7
Mar
2025

The 19th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

2025

2025 SLOAN SPORTS ANALYTICS CONFERENCE

Speakers

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Henry Abbott

Author of Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance

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Sezin Aksoy

Analytics & Martech Executive in Media & Entertainment

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Ben Alamar

Sports Analytics Author & Consultant

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Ariana Andonian

VP of Player Personnel, Philadelphia 76ers

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Steve Argeris

Partner at Weil Private Equity

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Tim Armstrong

Founder and CEO of Flowcode

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Johnathan Atkeison

CEO of USA Cricket

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Sarah Bailey

Director of Football Research & Development, Tennessee Titans

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Bela Bajaria

Chief Content Officer of Netflix

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Shane Battier

2X NBA Champion, Founder of the Take Charge Foundation, Executive

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Sian Leah Beilock

19th President of Dartmouth

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Jeff Bennett

Former VP ESPN Stats & Information, Founder ESPN Analytics

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Brant Berglund

Senior Director of Coaching & GM Applications, NHL

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Michael Beuoy

Creator of inpredictable.com and Co-creator of evollve.net

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Mohini Bhardwaj

Olympic Medalist, NCAA Champion, Owner of OOA Gymnastics

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Sue Bird

WNBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Co-Founder of A Touch More and Togethxr

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Events

Human Movement in Detailed Data

Competitive Advantages
Accessibility in Sports Showcase

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Chess Simul

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Chess Open Play

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Closest to the Pin Competition

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Exit Velo Competition

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Home Run Dugout Batting Bays Open Play

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Accessibility in Sports Showcase

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Closest to the Pin Competition

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Sports Schedule Optimization

Competitive Advantages
Home Run Derby

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Research Papers

A Machine Learning Approach to Player Value and Decision Making in Professional Ultimate Frisbee

Eberhard, Braden; Miller, Jacob; Sandholz, Nate

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A New Framework to Estimate Return on Investment for Player Salaries in the National Basketball Association

Lautier, Jackson

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An Extensive Investigation of Strategies in Baseball

Melville, William; Mott, Tristan; Grimsman, David; Archibald, Christopher

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Beyond the Box Score: Using Psychological Metrics to Forecast NBA Success

Farrell, Sean; Laity, Ethan; Laughlin, Dave; Pennebaker, James W.

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Causal Impact of Offensive Linemen on Pass Plays

Jenkins, Ben

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CoachAI+ Badminton Environment: Realistic Badminton Game Simulator for Enhancing Player Performance

Peng, Wen-Chih; Wang, Kuang-Da; Chien, Yen-Che; Xie, Bo-Zhou; Chen, Yu-An; Tsai, Cheng-Shiuan; Doong, Shao-Jyun; Hung, Jun-Chen

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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

Uribe, Alivia; Sanders, Shane; Ehrlich, Justin; Reade, James J.; Singleton, Carl

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Doinkalytics: A New Paradigm in National Football League (NFL) Placekicking Evaluation

Dube, Lorenzo; Queralt, Samuel; Fink, Joshua; Goldsberry, Kirk; Bushong, Vanna

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Enhancing NBA True Shot Charts: A Probabilistic Spatial Approach to Rebounding and Possession Value

Stephanos, Dembe

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Evaluating Player Actions in Professional Counter Strike using Temporal Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

Szmida, Patrik Peter; Toka, Laszlo

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

Ferrridge, George

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Revolutionizing Formula 1 Broadcasting: Unveiling the Impact of Personalized Virtual Advertising on Brand Recall through eyetracking

Alexopoulos, Konstantinos; Mochla, Vagia; Tsourvakas, George

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The Adaptability Index: An Information Theoretic Framework for Measuring Player Adaptability

Mbeledogu, Dubem

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Transformer-Based Baseball Modeling for Pitch Outcome Prediction and Strategy Optimization

Kneita, Declan

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exPress: Contextual Valuation of Individual Players Within Pressing Situations in Soccer

Lee, Minho; Geonhee, Joe; Miru, Hong; Pascal, Bauer; Sang-Ki, Ko

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