Past Meetings

2019 NESSIS

Program

• Full conference program

Selected presentations

• Comparing NHL Players' Shots and Goals by Algorithmically Decomposing Shot Intensity Surfaces
  Devan Becker, University of Western Ontario
• An Examination of Timeout Value, Strategy, and Momentum in NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball
  Luke Benz, Yale University
• Estimating (four) Factor Values inthe NBA: A Seemingly Unrelated Regression Analysis
  Jonathan Bosch, Syracuse University
• Route Identification in the National Football League (external link — best viewed in “presentation mode”)
  Dani Chu, Simon Fraser University
• The Paths We Take: A Player Tracking Analysis of NHL Shootouts
  Nick Czuzoj-Shulman, Sportlogiq
• A Bayesian Joint Model for Spatial Point Process with Application to Basketball Shot Chart
  Jieying-Jiao, University of Connecticut
• Extracting Player Tracking Data from Video Using Non-Stationary Cameras and a Combination of Computer Vision Techniques (external link)
  Neil Johnson, ESPN Analytics
• TRAP: A Predictive Framework for Trail Running Assessment Performance
  Natalia Lombardi de Oliveira, Carnegie Mellon University
• A SHINY Markov Machine for Decision-Making in MLB
  Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University
• The Path to Success on the LPGA Tour - Identifying the Three Important Dimensions in Stroke Play
  Kabir Sen, Lamar University
• How Do Typical Runners' Performances Vary with Age and Gender?
  Richard Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• From Grapes and Prunes to Apples and Apples: Using Matched Methods to Estimate Optimal Zone Entry Decision-Making in the National Hockey League
  Asmae Toumi, Columbia University
• Home Sweet Home: Quantifying Home Court Advantages for NCAA Basketball Statistics
  Matthew van Bommel, Simon Fraser University
• Going Deep: Models for Continuous-Time Within-Play Valuation of Game Outcomes in American Football with Tracking Data (external link)
  Ron Yurko, Carnegie Mellon University

Pictures

Photographs from the 2019 NESSIS

Selected videos

• Talk by Barry Nalebuff and Matthew Doria
• Talk by Richard Smith
• Talk by Fan Bu
• Talk by Katherine Evans
• Talk by Laurie Shaw
• Talk by Devan Becker
• Panel Discussion

Sponsors

We kindly thank the following organizations for their support of the 2019 NESSIS: