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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Sports Analytics Professor and Sports Analytics Program Director, UNC-Charlotte

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Senior Writer, Action Network

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Sideline Reporter and Host, Los Angeles Clippers

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Managing Partner and Founder of Full Court Capital

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Vice President of Basketball Strategy and Analytics, Chicago Bulls

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Sports Science Entrepreneur and Biomechanics Expert, University of Texas

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Vice President, Special Projects, St. Louis Cardinals

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Commentator at ESPN

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Agent, Head of Women’s Basketball at KLUTCH SPORTS GROUP

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Head of Hockey Analytics Technology, Montreal Canadiens

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19th President of Dartmouth

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President of the Connecticut Sun

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Vice President of Strategy & Insights, Florida Panthers

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Senior Director, Innovation Account Management and Marketing with Ticketmaster

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Senior Vice President of Consumer Strategy at NASCAR

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Author

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Founder and CEO of Flowcode

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Managing Director of Research & Insights, NASCAR

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Senior Vice President of Ticketing and Premium Sales, Utah Jazz and Utah Hockey Club

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VP of Player Personnel, Philadelphia 76ers

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Managing Director at Andalusian Private Capital & Advisory

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Data Solutions Architect, Trace3

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Chief Operating Officer, Altius Sports Partners

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Associate Professor & Executive Director, UNLV International Gaming Institute

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Performance Innovation Lead, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

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Author, Expert on Athletic Performance

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Olympic Medalist, NCAA Champion, Owner of OOA Gymnastics

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Co-Founder and CEO of SMAC Entertainment

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Vice President of Research and Strategy, Cleveland Browns

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COO of Willow

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Founder and Host of GymCastic

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Executive Vice President of Enterprise Partnerships at SeatGeek

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President and Chief Operating Officer of Endeavor and TKO

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Staff Data Scientist, Zelus Analytics | Co-Creator of Stan

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13x LPGA Event Winner, Team USA Golfer

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CEO of USA Cricket

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Alison Fragale

Professor at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Bret McCormick

Sports Facilities, Fan Experience, and Ticketing at Sports Business Journal

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Steve Argeris

Partner at Weil Private Equity

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Josh Dixon

VC Partner at Profluence Sports Capital

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CEO of PrizePicks

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CEO of SumerSports

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Vice President of Global Sponsorships, Mastercard

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Ali Curtis

Senior Vice President of Competition & Operations, MLS NEXT Pro

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Amanda Anderson

Senior Director Social Media, ESPN

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P.K. Subban

13-Year NHL Defenseman | NHL Analyst, ESPN

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Darren Ross

Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Wasserman Ventures

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Jeremy Rogalski

Director of Hockey Analytics, Boston Bruins

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Brody Malone

World Champion, Olympic Gymnast

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Monica McNutt

NBA, WNBA and College Basketball Analyst, ESPN

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Bill Hanway

Executive Vice President of AECOM

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Will Kuntz

General Manager of the LA Galaxy

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Director of Sports Data, Kynisca Sports Management

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Mihir Warty

Chief Strategy Officer of World Rugby

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Bobby Landerman

Director of Data Science, PrizePicks

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Director of Analytics, Seattle Sounders

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Global Head of Sports, TikTok

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Mike Buckley

2x World Champion Sailor, CEO and Co-Owner of the U.S. SailGP Team

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Head of MLB Business Development at Eventellect

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Principal Architect, Trace3

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Jason Kelly

Chief Correspondent, Bloomberg Originals

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VP of Creative Development and Talent Relations, TOGETHXR

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Head of Data Science, Fanatics Betting & Gaming

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Claire Rogers

Senior Social Media Manager, GOLF.com / GOLF Magazine

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Mary Ellen Coe

Chief Business Officer of YouTube

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Meghan Bird Burgoon

Senior Director, ESPN BET Content Integration

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Andrew Lichtenberger

CEO, Octopi Poker

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Matthew Hulsizer

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, PEAK6 Investments

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Chris Jackson

Head of Digital Data and Analytics, Olympics

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Charlie DeStefano

Data Scientist, Callaway Golf

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Katie Hodel

Senior Director of Business Growth & Marketing, KAGR (Kraft Analytics Group)

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Tiffany Krause

Sr. Manager, Fan Data Science and Analytics, NFL

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Scott Krase

Senior Member, Bolt Ventures

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Brian Higgins

Senior Vice President of Business Performance, NCAA

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Tyrone Millard

Director, Sports, Google Cloud

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Matthew Futterman

Senior Director, Referee Operations, NBA

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David Schoenfield

Senior Writer, ESPN

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Peter Murphy

Senior Vice President, Content and Media, Cosm

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Cassidy Hubbarth

Host/Reporter, ESPN

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Brian Millman

Vice President - Properties & Brand Strategy, CSM Sport & Entertainment

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Jacob Feldman

Sports Business Reporter, Sportico

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Alexandra Drane

Co-Founder and CEO, ARCHANGELS

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Eric Rimsky

Vice President, U.S. Fantasy & Betting, NBA

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2024-conference

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D.J. Lee

Professor & Director Robotic Vision Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Brigham Young University

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Robert Thacker

Vice President, Strategy Analytics & Digital Marketing, AEG Global Partnerships

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Marty Turman

Vice President of Fan Marketing & Insights, Los Angeles Rams

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2024-conference

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Jesse Marsch

European Professional Soccer Head Coach

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2024-conference

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soccer

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Shay Martineau

Director of Analytics, Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx

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2024-conference

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Julie Haddon

Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer, National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)

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Jackie Caldwell

Head of Content, Just Women’s Sports

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S. Matthew Liao

Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Center for Bioethics, New York University

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2023-conference

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Paul Tudor Jones II

Co-Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, Tudor Investment Corporation | Co-Founder, SumerSports

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2024-conference

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Michael Voltmer

Director of Baseball Strategy and Information, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2024-conference

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Madeleine Want

Vice President of Data, Fanatics Betting & Gaming

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2024-conference

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esports

speakers

The Next Generation of Venues

Nick Troop

Executive Producer. POSSIBLE

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2023-conference

panels

esports

speakers

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The Next Revolution of AI in Sport - Large Language Models

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Mar 3, 2023

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The Next Wave Of Sports Entrepreneurship

competitive-advantages

patrick-lucey

innovationtechnologydatascience

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panels

matt-higgins,martin-matak,peter-keating,mitch-lasky,tucker-kain

business

events

Day 1

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The Next Wave of Stadium Technology

competitive-advantages

pete-giorgio

innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

The Numbers Behind the Books: How Gambling Companies Leverage Data

The Numbers Game: Football Analytics from Combines to Championships

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john-sheeran,gene-lee,jeff-ma,mike-morrison

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

events

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panels

ted-knutson,steve-palazzolo,eugene-shen,sean-clement

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Path Forward: Analytics as an Organizational Imperative

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sam-ebb

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

The Path to Greatness

The People Advantage: Culture Analytics

panels

larry-fitzgerald,sue-bird,ameeth-sankaran

mediacontent

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

The Performance / Precaution Tradeoff: Player Health

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Bill Walsh Room

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gretchen-reynolds,john-difiori,casey-smith,adir-shiffman

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth,careerseducation

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Physiologic Doldrums: Using Lab Science and Field Analytics to Maximize Performance

competitive-advantages

dr-aaron-baggish

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

The Play-by-Play of the Future: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Sports Media

Sue Bird Room

panels

alison-overholt,michael-markovich,russell-wolff

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

The Power of Location Data Presented by Deloitte

The Power of Philanthropy Through Sport

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

The Power of Sports presented by Wasserman Foundation

competitive-advantages

kiesha-nix

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

cassidy-hubbarth,jessica-gelman,nate-silver,megan-rapinoe

on-field,sportsinsociety,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Competitive Advantages

The Professional Ennui League: Thriving in the age of digital distraction

The Readiness Index: GB Cycling Team’s approach to identifying, monitoring and forecasting Olympic medalling winning talent

competitive-advantages

matt-mayberry

on-field

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

andy-harrison,ian-yates

business

otherolympic

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

The Reformation of the NCAA: The Impact of New Legislation, Re-Alignment, and NIL

The Relevant and the Frequent: Engaging Soccer Coaches with Visual Analytics. An FC Barcelona Story

panels

val-ackerman,amy-perko,michele-steele,elizabeth-lindsey

policygovernance

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

The Right Stuff: Launching a Business in Sports

panels

javier-fernandez

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

alex-rodriguez,jason-robins,maverick-carter,michele-steele

business

events

Day 2

Panels

The Rise Of Big Data In Sports

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Role of CRM in a Team’s Ecosystem

competitive-advantages

russell-scibetti

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The Role of the Storyteller in a Data and AI World

Shane Battier Room

panels

ben-alamar,jackie-macmullan,jeff-bennett,rebecca-dyer,brant-berglund

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Science of Sleep

competitive-advantages

meeta-singh

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The Science of the Deal: Negotiation Workshop

panels

bob-myers,deepak-malhotra,daryl-morey

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The ShotLink Intelligence Prize - Quantifying Long Approach Ball Striking

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

The Show Must Go On: Digitization and Innovation in the Sports World

panels

scott-soshnick,stephanie-mcmahon,burke-magnus,steve-pagliuca

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

The Sports Learning Curve: Why Teams are Slow to Learn and Adapt

The Success of Streaming: The New Media Model

panels

sashi-brown,bill-james,daryl-morey,richard-thaler

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

melissa-brenner,kenneth-gersh,michelle-wilson,eric-fisher

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

The SumerSports Draft Dashboard

competitive-advantages

eric-eager

innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance

football

events

Day 1

Panels

The Thinking Eye with Edward Tufte

panels

edward-tufte

business

events

Day 2

Competitive Advantages

The Top 25 Most Innovative Teams in the World

competitive-advantages

angela-ruggiero

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

The Ultimate Team Sport: Building Better Football Rosters with Analytics

The Value of Sports Sponsorship: Analytics & Impact

panels

seth-walder,steve-palazzolo,thomas-dimitroff,kevin-demoff,jacqueline-davidson

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

mike-tomon,elizabeth-lindsey,matt-sebal,brian-lafemina,kyle-sherman

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

The eSports Explosion

panels

sundance-digiovanni,daryl-morey,kevin-lin,mike-morhaime

business

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

Three at the Back: Accelerating the Pace of Soccer Analytics

panels

chris-anderson,angus-mcnab,michael-niemeyer,ravi-ramineni,andrew-wiebe

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Panels

Ticketing Analytics

panels

bill-chapin,chris-granger,danielle-maged,shira-springer,cole-gahagan,david-kaval

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Ticketing Analytics, Presented by StubHub

panels

brian-lafemina,cole-gahagan,danielle-maged,jessica-gelman,lou-depaoli

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Ticketing Analytics: Data & Digital Create a New Order

panels

kurt-schwartzkopf,patrick-ryan,russell-scibetti,tim-zue,eric-chemi

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Ticketing Analytics: Secondary To None

Ticketing Analytics: Technology and Data Meet Ticketing

panels

patrick-ryan,kristin-bernert,adam-grow,shira-springer,rob-sine

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Ticketing Analytics: The Power of Open Distribution

Ticketing: When Precedent is No Longer a Predictor

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

Titans of the Sports Industry

panels

kristin-bernert,frances-traisman,jonathan-tillman,shira-springer,patrick-ryan

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

michael-rubin,jared-smith,michael-spillane,casey-wasserman,jessica-gelman

business

events

Day 1

Panels

To Play or Not To Play: Rich Eisen 1-on-1 with J.J. Watt

panels

jj-watt,rich-eisen

biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth,careerseducation

events

Day 1

Panels

Top Shelf with Gary Bettman and Jeff Vinik

panels

gary-bettman,jeff-vinik

business

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Tour Analytics: Making Professional Golf More Data-Driven

competitive-advantages

charlie-destefano

innovationtechnologydatascience

golf

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Tracking Ice Hockey and Basketball players

competitive-advantages

leonard-zaichkowsky

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Transforming Big Data Into Compelling Insights

competitive-advantages

mark-lehew,frank-wheeler

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Transforming Higher Education with DATA: Data, Analytics, Technology and Athletics

competitive-advantages

felesia-stukes

innovationtechnologydatascience,careerseducation,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Transforming the LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games with Data

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

competitive-advantages

allison-katz-mayfield

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

otherolympic

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

Trash Talking: Live at SSAC presented by Oracle

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otherolympic

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jessica-gelman,daryl-morey,sue-bird,andrew-friedman,nate-silver

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Mar 5, 2022

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Trash Talking: Live from SSAC Presented by Oracle

True Performance & the Science of Randomness

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ariel-kelman,kathy-carter,jessica-gelman,nate-silver,daryl-morey

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

otherolympic

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Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

True ROI IS within Reach by Wasserman in partnership with FANAI

Trust the Process? Team Building and Rebuilding in the NBA

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shelley-pisarra

on-field,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Day 1

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david-griffin,steve-pagliuca,chris-bosh,howard-beck

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Truths and Myths of the Three Point Revolution in Basketball

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seth-partnow

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Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

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USA Swimming: The Analytics Driving Olympic Performance

Competitive Advantage North

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russel-mark

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 1

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Understanding Hispanic Fandom: Beyond the Myths

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heidi-pellerano,stefanie-francis

business

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Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

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Unlock a Commercial Advantage through Performance Marketing

Unlocking Potential: The Next Generation of Tracking Data (Presented by STATS)

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tom-huggins

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Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

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Unlocking Premium Value Through Understanding Your Fans - Tepper S&E

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shira-springer,patrick-lucey,kirk-goldsberry,rachel-marty-pyke,chris-capuano

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

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Unlocking the Code (ing): Winning with Data and App Dev presented by OutSystems

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bryan-lodigiani

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Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

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Research Papers Room

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Day 1

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Unlocking the Potential of the NBA Schedule

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evan-wasch

business

basketball

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Day 1

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Up Close and Personal: Social Media and the Modern Athlete

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jason-concepcion,jeremy-lin,paul-rabil,katie-nolan

on-field,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Using Analytics to Deliver a Better Customer Experience - While Adding Value to Your Bottom Line

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innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

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Using Analytics to Drive Competitive Success for Team USA

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elliot-schwartz

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otherolympic

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Using Analytics to Support the Efficacy of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

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jessica-berman

innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

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Using Crowd Sentiment To Help Pick Winners in Fantasy Football

Using D3 Analytics To Visualise Sports Data For Coaching Insights

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benjamin-hendricks

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

football

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Day 1

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markus-deutsch,tom-crameri

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Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

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Using Data and Analytics to Create Content Strategies to Protect and Improve Reputation

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Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

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Using Data to Support College Athlete Mental Health

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kimberly-obrien

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

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Using Data, Analytics and Technology to Bring NFL Fans Closer to the Game

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aidan-lyons

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

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Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

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Using Digital Ticketing to Drive Value

Using Google Cloud to Take Sports Analytics to the Next Level presented by Google Cloud

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josh-brickman

business,sportsinsociety

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Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

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Competitive Advantage North

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alok-pattani

innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

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Using Machine Learning to Describe How Players Impact the Game in the MLB - An Open Source Workshop

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baseball

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Day 1

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Using Modified Dutch Auctions To Set Ticket Prices

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sandeep-baliga

business

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Day 1

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Using Paid Social Media to Sell and Track Ticket Sales

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bill-chapin

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

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Using Tableau to Rapidly Deploy Interactive Visualizations

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mark-bashuk

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Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

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Using Technology to Monitor Workload in Elite Figure Skating

Using Wearable Technology to Refine the Return-To-Play Process in the NBA

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lindsay-slater

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Day 1

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dr-david-martin

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

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Day 1

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Valuing Franchises: How Sports Teams Break the DCF

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Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Virtual Becomes Reality: The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

Vision - The Ultimate Competitive Advantage in Sports

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kate-veronneau

womenssports

esports

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Day 2

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dr-daniel-laby

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 1

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Volleyball vs the World: A Practical Look at a Pioneer in Sports Analytics

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giuseppe-vinci

innovationtechnologydatascience

volleyball

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Day 1

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Wearable Tech Revolutionizing Sports Analytics

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qaizar-hassonjee

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Day 1

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Wearable Technology: Athlete Analytics

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andrew-hawkins,brian-kopp,kirk-lacob,eric-petrosinelli,brian-russell,mark-mcclusky

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Day 1

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Wearable Technology: From The Practice Field To Prime Time

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Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Welcome Remarks from Bill James, Co-Chairs and Co-Leads

Welcome to the Lakehouse: Best-of-Breed Data Stack in Sports

bill-james,jessica-gelman,daryl-morey,alex-edelman

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Mar 4, 2023

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What Does The Fox Say? Analytics in Poker

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anthony-brock

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Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

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Bill Walsh Room

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What Sports Can Learn from Other Industries

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amy-howe,corbin-petro,justin-pinchback,matthew-fields,shira-springer

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Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

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When the Odds Don't Add Up: Navigating Anomalies and Uncertainties in Sports Betting

Sue Bird Room

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chad-millman,jeff-ma,nate-silver,sean-zerillo

innovationtechnologydatascience,pokergambling

football

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Day 1

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When the Sports World Stopped & How It Came Back to Life: COVID and The Future of Sports

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jonathan-kraft,dana-white,jackie-macmullan

on-field,business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth,realestateinfrastructure

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Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

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Who Says No? A 1-On-1 With Adam Silver and Bill Simmons

Who Will Win? Predicting, Visualizing, and Understanding Performance in Professional Golf

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Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

matthew-courchene

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golf

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Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Whose Butts are in Whose Seats

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Who’s to Blame (or Credit)?

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dean-oliver

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Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

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Wild West of Analytics: Other Industry Perspectives on Use & Misuse of Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Measuring Individual Competitiveness and its Impact on Sporting Success

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Measuring the Impact of Robotic Umpires

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

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

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