I know that I have a reputation of being hard to please when it comes to the Soccer Analytics panel, so I’ll just come out and say what I thought of today’s event.It did not suck.Not only that, this was the best Soccer Analytics panel in the history of the SSAC.I know that for some, that […]
The Soccer Analytics panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference has been hit-or-miss since it was included in 2011, but the organizers have made an effort to improve the quality of the panel with better selection of the facilitator and panelists. In my opinion they’ve continued to make positive progress with this year’s panel.Returning […]
A couple of nights ago I gave a preview of the SSAC Research Paper competition. I’ve meant to give a preview of the Research Poster competition in previous years but didn’t follow through. I’m following through this year.The Research Posters presented at SSAC are works that advanced to the second round of the Research Paper […]
The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is more of a sports business conference these days, but the MIT association conveys a conference that also values rigorous and high-quality research. The Research Paper competition keeps the SSAC connected to this heritage as it evolves. This year the competition returns with tracks for publications on Baseball, Basketball, Other […]
The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference has made its call for papers for the 2017 conference.As has been the case since 2011, research paper selection is done in a two-round process. In the first round, applicants submit abstracts of their research. Those who pass through the initial cull are invited to submit full papers, from […]
