This post is the third and final preview article of the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference from a soccer perspective. In this post I will discuss the Soccer Analytics panel.The panel has come a long way from its first appearance in 2010, when it was called the Emerging Analytics panel and combined panelists from […]
Continuing the multi-part preview of the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, I look at the Evolution of Sport session for a soccer analytics perspective.In 2011, the SSAC added an Evolution of Sport (EOS) session to highlight presentations on ideas, technologies, or thoughts that have the potential to change the way people approach, play, and […]
This is the first in a multiple-part series of posts that preview the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. In this post, I will consider the finalists of the Research Paper Competition.The Sloan Sports Analytics Conference started a Research Paper session in 2010, coincidentally, my first year at the conference. It’s been a very popular […]
When we were in the UK, we attended a couple of Premier League matches. I’ve already written about our trip to Manchester to see City vs Sunderland. Now it’s time to write about the second match that we saw 27 hours later: Tottenham vs Aston Villa. (more…)
While we were in the UK, we had the opportunity to attend a couple of English Premier League matches. I thought it would be fun to share our experience and pictures with our readers. Below is Part I: (more…)
Earlier in the month we had the privilege of attending the 2012 Leaders Sports Summit at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea Football Club. It provided me an opportunity to reconnect with the contacts I made in the football community over the last twelve months as well as make connections to those who I had previously […]
Greetings from London! We arrived this afternoon and we’re excited about the opportunity to return to the Leaders in Performance conference and see not one, but two English Premier League matches this weekend in Manchester and north London.Most of all, we’re excited about meeting followers of Soccermetrics and other people interested in our company. To […]
We’ve been quiet because of Demo Day presentations in Atlanta, New York City, and San Francisco over the past two weeks, but while I was in San Francisco last week I took part in the Sports Analytics Innovation Summit that was held in Union Square. (more…)
I am pleased to announce that Matt and I will be at the 2012 Leaders in Performance conference, to be held 10-11 October at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium. (more…)
Completing my review of the 2012 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, I give my take on the panel sessions that I attended, as well as the Research Paper competition and the Evolution of Sport. I spent most of my time checking out the trade show and talking to people in the hallways, so don’t look […]
