Talks

A selection of my recent sports analytics talks is below.

• Evaluating and Recruiting Football Players Using Open-Source Tools. Training Ground Guru Big Data 2021 Webinar. 26 October 2021. Online.

• Scouting Football Players by Squeezing Every Last Drop out of Match Event Data. Symposium on Computer Science in Sports. 24 September 2020. Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Universität Bayreuth, Germany (virtual).

• Scouting Football Players by Squeezing Every Last Drop out of Match Event Data. Geometric Sports Analytics Seminar. 21 September 2020. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen’s University, Canada (virtual).

• Scouting Football Players by Squeezing Every Last Drop out of Match Event Data. Barça Sports Analytics Summit. 13 November 2019. Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain.

• Choke or Shine? Quantifying Football Players’ Abilities to Perform Under Mental Pressure. Netherlands Sports Analytics Conference. 4 June 2019. Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Taking Guessing Out of Talent Spotting: Valuing Player Actions in Football. Sportdata and Performance Forum. 27 November 2018. University of Physical Education, Budapest, Hungary.

• The Future of AI in Football. Netherlands Sports Analytics Conference. 7 May 2018. Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Characterizing and Distinguishing Between Roles of Football Players. Open Football Analytics Night (invitation only). 2 May 2018. SciSports, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

• Actions Speak Louder Than Goals: Valuing Player Actions in Soccer. Spring Meeting on Mining and Learning (invitation only). 9 March 2018. Hotel Saigerhöh, Titisee, Germany.

• AI is Ready to Revolutionize the Field of Football Analytics. Open Football Analytics Night (invitation only). 17 January 2018. SciSports, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

• Beyond xG Models: Assessing Football Players Using Big Data and AI. United Kingdom Sports Analytics Conference. 24 November 2017. KPMG, London, United Kingdom.