auditorium

interactive-events

golf

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Closest to the Pin Competition

Auditorium

interactive-events

golf

events

Day 1

Panels

Coaching Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Coffee & Football: Driving Digital Impact Through Strategic Sports Partnerships

competitive-advantages

business

football

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

College Football Analytics: Analyzing Tracking Data and Film Concurrently to Get an Upper Hand

Competitive Advantage Room South

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Panels

College Football's Playoff Selection Dilemma

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

Coming to America: Cricket and Rugby

Commissioner's Perspective: 1 on 1 with Rob Manfred

panels

investmentfinance,womenssports

otherolympic

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Commissioner's Perspective: Growing Soccer with Don Garber

panels

business

soccer

events

Day 2

Panels

Commissioner’s Perspective with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver

panels

business

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Competing on Sports Ownership

panels

business,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Competing with the Couch: Improving the Venue Experience

Computer Vision to Enhance Performance — a Paralympic Perspective

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Continuing to Grow in the Esports World

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

otherolympic

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

Creating Player Development Systems in eSports

panels

business,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

business

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

Creating a New Stat

panels

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Creating a Sports Legacy

Creating an NFL Player Tracking Metric presented by ESPN

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

Curling Interactive Event - Open Play

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2026

Interactive Events

Interactive Events Room (204)

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2026

Interactive Events

Curling Interactive Event - Tournament Play

Interactive Events Room (204)

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Cut Through Sponsorship Noise with Context Presented by SponsorPulse

Cutting Through the Static: Model-Driven Decision-Marking

competitive-advantages

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

Daily Fantasy Sports: Tips from a DraftKings Pro

panels

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,careerseducation

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Workshops

DIY Shot Charts

Workshop Room

workshops

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

(batter|pitcher)2vec: Statistic-Free Talent Modeling With Neural Player Embeddings

A Cluster Analysis of NBA Players

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A Data Driven Goalkeeper Evaluation Framework

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A Data-driven Method for In-game Decision Making in MLB

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A Game Theoretical Approach to Optimal Pitch Sequencing

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A Game-theoretic Approach to the Football Endgame: When Should the "2-Minute Drill" Begin?

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A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks

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A Machine Learning Approach to Player Value and Decision Making in Professional Ultimate Frisbee

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A Markov Approach to Untangling Intention Versus Execution in Tennis

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A New Framework to Estimate Return on Investment for Player Salaries in the National Basketball Association

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A No-Tanking Draft Allocation Policy

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A Poisson Betting Model with a Kelly Criterion Element for European Soccer

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A model-based risk-impact analysis of dribble actions in women's soccer

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A switching dynamic generalized linear model to detect abnormal performances in Major League Baseball

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Acceleration in the NBA: Towards an Algorithmic Taxonomy of Basketball Plays

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Accounting for Complementary Skill Sets When Evaluating NBA Players’ Values to a Speci􏰀ic Team

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Accuracy and National Bias of Figure Skating Judges: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Alleviating Competitive Imbalance in NFL Schedules: An Integer-Programming Approach

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An Extensive Investigation of Strategies in Baseball

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An Open-Sourced Optical Tracking and Advanced eSports Analytics Platform for League of Legends

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Analytics for the Front Office: Valuing Protections on NBA Draft Picks

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Analyzing NBA Player Positions and Interactions with Density-Functional Fluctuation Theory

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Approaching In-Venue Quality Tracking from Broadcast Video using Generative AI

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Arsenal/Zone Rating: A PitchF/X based pitcher projection system

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Assessing the offensive productivity of NHL players using in-game win probabilities

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Automatically Recognizing On-Ball Screens

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Baseball Predictions and Strategies Using Explainable AI

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Better Prevent than Tackle: Valuing Defense in Soccer Based on Graph Neural Networks

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Bettor Up: Assess, Analyze, and Achieve

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Beyond Pythagorean expectation: How run distributions affect win percentage

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Beyond action valuation: A deep reinforcement learning framework for optimizing player decisions in soccer

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Beyond the Box Score: Using Psychological Metrics to Forecast NBA Success

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Bhostgusters: Realtime Interactive Play Sketching with Synthesized NBA Defenses

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Bullpen Strategies for Major League Baseball

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Buying Tickets: Capturing the dynamic factors that drive consumer purchase decisions for sporting events

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Call to the Pen: Maximizing pitcher effectiveness via topic modeled cluster centroid distances

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Can a Stadium Full of Monkeys Playing Strat-o-Matic Outmanage Earl Weaver? An empirical Bayesian Estimator of Manager Value

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Can’t Buy Much Love: Why money is not baseball’s most valuable currency

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Causal Impact of Offensive Linemen on Pass Plays

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Changing the Major League Baseball: A Whole New Ballgame

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Characterization of Space and Time-Dependence of 3-Point Shots in Basketball

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Characterizing and Controlling the Perceived Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues

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Choke or Shine? Quantifying Soccer Players' Abilities to Perform Under Mental Pressure

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Chuckers: Measuring Lineup Shot Distribution Optimality Using Spatial Allocative Efficiency Models

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CoachAI+ Badminton Environment: Realistic Badminton Game Simulator for Enhancing Player Performance

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Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: A Multidimensional Perspective

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Correcting for preferential bias in NFL fourth-down decision making

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CourtVision: New Visual and Spatial Analytics for the NBA

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DIGR: A Defense Independent Rating of NHL Goaltenders using Spatially Smoothed Save Percentage Maps

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Data-Driven Ghosting using Deep Imitation Learning

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Data-driven lowlight and highlight reel creation based on explainable temporal game models

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Decoding MLB Pitch Sequencing Strategies via Directed Graph Embeddings

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Decomposing the Immeasurable Sport: A deep learning expected possession value framework for soccer

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Deconstructing the Rebound with Optical Tracking Data

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Deep Reinforcement Learning for NBA Player Valuation: A Temporal Difference Approach with Shapley Attribution

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DeepQB: Deep Learning with Player Tracking to Quantify Quarterback Decision-Making & Performance

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Detection of tactical patterns using semi-supervised graph neural networks

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Diamonds on the Line: Profits through Investment Gaming

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Dissecting the Tennis Rally: Valuing Decision Making and Shot Execution in Tennis

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Do Behavioral Considerations Cloud Penalty-Kick Location Optimization in Professional Soccer: Game Theory & Empirical Testing using Polynomial Regression and ML Gradient Boosting

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Doinkalytics: A New Paradigm in National Football League (NFL) Placekicking Evaluation

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Effort vs. Concentration: The Asymmetric Impact of Pressure on NBA Performance

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Enhancing NBA True Shot Charts: A Probabilistic Spatial Approach to Rebounding and Possession Value

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Estimating NBA Team Shot Selection Efficiency from Aggregations of True, Continuous Shot Charts: A Generalized Additive Model Approach

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Estimating Positional Plus-Minus in the NBA

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Evaluating Player Actions in Professional Counter Strike using Temporal Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dynamic Pricing Strategies on MLB Single-Game Ticket Revenue

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Explainable Defense Coverage Classification in NFL Games using Deep Neural Networks

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Extracting Player Tracking Data from Video Using Non-Stationary Cameras and a Combination of Computer Vision Techniques

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Eye on the Ball: The Relationship Between Sensorimotor Abilities and On-Field Performance in Professional Baseball

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Fair and Efficient Ranking in Incomplete Tournaments

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Fast Hybrid Search for Red-Zone Play Recommendations

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Feeling the Pressure: A Unified Framework for Automating Pass Rushing Statistics in NFL Games

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Finding the Open Receiver: A Quantitative Geospatial Analysis of Quarterback Decision-Making

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Flipping Coins in the War Room: Skill and Chance in the NFL Draft

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From 5 to 13: Redefining the Positions in Basketball

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From Markov models to Poisson point processes: Modeling movement in the NBA

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From Sports to Science: Using Basketball Analytics to Broaden the Appeal of Math and Science Among Youth

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Going for Gold: Using Neuromuscular Skeletal Machine Learning Simulations to Predict Lower Extremity Performance in Track and Field Athletics

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Going for Three: Predicting the Likelihood of Field Goal Success with Logistic Regression

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Graphical Model for Baskeball Match Simulation

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High School Poster: A STARTING POINT FOR PREDICTING TEAM SUCCESS IN VOLLEYBALL

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High School Poster: HOW THE “COLOMBIAN CANNONBALL” FINALLY BROKE THROUGH – ANALYZING THE 2018 BRITISH OPEN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP

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High-resolution shot capture reveals systematic biases and an improved method for shooter evaluation

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HoopEval: Individual Player Action Evaluation via Deep Reinforcement Learning

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How Much Do Coaches Matter

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How Much Do Faceoffs Matter? Translating Faceoffs to Goals, Wins, and Championships in Hockey

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How Much Trouble is Early Foul Trouble? Strategically Idling Resources in the NBA

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How to Play Strategically in Fantasy Sports (and Win)

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How to Predict the Performance of NBA Draft Prospects

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I Think We'll Go to Boston - Marathon Performance Prediction

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Improved NBA Adjusted +/- Using Regularization and Out-of-Sample Testing

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Increasing the shot at a quality draft-decision – A Bayesian approach to improve predicting three-point accuracy translation in the NBA Draft

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Interpretable Prediction and Large-Scale Analysis of Judging in Professional Boxing

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Learning Contextual Event Embeddings to Predict Player Performance in the MLB

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Learning Feature Representations from Football Tracking

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Learning from the Pros: Extracting Professional Goalkeeper Technique from Broadcast Footage

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Leaving Goals on the Pitch: Evaluating Decision Making in Soccer

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Leveraging Batter-Pitcher Matchups for Optimal Game Strategy

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Live Counter-Factual Analysis in Women’s Tennis using Automatic Key-Moment Detection

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