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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Lawrence Norman

VP Global Basketball, Adidas

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2012-conference

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Jared Lander

Chief Data Scientist, Lander Analytics

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2017-conference,2016-conference

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Gary Belsky

Columnist, Time.com

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2013-conference,2012-conference

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Dan Singer

Director, McKinsey

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2014-conference

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Matt Brand

SVP of Corporate Partnerships,, Houston Astros

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2017-conference

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Randy Vataha

President, Game Plan LLC

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2015-conference

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Zak DeOssie

Long Snapper/Linebacker, New York Giants

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2015-conference

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Michael Nelson

Vice President, Operations, Penske Racing South

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2013-conference,2012-conference

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Neil Glat

President, New York Jets

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2013-conference,2012-conference

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Rami Genauer

Founder and Director, FightMetric

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2013-conference

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Tucker Kain

CFO LA Dodgers, Managing Director, Guggenheim Baseball Management

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2016-conference

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Scott Burton

Executive Editor, ESPN The Magazine

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2013-conference

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Tony Amonte

Retired Professional Hockey Player

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2012-conference

panels

hockey

speakers

Sandy Weil

Director of Sports Analytics, Kroenke Sports and Entertainment

sandy-weil

2017-conference,2016-conference

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speakers

Matt Birk

Director of Football Development, NFL

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2015-conference

panels

football

speakers

Ben Jarvis

Lead Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

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2015-conference

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Michael Schrage

Research fellow, MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital¬†Business and the Imperial College [London] Business School.

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2013-conference

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Drew Carey

Owner, Seattle Sounders; Host, The Price is Right

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2012-conference

speakers

Jeffrey Pash

EVP, General Counsel NFL

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2016-conference

speakers

Vince Gennaro

Author

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2014-conference

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baseball

speakers

Mike Derezin

VP, Sales Solutions, LinkedIn

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2015-conference

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speakers

Ron Shapiro

Co-Founder and Chairman, Shapiro Negotiations Institute

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2012-conference

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David Sparks

Director of Basketball Analytics, Boston Celtics

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2017-conference

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Joe Bryant

Co-Founder, Footballguys.com

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2012-conference

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speakers

Dave Finocchio

Co-Founder, Bleacher Report

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2013-conference

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Kevin Pritchard

General Manager, Indiana Pacers

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2013-conference,2012-conference

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speakers

Andrea Kremer

Sportscaster and Journalist, Amazon Prime Video

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2016-conference,2015-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

panels

speakers

David Falk

Founder and CEO, Falk Associates Management Enterprises

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2016-conference

panels

speakers

Jesse Paquette

CEO, Tagb.io, Founder & CSO, tagb.io

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2014-conference

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David Purdum

Writer, ESPN

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2015-conference

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Jeff Luhnow

General Manager, Houston Astros

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2016-conference,2014-conference,2012-conference

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David Daniels

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2014-conference

speakers

Chris Zeppenfeld

Senior Director, Business Intelligence,, Hornets Sports and Entertainment

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2017-conference,2016-conference

speakers

Chris Kelly

Forward & Assistant Captain, Boston Bruins

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2016-conference

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hockey

speakers

Alex Sugarman

SVP of Strategy & Development, Chicago Cubs

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2016-conference

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speakers

Morgan Todd

Manager, Strategy, Global Partnerships - Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment

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2021-conference

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hockey

speakers

Brent Barry

Reporter - NBA TV

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2012-conference

speakers

Brian Scalabrine

NBA Analyst, Comcast SportsNet New England

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2016-conference

panels

speakers

Matt O'Toole

President,, Reebok

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2017-conference

panels

speakers

JJ Zachariason

Editor-In-Chief, numberFire.com

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2016-conference

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speakers

Val Ackerman

Commissioner, BIG EAST Conference

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2022-conference,2024-conference,2017-conference,2014-conference

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Ed Durso

Executive Vice President, Administration, ESPN

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2014-conference

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speakers

Arn Tellem

Vice Chairman, Wasserman Media Group

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2015-conference

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speakers

Marc Stein

NBA Insider, ESPN

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2013-conference,2012-conference

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speakers

Andrew Bocskocsky

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2014-conference

speakers

Jeff Hammerbacher

Co-Founder, Cloudera

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2013-conference

panels

speakers

Allen St. John

Author and Journalist, Forbes.com

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2014-conference

speakers

Leonard Zaichkowsky

Sport Science Consultant

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2016-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

James Mirtle

Hockey Reporter, The Globe and Mail

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2015-conference

panels

hockey

speakers

Alina Bialkowski

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2014-conference

speakers

Bryan Colangelo

Former President and GM, Toronto Raptors

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2014-conference

panels

speakers

Asheesh Kinra

VP Technology, Washington Redskins

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2014-conference

panels

speakers

Gary Vaynerchuk

CEO, VaynerMedia

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2022-conference,2013-conference

panels

speakers

Ben Davis

CEO, Phizzle

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2015-conference

panels

speakers

Chris Anderson

Managing Partner, Anderson Sally

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2015-conference,2013-conference

panels

speakers

Anette Hosoi

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

anette-hosoi

2016-conference

panels

speakers

Dan Pfeiffer

Podcast Host, Pod Save America

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2021-conference

panels

speakers

Ben Peterson

Sports Performance Manager, Catapult

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2015-conference

speakers

Daniel Chao

Co-founder and CEO, Halo Neuroscience

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2016-conference

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speakers

John Abbamondi

EVP, Madison Square Garden

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2017-conference,2016-conference,2014-conference

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Zack Long

CMO, Primesport

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2017-conference

speakers

Richard Noonan

Team Lead for Connected Solutions/IoT, CDW

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2016-conference

speakers

Sarah Stone

Marketing & Advertising Manager, Texas Rangers

sarah-stone

2015-conference

competitive-advantages

baseball

speakers

Adam McKay

Director, Producer, Screenwriter, and Comedian

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2021-conference

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speakers

Mike Carey

Co-Owner, Seirus Innovation

mike-carey

2014-conference

panels

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Luke Thomas

Senior Editor, MMA Fighting

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2013-conference

panels

combatsports

speakers

Mike Smith

Head Coach, Atlanta Falcons

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2014-conference

panels

speakers

Jonathan Martinez

Business Development, Raiders

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2016-conference

speakers

Sam Zussman

Senior Vice President, IMG

sam-zussman

2014-conference

panels

speakers

Sean Plott

CEO and pro-gamer, eSportscaster

sean-plott

2012-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Ryan Rodenberg

Assistant Professor, Florida State University

ryan-rodenberg

2015-conference

panels

speakers

Brett McDonald

CEO, Competitive Analytics Consulting LLC/Vantage Sports

brett-mcdonald

2014-conference

speakers

Jennifer Cabalquinto

Chief Financial Officer, Golden State Warriors

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2014-conference

panels

speakers

Bill Squadron

President, Bloomberg Sports

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2014-conference

panels

baseball

speakers

Brad Edwards

College Football Analyst, ESPN

brad-edwards

2014-conference

panels

football

speakers

Dr. Lorena Martin

Professor of Sports Performance Analytics, Northwestern University

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2016-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Daniel Altman

Founder, North Yard Analytics

daniel-altman

2016-conference

competitive-advantages

soccer

speakers

Dawn Hudson

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer,, NFL

dawn-hudson

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Scott McLachlan

Head of International Scouts, Chelsea FC

scott-mclachlan

2012-conference

panels

soccer

speakers

Andrew Althoff

Director of Applied Performance, Baylor University

andrew-althoff

2016-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Robert Mays

Staff Writer, Grantland

robert-mays

2015-conference

panels

football

speakers

Bob Bowman

President, Business & Media, MLB

bob-bowman

2017-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

panels

speakers

Rachael DeCecco

Head of PLL Academy, Premier League Lacrosse

rachael-dececco

2021-conference

competitive-advantages

lacrosse

speakers

Kevin Lin

COO, Twitch

kevin-lin

2013-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Davyeon Ross

Cofounder/COO of DDSports Inc.

davyeon-ross

2017-conference

competitive-advantages,panels

speakers

Robbie Allen

CEO and Founder, Automated Insights

robbie-allen

2015-conference

panels

speakers

Aidan Lyons

VP of Fan Centric Marketing, NFL

aidan-lyons

2016-conference

competitive-advantages

football

speakers

Kyle Dubas

Assistant General Manager, Toronto Maple Leafs

kyle-dubas

2015-conference

competitive-advantages,panels

speakers

Steve Donahue

College Basketball Analyst, ESPN

steve-donahue

2015-conference

speakers

Matt Roth

Professional Football Player, Jacksonville Jaguars

matt-roth

2012-conference

speakers

Adam Grossman

CEO and Founder,, Block Six Analytics

adam-grossman

2017-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Peter Jennings

Co-founder, Fantasy Labs

peter-jennings

2017-conference,2015-conference

panels,competitive-advantages

speakers

Herm Edwards

NFL Analyst, ESPN and former NFL Head Coach

herm-edwards

2013-conference

panels

football

speakers

Dean Oliver

Sports Data Scientist at ESPN

dean-oliver

2024-conference,2025-conference,2017-conference,2016-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

competitive-advantages,panels

speakers

Alexander Garfield

CEO, Evil Geniuses

alexander-garfield

2012-conference

speakers

J. Todd Durbin

EVP Competition and Player Relations, MLS

j-todd-durbin

2016-conference

speakers

Andy Schwarz

Partner (OSKR), Chief Innovation Officer (PCL)

andy-schwarz

2021-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

David Griffin

GM,, Cleveland Cavaliers

david-griffin

2018-conference,2017-conference

panels

speakers

Greg Kim

Vice President of Strategy at Oak View Group

greg-kim

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

competitive-advantages,careers,panels

speakers

Leveraging Data in Sponsorships

Rufus Peabody

Co-Founder, Massey-Peabody Analytics

rufus-peabody

2016-conference

panels

speakers

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Leveraging Digital Strategies and Analytics in Media and Sports

panels

shelly-cayette-weston

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

russell-walker

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Leveraging Machine Learning and Pitchf/x Data to Illuminate the Impact of Pitch Framing

competitive-advantages

andrew-engel

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Leveraging Sports Betting to Enhance the Fan Experience presented by Sportradar

panels

jacob-feldman,brian-josephs,keith-goldner,eric-rimsky,meghan-bird-burgoon

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Life Behind the Curtain: An Inside Look at Working in an NFL Front Office

competitive-advantages

andrew-brandt

business,careerseducation

football

events

Day 1

Panels

Life of the College Student-Athlete

panels

shane-battier,amy-huchthausen,marcus-lattimore,greg-mcgarity,laura-marcinek

on-field,sportsinsociety

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

Like and Subscribe: Co-Streaming and The Influencer Age of Esports

Live B.S. Report: Bill James one-on-one with Simmons

panels

nick-troop,parth-naidu,karim-fernandes

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

bill-simmons,bill-james

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Live B.S. Report: Cuban one-on-one with Simmons

panels

bill-simmons,mark-cuban

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Live Sports Viewers: Personalized Experiences, Advertising Trends, and Device Preferences

competitive-advantages

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Logos, Pathos, and Ethos: Sponsorship Analytics presented by Hookit

panels

elizabeth-lindsey,pat-lacroix,sam-kennedy,scott-tilton,cole-gahagan

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

Luck Vs. Skill: Gambling Analytics

panels

jeff-ma,rufus-peabody,chad-millman,anette-hosoi,ryan-rodenberg

innovationtechnologydatascience,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

MLS Growth Story: A Conversation With Don Garber and Jonathan Kraft

Machine Learning in Injury and Performance Analytics

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Make the Most of the Current Moment in Soccer Analytics

competitive-advantages

tyler-cox

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Making Miracle Content

competitive-advantages

bryan-harper

mediacontent

events

Day 1

Panels

Making a QB1: The Science behind QB Evaluations

panels

field-yates,kevin-meers,jordan-palmer

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Making the Modern Athlete: A Conversation with David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell

Making the Right Play: Optimizing the NBA's Season Structure

panels

malcolm-gladwell-2,david-epstein

mediacontent

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Man & Machine: Real Time Data and Referee Analytics

panels

shane-battier,evan-wasch,kevin-arnovitz,gersson-rosas,steve-koonin

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

hank-adams,dan-brooks,paul-hawkins,tom-penn,michael-bantom,mike-carey

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Managing The Big League Levers

Marathons, Milestones, and Moon Shots: the Science of Human Performance in the Era of Cheating

panels

alison-overholt,chris-greeley,rafael-stone,evan-wasch,damani-leech

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

peter-weyand

on-field

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Marijuana as Medicine

competitive-advantages

andrew-brandt

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

Marketing, Data & The Digital Fan

panels

lisa-baird,jessica-gelman,michal-lorenc,john-forese,dan-reed,ben-shields

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Mastering the Mind: The Psychology of Winning

Maxing Out & Getting Personal

panels

steve-magness-j176h,allison-feaster,sian-leah-beilock,lauren-rosen

on-field

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

anthony-perez

on-field

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Measuring the Immeasurable: Solving Soccer Analytics Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision presented by STATS Perform

Media Rights: Pricing, Power and Competition

panels

patrick-lucey

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

soccer

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

anita-elberse,bob-bowman,brian-rolapp,eric-shanks,john-skipper,jon-miller

business,mediacontent

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Metrics Are The Mike: Football Analytics

Michael Lewis – Going Deep with Mike Leach – The Most Innovative Mind in Football

panels

mina-kimes,kevin-demoff,sashi-brown,warren-sharp,karim-kassam,saquon-barkley

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Mind, Body, Machine: The Role of AI/ML in the Future of Sports

panels

mike-leach,michael-lewis

business

football

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

Minding the College Football Analytics Gap

panels

patrick-lucey,daryl-morey,sherry-marcus,ethan-sherwood-strauss,s-matthew-liao

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Mining For Medals – Using Analytics to Optimize Olympic Performance

competitive-advantages

karim-kassam

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

finbarr-kirwan

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

otherolympic

events

Day 2

Panels

Mission Impossible: The Art of Negotiation

panels

sam-hinkie,warren-legarie,bob-myers,deepak-malhotra

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Modeling A New Reality: How the Blackhawks Built a Performant Ticket Demand Model After a Transformational First-Round Pick

competitive-advantages

paulino-diaz

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

hockey

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Modeling Injury Risk at the Tennessee Titans

Modern Nba Coaching: Balancing Team And Talent

competitive-advantages

sarah-bailey

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

scott-brooks,vinny-del-negro,brian-scalabrine,mike-brown

on-field

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Modern Sports Finance

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Monday Morning Quarterback: Coaching and In-Game Decisions

panels

brian-burke,thomas-dimitroff,tony-reali,jack-del-rio,herm-edwards

on-field

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Monetize and Measure Social Media Assets

competitive-advantages

adam-grow,erin-prober

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Moneyball Plus. Predicting Player Performance Using Psychological Assessments: A Comparison Across the Major Sports

competitive-advantages

ken-yusko

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Moneyball Reunion

panels

billy-beane,bill-james,michael-lewis,jackie-macmullan

business

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Moneyball To Homerball With Bill James and Tom Tango

Moneymind: Overcoming Cognitive Bias

panels

bill-james,meghan-chayka,tom-tango

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

billy-beane,cade-massey,daryl-morey

business

events

Day 1

Panels

More than a Team: Innovation and Ownership

panels

jonathan-kraft,kim-pegula

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Motorsports Analytics, Presented by Sportvision

panels

andy-schwalb,gary-belsky,geoff-bodine,hank-adams

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Moving The Chains: Advancing Football Analytics

Moving from Answering to Anticipating, A look at how women’s sports coverage is the new model

panels

mike-leach,brian-burke,mina-kimes,alec-halaby

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

football

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Moving the Kickoff: How Data Around Concussions Led to a Rules Change in the Ivy League

competitive-advantages

carolyn-campbell-mcgovern

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Panels

NBA 2.0: New Rules to Transform the Game

panels

ben-falk,evan-wasch,mike-zarren,rafael-stone,kevin-arnovitz

business

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

NBA Strategy: Leveraging Analytics on In-Game Information Presented by Microsoft

NFL Insights: Delivery an Advanced Analytics Platform

competitive-advantages

phil-chang

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

NCAA 2.0: What's Next?

Sue Bird Room

panels

michael-mccann,oliver-luck,mark-jackson,brian-higgins

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,policygovernance,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

NFL Player Assessment Test: Using Psychological Tests to Predict Player Performance in the NFL

competitive-advantages

charles-scherbaum,ken-yusko

on-field

football

events

Day 1

Panels

NFL's Next Generation Statistics

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

NFTs, Ownership, and Utility: Outlining the Path Forward for Digital Assets Presented by Ticketmaster

NHL Club Business & Analytics

panels

rachel-jacobson,brendan-lynch,mickey-maher,sam-rubinroit,daryl-morey

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

scott-jablonski

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

hockey

events

Day 1

Panels

Need Fantastic Trophies

panels

daryl-morey,leore-avidar,roham-gharegozlou,nicolas-julia,mark-cuban

business,investmentfinance

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Negotiating for Seconds: Engineering the Sub 2-hr Marathon

Negotiating the Future: How Priorities Changed as a Result of COVID

competitive-advantages

robby-ketchell

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

trackfield

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

michele-steele,demaurice-smith,kathy-carter,sue-bird

business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Panels

Negotiations: Past, Present, And Future

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Netflix and WWE Team Up: Paul "Triple H" Levesque and Bela Bajaria

New Frontiers: How Emerging Leagues Are Reshaping Sports

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Sue Bird Room

panels

shira-springer,mike-mccarley,katlyn-gao,mike-buckley,steve-argeris

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Next Frontier in Baseball Analytics

panels

brandon-taubman,dusty-baker,jerry-dipoto,patrick-young,brian-kenny

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

No Industry is Safe: The Opioid Epidemic in Sports and Society

No Lead is Safe: Innovation in Sports

panels

corbin-petro,seth-moulton,ryan-leaf,stephanie-wittels-wachs

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,policygovernance,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Nothing But Net (Present Value): Investing in Sports

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

gerry-cardinale,scott-oneil,wyc-grousbeck,saj-cherian

investmentfinance

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Numbers Don’t Lie: Using Data in the Weight Room to Enhance On-Field Performance

Numbers Focused League: Football Analytics

panels

jeremy-jacobs

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,careerseducation

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

kevin-demoff,sandy-weil,tedy-bruschi,mina-kimes

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Panels

Nuts and Bolts of Acquiring a Franchise

panels

george-postolos,joseph-mcnulty,rafael-stone,michele-steele

business,investmentfinance

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

OK, Zoomer: How Data Can Win Back Gen Z

Of Mice and Hockey Players: Cross Disciplinary Lessons About Tracking Data

panels

bo-han,omar-raja,tim-clark,tj-adeshola

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitive Advantages

On A Finger Roll: Where the Basketball Analytics Movement Goes Next

competitive-advantages

margaret-cunniff

innovationtechnologydatascience

hockey

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

Open for Business: How An Open Distribution Ticketing Network is Changing the Way the NFL Operates presented by KAGR

panels

allison-feaster,haralabos-voulgaris,katherine-evans,kevin-arnovitz,kirk-goldsberry

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

On Deck with Rob Manfred

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

Optimization with JuMP in Julia

panels

kristen-mackie

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

events

Day 1

Workshops

workshops

sebastien-martin

events

Day 1

Panels

Out Of The Ice Age: Analytics In The Nhl

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivor Analytics

panels

rob-cesternino,wendell-holland,rick-devens,sophie-clarke,christian-hubicki

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

events

Day 2

Feb 27, 2014

Panels

Ownership Perspectives: Managing Transitions

panels

amy-brooks,john-henry,john-walsh,wyc-grousbeck,vivek-ranadive

business

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Packing a Punch with Data: How Analytics Have Fueled the UFC

Painting the Black: The State of Baseball Analytics

panels

duncan-french,deni-batchvarova,forrest-griffin,matt-kenny

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

combatsports

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Partnerships 2.0: Data, Dollars, and Digitalization

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Partnerships: Activating Value

panels

abe-madkour,paul-caine,john-sheeran,elizabeth-lindsey,jeff-price

innovationtechnologydatascience

golf

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

liz-moulton,kirsten-corio,julie-haddon,dave-alpern,kevin-demoff

innovationtechnologydatascience,womenssports,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

Pass The Secret Sauce: Learning Across Sports

Pay Smart: Using remuneration strategy to gain an edge in the English Premier League

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

ian-lynam

business

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Performance Under Pressure

Phillie Phanatics: How Teams Cultivate and Grow a Passionate Fanbase

panels

michael-lewis,sue-bird,brad-stevens,steve-magness

on-field

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

kevin-negandhi,lil-dicky,daryl-morey

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

baseball

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

Pickleball: The Next Chapter for the World's Fastest Growing Sport

Player Empowerment: I've Got The Power

panels

jessie-irvine,dave-fleming,brian-levine,connor-pardoe

investmentfinance

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

Player Grades: The Competitive Advantage in Football Performance

panels

jackie-macmullan,michael-rubin,kendrick-perkins,stephen-a-smith

business,mediacontent,sportsinsociety,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

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

Player Tracking Data and the Fan presented by ESPN

panels

jessica-gelman,michael-rubin,demaurice-smith,tamika-tremaglio

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Player Tracking at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey

competitive-advantages

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Playing Catchup: Estimating Player & Positional Value in (American) Football presented by ESPN

Playing Offense with AI: How the Florida Panthers Stay Ahead of the Ticket Market

panels

paul-sabin

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Playing for the Players: The Future of Player Advocacy

competitive-advantages

michael-kesaris

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

hockey

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

domonique-foxworth,michele-roberts,jim-tanner,deepak-malhotra

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Playing the Data Game: NFL Players and Next Gen Stats

competitive-advantages

dave-anderson

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Panels

Poets and Quants: How Analytics has Changed Sports Journalism

panels

robbie-allen,howard-beck,carl-bialik,peter-king,dan-shanoff

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

events

Ongoing

Workshops

Poker Power

workshops

pokergambling

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Power of Athletics on Society: 50 Years of Title IX Impact & the Path Forward Presented by Wasserman

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

panels

events

A Cluster Analysis of NBA Players

papers

A Data Driven Goalkeeper Evaluation Framework

papers

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

papers

A Game Theoretical Approach to Optimal Pitch Sequencing

papers

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

papers

A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks

papers

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

papers

A Markov Approach to Untangling Intention Versus Execution in Tennis

papers

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

papers

A No-Tanking Draft Allocation Policy

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

An Extensive Investigation of Strategies in Baseball

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Automatically Recognizing On-Ball Screens

papers

Baseball Predictions and Strategies Using Explainable AI

papers

Bettor Up: Assess, Analyze, and Achieve

papers

Beyond Pythagorean expectation: How run distributions affect win percentage

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Bhostgusters: Realtime Interactive Play Sketching with Synthesized NBA Defenses

papers

Bullpen Strategies for Major League Baseball

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Causal Impact of Offensive Linemen on Pass Plays

papers

Changing the Major League Baseball: A Whole New Ballgame

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: A Multidimensional Perspective

papers

Correcting for preferential bias in NFL fourth-down decision making

papers

CourtVision: New Visual and Spatial Analytics for the NBA

papers

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

papers

Data-Driven Ghosting using Deep Imitation Learning

papers

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

papers

Decoding MLB Pitch Sequencing Strategies via Directed Graph Embeddings

papers

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

papers

Deconstructing the Rebound with Optical Tracking Data

papers

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

papers

Detection of tactical patterns using semi-supervised graph neural networks

papers

Diamonds on the Line: Profits through Investment Gaming

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Estimating Positional Plus-Minus in the NBA

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Explainable Defense Coverage Classification in NFL Games using Deep Neural Networks

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Fair and Efficient Ranking in Incomplete Tournaments

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

From 5 to 13: Redefining the Positions in Basketball

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Graphical Model for Baskeball Match Simulation

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

How Much Do Coaches Matter

papers

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

papers

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

papers

How to Play Strategically in Fantasy Sports (and Win)

papers

How to Predict the Performance of NBA Draft Prospects

papers

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

papers

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

papers

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

papers

Learning Contextual Event Embeddings to Predict Player Performance in the MLB

papers

Learning Feature Representations from Football Tracking

papers

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

papers

Leaving Goals on the Pitch: Evaluating Decision Making in Soccer

papers

Leveraging Batter-Pitcher Matchups for Optimal Game Strategy

papers

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

papers

Live by the Three, Die by the Three? The Price of Risk in the NBA

papers

MAYFIELD: Machine Learning Algorithm for Yearly Forecasting Indicators and Estimation of Long-Run Player Development

papers

Making Offensive Play Predictable - Using a Graph Convolutional Network to Understand Defensive Performance in Soccer

papers

Manager Over and Underachievement (MOU) Index: Ranking Soccer Managers

papers

Measuring Individual Competitiveness and its Impact on Sporting Success

papers

Measuring the Impact of Robotic Umpires

papers

Mining football players' behavioral profile: identifying candidate proxy features from event data.

papers

Mixed Membership Martial Arts: Data-Driven Analysis of Winning Martial Arts Styles

papers