Legend:
CC = Baltimore Convention Center,
H = Hilton Baltimore
* = applied session ! = JSM meeting theme
Activity Details
116 !
Mon, 7/31/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-318
The Essential Connections Between Industry and Statistics Education: Innovation, Technology, and Partnerships — Topic Contributed Panel
Section on Statistical Education , Section on Statistics in Sports , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Robert Carver, Stonehill College
Chair(s): Keith Ord, McDonough School of Business (MSB), Georgetown University
8:35 AM
The Essential Connections Between Industry and Statistics Education: Innovation, Technology, and Partnerships
Panelists:
Robert Carver, Stonehill College David Levine, Baruch College (CUNY) Mia Stephens, SAS Institute/ JMP Division Scott Toney, Daniels College of Business, Univ of Denver Billie Anderson, Ferris State University
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
159
Mon, 7/31/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-322
SPEED: Sports and Business — Contributed Speed
Section on Statistics in Sports , Business and Economic Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science
Chair(s): Michael Rutter, Penn State Erie
10:40 AM
Player Tracking for Division I Women's College Hockey
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Maxime Bost-Brown ; Michael Schuckers, St. Lawrence University
10:45 AM
Predicting NFL Player Success From Analysts' Diction
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Hubert Song, North Carolina State University ; Karl Pazdernik, North Carolina State University
10:50 AM
No Punt Intended
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Nicholas Eisemann, California State Univ Chico ; Camille Pensabene, St. John Fisher College ; Dylan Gouthro, Chico State ; Demond Handley, Kansas State University ; MyDoris Soto, California State University-Fullerton
10:55 AM
Quantifying the Causal Effects of Conservative Fourth Down Decision Making in the National Football League
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Derrick Yam, Skidmore College ; Michael J. Lopez, Skidmore College
11:05 AM
Predict NBA 2016-2017 Regular Season MVP Winner
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Mason Chen, Mason Chen Consulting
11:10 AM
Predict NBA 2016-2017 Regular Season Team Winning%
—
Timothy Liu ; Mason Chen, Mason Chen Consulting
11:30 AM
Operations Research on NCAA Football Re-Injury Prevention
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Nelson Chung, U. S. Census Bureau
11:40 AM
Functional Clustering of Elo Ratings in Professional Soccer Leagues
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jinglin feng, Pennsylvania State University ; Andrew Hwang, Pennsylvania State University
11:45 AM
Instrumental Variables Approaches in Hurdle Data
—
Jacqueline Mauro, Carnegie Mellon University
11:50 AM
Deep Learning Econometrics
—
Guanhao Feng ; Nicholas Polson, University of Chicago ; Jianeng Xu, University of Chicago
11:55 AM
Unexpected Customer Relationship Leads to Doubling Market Share Through Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
—
Steven Reagan, L&L Products, Inc.
12:00 PM
How Statistics Is Essential to Business Analytics
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Mary Whiteside, University of Texas-Arlington ; Mark Eakin, The University of Texas at Arlington
12:05 PM
Finding the Edge in Baccarat's Dragon and Panda Side Bets
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Robert Hannum, University of Denver ; Teresa Dalton, University of California, Irvine
12:10 PM
Floor Discussion
250
Mon, 7/31/2017,
2:00 PM -
2:45 PM
CC-Halls A&B
SPEED: Sports and Business — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Sports , Business and Economic Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science
Chair(s): Jessi Cisewski, Yale University
2:
Player Tracking for Division I Women's College Hockey
—
Maxime Bost-Brown ; Michael Schuckers, St. Lawrence University
3:
Predicting NFL Player Success From Analysts' Diction
—
Hubert Song, North Carolina State University ; Karl Pazdernik, North Carolina State University
4:
No Punt Intended
—
Nicholas Eisemann, California State Univ Chico ; Camille Pensabene, St. John Fisher College ; Dylan Gouthro, Chico State ; Demond Handley, Kansas State University ; MyDoris Soto, California State University-Fullerton
5:
Quantifying the Causal Effects of Conservative Fourth Down Decision Making in the National Football League
—
Derrick Yam, Skidmore College ; Michael J. Lopez, Skidmore College
7:
Predict NBA 2016-2017 Regular Season MVP Winner
—
Mason Chen, Mason Chen Consulting
8:
Predict NBA 2016-2017 Regular Season Team Winning%
—
Timothy Liu ; Mason Chen, Mason Chen Consulting
11:
Operations Research on NCAA Football Re-Injury Prevention
—
Nelson Chung, U. S. Census Bureau
13:
Functional Clustering of Elo Ratings for Competitive Balance Analysis in Professional Soccer Leagues
—
jinglin feng, Pennsylvania State University ; Andrew Hwang, Pennsylvania State University
14:
Instrumental Variables Approaches in Hurdle Data
—
Jacqueline Mauro, Carnegie Mellon University
15:
Deep Learning Econometrics
—
Guanhao Feng ; Nicholas Polson, University of Chicago ; Jianeng Xu, University of Chicago
16:
Unexpected Customer Relationship Leads to Doubling Market Share Through Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
—
Steven Reagan, L&L Products, Inc.
17:
How Statistics Is Essential to Business Analytics
—
Mary Whiteside, University of Texas-Arlington ; Mark Eakin, The University of Texas at Arlington
18:
Finding the Edge in Baccarat's Dragon and Panda Side Bets
—
Robert Hannum, University of Denver ; Teresa Dalton, University of California, Irvine
The Speed portion will take place during Session 214525
289 * !
Tue, 8/1/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-321
The Sports Statistics Club: A Vital Tool for Engaging Students in Statistics — Topic Contributed Panel
Section on Statistics in Sports , Section on Statistical Education
Organizer(s): Karl Pazdernik, North Carolina State University
Chair(s): Stephanie Kovalchik, Tennis Australia
8:35 AM
The Sports Statistics Club: a Vital Tool for Engaging Students in Statistics
Panelists:
Karl Pazdernik, North Carolina State University Sam Ventura, Carnegie Mellon University Mark Glickman, Harvard University Shane Reese, Brigham Young University Michael Schuckers, St. Lawrence University
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
313 * !
Tue, 8/1/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-340
Using Sports Statistics to Influence Sports Policy — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Sports
Organizer(s): Stephanie Kovalchik, Tennis Australia
Chair(s): James Albert, Bowling Green State University
10:35 AM
Using Statistics to Influence the Way an NFL Team Trains
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Dennis Lock, Miami Dolphins
10:55 AM
Policy Enforcement Through Measurement Precision: Effects in the Baseball Players' Labor Market
—
Brian M. Mills, University of Florida
11:15 AM
Is Tennis' Time Violation Policy Unfair? Understanding the Time-To-Serve of Professional Tennis Players Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Model
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Stephanie Kovalchik, Tennis Australia ; James Albert, Bowling Green State University
11:35 AM
THE DUCKWORTH-LEWIS-STERN METHOD: RAIN RULES in ONE-DAY CRICKET
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Steven E Stern, Bond University
11:55 AM
Discussant: Carl Morris, Harvard University
12:15 PM
Floor Discussion
447 * !
Wed, 8/2/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-331/332
Essential Uses of Statistics in Football — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Sports
Organizer(s): Michael J. Lopez, Skidmore College
Chair(s): Gregory Matthews, Loyola University Chicago
8:35 AM
A Statistical Analysis of the NFL Draft: Valuing Draft Picks and Predicting Future Player Success
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Robert Nicholas Citrone, Carnegie Mellon University ; Sam Ventura, Carnegie Mellon University
8:55 AM
Using Data to Inform the Recruiting Process in NCAA Football
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Tucker Zeleny, University of Nebraska
9:15 AM
Consistency in Professional Sports: The NFL's Parity Paradox
—
Michael J. Lopez, Skidmore College ; Gregory Matthews, Loyola University Chicago ; Benjamin Baumer, Smith College
9:35 AM
Football and Health: a Review of the Evidence
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Christine Baugh, Harvard University
9:55 AM
Discussant: Eugene Shen, Baltimore Ravens
10:15 AM
Floor Discussion
515 * !
Wed, 8/2/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-314
Statistical Modeling for Sports Science and Applications — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Sports
Chair(s): Michael Crotty, SAS Institute
10:35 AM
Identifying Individuals with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Through Spectral and Linear Discriminant Analyzes
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Kristin Morgan, University of Connecticut ; Carolyn Bradshaw Morgan, MECK Limited,LLC ; Heather Bush, University of Kentucky ; Brian Noehren, University of Kentucky
10:50 AM
Leveraging Multivariate Modeling and Mapping Techniques to Determine How Athletes' Gastro-Intestinal Comfort Drives Their Sensory Perception of Sports Beverages
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Peter John De Chavez, PepsiCo ; Jon K. Davis, Gatorade Sports Science Institute ; Lindsay B. Baker, Gatorade Sports Science Institute ; John R. Stofan, Gatorade Sports Science Institute ; Laura Daray, Gatorade Sports Science Institute ; Bridget Sopena, Gatorade Sports Science Institute
11:05 AM
Modeling and Simulation of UEFA Champions League
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Saman Muthukumarana, University of Manitoba ; Ninad Khargonkar, Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur
11:20 AM
Properties of Logistic Regression Estimates of Team Strengths in Sports
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Richard Auer, Loyola University Maryland ; Jennifer Roem, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:35 AM
Analytics for Fantasy Basketball II
—
George Recck, Babson College
11:50 AM
Outline Analysis of the Major League Baseball Strike Zone
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Dale Zimmerman, University of Iowa ; Jun Tang, University of Iowa
12:05 PM
Using PitchFx Data to Rank Umpires Ability to Call Balls and Strikes
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Andrew Swift, University of Nebraska At Omaha
