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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Paul Truong

Chess Coach,, Webster University

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2017-conference

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Bill Gurley

General Partner, Benchmark

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2014-conference

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Paul DePodesta

Chief Strategy Officer, Cleveland Browns

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2016-conference

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Sandy Alderson

General Manager, New York Mets

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2015-conference

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Jason Belzer

Founder and President, Global Athlete Management Enterprises

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2016-conference

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Michael Niemeyer

Head of Match Analysis, FC Bayern Munich

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2015-conference

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speakers

Lawrence Jackson

Professional Football Player, Detroit Lions

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2012-conference

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Jennifer Shahade

Chess Champion, Professional Poker Player, Author

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

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Joel Linzner

Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs

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2012-conference

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Jordan Rapp

Professional Ironman Triathlete; CTO, Slowtwitch.com

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2013-conference

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Robert Gallo

Vice President, Club Business Development, NFL

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2012-conference

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Bob Stoll

Founder, Dr Bob Sports

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2012-conference

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Jaymee Messler

President, The Players‚Äô Tribune

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2016-conference

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Daniel Coyle

Author, Lance Armstrong's War and The Secret Race

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2013-conference

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Katie Morgan

Assistant Director, Ticket Operations, Texas Rangers

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2015-conference

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Nathan Lindberg

Director of Global Esports Sponsorships, Twitch

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2017-conference

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Keith Goldner

Vice President of Data Science at FanDuel

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2015-conference,2016-conference,2023-conference,2022-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

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Mark Cuban

Owner, Dallas Mavericks

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2012-conference,2013-conference,2017-conference

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Norbert Herman

World Wide Offering Leader, IBM

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2016-conference

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speakers

Deborah Curtis

Vice President, Head of Global Experiential Marketing & Partnerships, American Express Company

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2016-conference

speakers

Lindsay Czarniak

SportsCenter Anchor, ESPN

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2013-conference

speakers

Bill Zito

Associate General Manager, Columbus Blue Jackets

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2019-conference

panels

hockey

speakers

Sean Payton

Head Coach, New Orleans Saints

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2015-conference

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football

speakers

Kevin Plank

Founder and CEO, Under Armour

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2014-conference

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speakers

Tim Chu

Data Scientist, DigitasLBi

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2016-conference

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football

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Hank Adams

CEO, Sportvision, Inc.

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2014-conference,2012-conference

panels

speakers

Benoit Vincent

Chief Technology Officer, TaylorMade Golf

benoit-vincent

2013-conference

speakers

Jonah Keri

Staff Writer, Grantland and FiveThirtyEight

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2015-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

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Ken Catanella

Director of Basketball Operations, Detroit Pistons

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2013-conference

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speakers

Isaiah Kacyvenski

Head of Business Development MC10

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2016-conference

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speakers

Jeff Sackmann

Founder, TennisAbstract

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2015-conference

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tennis

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Mark Waller

Executive Vice President of International, NFL

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2017-conference

panels

speakers

David Beck

Co-Founder, BRaVe Media Ventures

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2016-conference

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esports

speakers

Tyler Oberly

Director of Football, The Sideline View

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2013-conference

speakers

Miheer Walavalkar

Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, LiveLike

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2017-conference

panels

speakers

Jamie Brandt

Vice President Sales & Service, San Francisco 49ers

jamie-brandt

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Larry Fitzgerald

Wide Receiver, Arizona Cardinals

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2019-conference,2020-conference

panels

speakers

Dan Shanoff

Founder, Quickish

dan-shanoff

2015-conference

panels

speakers

Lisa Baird

CMO, United States Olympic Committee

lisa-baird

2016-conference

panels

speakers

Greg Korbas

Senior Global Product Manager, Reebok Classics Footwear

greg-korbas

2016-conference

panels

speakers

Tom Penn

Co-Founder, Sports Leadership Institute

tom-penn

2014-conference,2013-conference

panels

speakers

David Frohardt-Lane

Algorithmic Trader, 3Red Group

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2014-conference

panels

speakers

Mike Brown

Former NBA Head Coach, Cleveland Cavaliers

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2016-conference

panels

basketball

speakers

Tom Luginbill

College Football Analyst, ESPN

tom-luginbill

2015-conference

panels

football

speakers

Sal Syed

CEO, Arccos

sal-syed

2017-conference

panels

golf

speakers

Farhan Zaidi

General Manager, LA Dodgers

farhan-zaidi

2017-conference,2013-conference

panels

baseball

speakers

Alec Scheiner

President, Cleveland Browns

alec-scheiner

2012-conference,2013-conference

panels

speakers

David Kaval

President, San Jose Earthquakes

david-kaval

2013-conference

panels

speakers

Tim Zue

Executive Vice President/CFO, Boston Red Sox

tim-zue

2018-conference

panels

speakers

Kip Levin

President and COO, FanDuel

kip-levin

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Gabe Smallman

President & Founder, Adept

gabe-smallman

2016-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

TJ Adeshola

Head of U.S. Sports, Twitter

tj-adeshola

2020-conference,2022-conference

panels

speakers

Yu-Han Chang

Co-Founder and COO, Second Spectrum

yu-han-chang

2014-conference

speakers

Steve Pamon

As Head of Sports & Entertainment Marketing for JP Morgan Chase ("JPMC"),

steve-pamon

2014-conference

panels

speakers

Jeff Zwiebel

Professor of Finance, Stanford University

jeff-zwiebel

2016-conference

speakers

Andrew Paradise

CEO and Founder, Skillz

andrew-paradise

2016-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Martin Jarmond

Director of Athletics, UCLA

martin-jarmond

2020-conference,2024-conference

panels

speakers

Adam Hansmann

Founder, The Athletic

adam-hansmann

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Ryan Leaf

Analyst ESPN

ryan-leaf

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Fergus Connolly

Director, Performance and Operations, University of Michigan

fergus-connolly

2018-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Chris Loxston

Performance and Game Analyst, FIFA

chris-loxston

2019-conference

speakers

Peter Tollman

Senior Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

peter-tollman

2018-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Steve Magness

Performance Coach, Author

steve-magness

2019-conference,2023-conference

panels

speakers

Jonathan Givony

NBA Draft Analyst and Founder of Draft Express, ESPN

jonathan-givony

2018-conference

panels

speakers

Russel Mark

High Performance Manager USA Swimming

russel-mark

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Ameeth Sankaran

CEO Religion of Sports

ameeth-sankaran

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Royce Cohen

Director, Business Strategy and Analytics, Dodgers

royce-cohen

2017-conference

speakers

Michael Spillane

President, Categories & Product, Nike

michael-spillane

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Jimmy Butler

Table Tennis Olympian

jimmy-butler

2020-conference

speakers

Rafael Stone

General Counsel, Houston Rockets

rafael-stone

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Dan Wallach

Shareholder, Becker & Poliakoff

dan-wallach

2018-conference

panels

speakers

Alok Pattani

Data Science Advocate, Google Cloud

alok-pattani

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Lindsey Kittredge

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Shooting Touch

lindsey-kittredge

2019-conference

speakers

Whalen Rozelle

Director of esports, Riot Games

whalen-rozelle

2016-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Neil Metz

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Central Oklahoma

neil-metz

2015-conference

competitive-advantages

golf

speakers

Jackie MacMullan

Retired Senior Writer, ESPN

jackie-macmullan

2019-conference,2020-conference,2021-conference,2023-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

panels

speakers

Jim Nolan

Chief Operating Officer Kraft Sports & Entertainment

jim-nolan

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Steve Kerr

Head Coach, Golden State Warriors

steve-kerr

2014-conference

panels

basketball

speakers

Frank Frigo

Co-Founder, EdjSports

frank-frigo

2020-conference

competitive-advantages,panels

speakers

Bobby Gallo

Vice President of Club Business Development, NFL

bobby-gallo

2019-conference

competitive-advantages,panels

speakers

Folkert Huzinga

Software Development & Machine Learning Expert

folkert-huzinga

2019-conference

speakers

Michael Cotton

Director, Zone Startups Sports & Media

michael-cotton

2017-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Nick Kelly

Director Experiential Marketing Anheuser-Busch

nick-kelly

2016-conference

panels

speakers

Kevin Arnovitz

NBA Writer, ESPN.com

kevin-arnovitz

2019-conference,2020-conference,2022-conference

competitive-advantages,panels

speakers

Sandeep Baliga

Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

sandeep-baliga

2016-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Rachel Marty Pyke

Data Scientist, Noah Basketball

rachel-marty-pyke

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Tyler Heaps

Director of Sporting Analytics US Soccer Federation

tyler-heaps

2020-conference

panels

soccer

speakers

Mitch Lasky

Partner, Benchmark and Co-owner, LAFC

mitch-lasky

2020-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2025-conference

panels

speakers

Patrick Ryan

Co-Founder, Eventellect

patrick-ryan

2019-conference,2020-conference

panels

speakers

Kevin Cote

‚ÄéStrategic Partner Development - Sports Teams - ‚ÄéFacebook

kevin-cote

2016-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Mark Tatum

Deputy Commissioner and COO of NBA

mark-tatum

2025-conference,2017-conference

panels

speakers

Bill James

Former Senior Baseball Operations Advisor Boston Red Sox

bill-james

2020-conference,2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference

panels

speakers

Bob Myers

GM & President of Basketball Operations, Golden State Warriors

bob-myers

2019-conference

panels

speakers

David Knise

Senior Vice President & GM, Motorsports, Sportvision

david-knise

2013-conference

panels

speakers

Nick Theodorou

Owner & Founder, Theodorou Academy

nick-theodorou

2019-conference

panels

combatsports

speakers

Ben Shields

Lecturer/Author, MIT Sloan

ben-shields

2017-conference,2015-conference

workshops,panels

speakers

Nicole Lapointe Jameson

CEO Evil Geniuses

nicole-lapointe-jameson

2020-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Scott Cutler

President, Stubhub

scott-cutler

2016-conference

speakers

Qaizar Hassonjee

Vice President of Innovations, Adidas Wearable Sports Electronics

qaizar-hassonjee

2014-conference

panels

speakers

"3s & Frees": The Evolving Nature of Basketball

Meghan Duggan

Forward, U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team

meghan-duggan

2019-conference

panels

hockey

speakers

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

#KingdomUnited – How the Kansas City Chiefs utilized social media, technology and game presentation

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

bill-chapin

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

'Pablo Torre Finds Out' at SSAC

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

panels

pablo-torre,sendhil-mullainathan,daryl-morey

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

'To A Touch More' with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe presented by Wasserman Foundation

panels

jason-kelly,alex-rodriguez,david-blitzer

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

10,000 Hours vs. The Sports Gene

panels

sue-bird,megan-rapinoe

mediacontent,sportsinsociety,womenssports

events

Day 1

Panels

1-On-1 With Gary Bettman

panels

gary-bettman,liam-mchugh

business

hockey

events

Day 2

Panels

1-On-1 With Nate Silver

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

david-epstein,malcolm-gladwell

business

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

1:1 With Enes Kanter

2020 DraftKings Sports Gaming Innovation Challenge

panels

events

Ongoing

Activities

activities

events

Ongoing

Activities

2020 Hackathon

activities

events

Ongoing

2020 Startup Competition & Trade Show

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Ongoing

2021 DraftKings Sports Gaming Innovation Challenge

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,careerseducation

events

Ongoing

Activities

2021 Startup Competition & Trade Show

activities

events

Ongoing

Apr 7, 2021

Activities

2021 Virtual Hackathon Presented by Major League Baseball

activities

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Activities

2022 Oracle Innovation Challenge

Bill Walsh Room

activities

bo-english-wiczling,carrie-nielsen,angela-ruggiero

events

Ongoing

Mar 4, 2023

Activities

2023 Hackathon Presented by Ticketmaster

activities

karlis-kezbers,to-be

events

Day 2

Mar 3, 2022

Activities

2023 Startup Competition & Trade Show

Careers and Competitions Room

activities

nancy-lee,joe-cardona,jasmine-robinson,grant-son,to-be

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

3D Motion Analysis finally has a "Magic Camera": A pioneer's journey of how we finally got here

A 1-on-1 with Calvin Johnson and Bomani Jones

competitive-advantages

phil-cheetham-oly-phd

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

A Conversation with Barack Obama

panels

calvin-johnson,bomani-jones

business,careerseducation

football

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

A Conversation with Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt

panels

mark-cuban,andy-slavitt,nate-silver

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Focused Approach to Data Analytics: Maximizing Player Performance

competitive-advantages

ted-ellickson

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

A Keeper: The Evolution of Soccer Analytics

panels

ravi-ramineni,ted-knutson,heather-oreilly,gregg-berhalter

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

A New Arena: Careers After Sports

A New Generation: The Next Era of College Athletics

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

warren-zola,martin-jarmond,val-ackerman,brian-higgins,tommy-gray

on-field,business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,policygovernance

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A New Role for Machine Learning in Sponsorship Measurement

competitive-advantages

thomas-slowe

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Peek into the Future with Keemotion and ShotTracker

competitive-advantages

davyeon-ross,milton-lee

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Step In The Right Direction: The positive effects a sports team can have on public school education

competitive-advantages

john-borders,david-sparks,mike-zarren

careerseducation

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

A Trail Runner's Steep Climb on a Mountain of Data

A conversation with Andrew Yang and Nate Silver

competitive-advantages

riccardo-fogliato

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

trackfield

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

nate-silver,andrew-yang

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

AI at the Paris 2024 Olympics: Using GenAI to supercharge analytics and reach new audiences

competitive-advantages

chris-jackson

innovationtechnologydatascience

otherolympic

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Acceleration of Fan Insights: How the Philadelphia 76ers & New Jersey Devils Innovate with Data Presented by KAGR

Acceleration of Sports Data Innovation at ESPN

competitive-advantages

niyanth-anand

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

jeff-bennett,davyeon-ross

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Interactive Events

Accessibility in Sports Showcase

Room 305

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Accessibility in Sports Showcase

Room 305

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Achievement Unlocked: ESports Analytics

Adapting on the Fly: The Future of Ticketing

panels

ryan-garfat,nicole-pike,sebastian-park,doug-watson,ed-chang,kasra-jafroodi

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

kristin-bernert,clay-luter,michael-markovich,stevie-gray

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Advanced Training Techniques

competitive-advantages

brandon-payne

on-field

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Advantage US Tennis: Leveraging Performance Analytics and Technology to Provide a Competitive Edge

competitive-advantages

david-ramos

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

tennis

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

Alpha Awards

Alternative Investing: Teams and SPACs

panels

jessica-gelman,daryl-morey

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

saj-cherian,josh-harris,john-collins,billy-beane,jason-robins

investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Amateurs or Industry: NCAA Reform

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

An American Analyst in London

Bill Walsh Room

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

An Analytical Framework For Winning The Super Bowl

An Optimization Approach to Roster Creation and Game Scheduling

competitive-advantages

jack-jones

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Workshops

Research Papers Room

workshops

holly-wiberg

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytical Masterminds: A Live Look from The Masters

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

golf

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics Illustrated with Kirk Goldsberry

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics In Action

panels

shane-battier,dean-oliver,sue-bird,jeff-van-gundy,kevin-arnovitz

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Analytics On Air - The NBA's First Full-Time Analytics Broadcaster

Analytics in Sports Business: Putting the Money in Moneyball

competitive-advantages

cory-jez

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

chris-granger,steve-phelps,jessica-gelman,danielle-maged,jared-smith

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics of the Tommy John Injury Epidemic with Glenn Fleisig

panels

glenn-fleisig

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Applying Pressure: Exploring Pitching's Next Data Driven Opportunity

Art & Analytics of Negotiation

competitive-advantages

alex-fast

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

alec-scheiner,brian-burke,cade-massey,gary-gertzog,joel-linzner,shira-springer

innovationtechnologydatascience,business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Artificial Intelligence 3.0: Are We Closer to Creating the Mind of Tom Brady?

competitive-advantages

usman-shuja

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

At the Intersection of AI and Human Potential

Competitive Advantage North

panels

dafna-aaronson

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Panels

Athlete Analytics

panels

john-brenkus,qaizar-hassonjee,adir-shiffman,shira-springer,matt-hasselbeck,andrew-luck

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Athletes and Activism

panels

andrew-hawkins,bomani-jones,brendan-tuohey,dana-harrell,shira-springer

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Automatic Generation of Football Analytics

competitive-advantages

d-j-lee

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Avoiding Tommy John: How the MLB has used better data and training methods to reduce elbow injuries

competitive-advantages

john-dangelo

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

BET: Building Excellent Technology in the 313

competitive-advantages

taylor-traub

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

Backdoor Cover: Revolutionizing Sports During COVID

panels

erika-nardini,scott-oneil,jason-robins,chad-millman

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

Ball Don't Lie: The Future of Basketball Analytics

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Baseball 2.0: Updating America's Pastime

Baseball Analytics: The Next Frontier

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Baseball Analytics

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Basketball Analytics: Hack-A-Stat

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Basketball Analytics: Hunting for Unicorns

Basketball Analytics: Nothin' But Net... Rating

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Basketball Analytics: Push the Tempo

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Beat the Odds: Anatomy of an Upset

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Beating the Book: Simulation-Driven Sports Betting

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Beating the Shift: Baseball Analytics in the Age of Big Data

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Behind the Deal: The Analytics of Sports Sponsorship Valuation

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Behind the Scenes in Sports Negotiating: What the Fans & Media Don't Get to See

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Bet On It: A Conversation on Innovation in the Sports Betting Industry

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Beyond Expected Goals: Analyzing and Implementing the Next Phase of Soccer Analytics

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Beyond the 4-4-2: Soccer Analytics

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Beyond the Beam: Inside the Sacramento Kings Fan Engagement Strategy

Beyond the Book: The Inevitable Expansion of Sports Betting Presented by Caesars Sportsbook

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Beyond the Box Office: The Evolution of Ticketing

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Beyond the Foundation: Building a Team around a Superstar

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Beyond the Gambit: Chess’ Big Move

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Beyond the Pitch: Transforming Soccer Through Advanced Analytics

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Big Data Analytics in the Wide World of Sports

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

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Big Data for Sports

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Big Data – Insight to Action: Sports Case Studies

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Big Data: Lessons for Sports

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

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

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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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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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