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SAW2025 Program â€‹

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Monday 5 May 2025

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13:45-14:15 REGISTRATION

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14:30-14:40 Welcome by Ioannis Ntzoufras

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14:40-15:30 Daniel Fernández, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain

                    Statistical Practices and Reporting Standards in Sports Science Research

15:30-15:55 Ron Yurko, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

                    Momentum Interference: A Hierarchical Framework for Modeling Tackling Ability in American Football

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15:55-16:20 BREAK 1

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16:20-17:10 Andreas Groll, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany 

                    A combined and enhanced statistical learning model for the prediction of the EURO 2024 tournament

17:10-17:35 Dimitris Karlis, AUEB Sports Analytcs Group, Greece 

                    The League phase of UEFA Champions League: how fair it is?

17:35-18:00 Serhat Emre Akhanli, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey

                    Interactive Tools for Football Scouting: Improving Talent Discovery Through Dissimilarity Measures

 

18:00-18:25 BREAK 2

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18:25-19:15 Dries Goossens, University of Gent, Belgium 

                    Scheduling Youth Competitions

19:15-19:40 László Csató, Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Hungary

                    Most Swiss-system tournaments are unfair: Evidence from chess

19:40-20:05 Roberto Macrì Demartino, University of Trieste, Italy

                    Fitting Bayesian and frequentist football models in R via the footBayes package

20:05-20:30 Ioannis Ntzoufras, AUEB Sports Analytics Group, Greece

                    Bayesian Modeling of Goal Arrival Times

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Tuesday 6 May 2025

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14:30-14:55 Stylianos Grammatikakis, AUEB Sports Analytcs Group, Greece

                    Causal Parameter Estimation and Application on Sports Data

14:55-15:20 Dimitra Alexopoulou, Eleni Sideri and Dimitris Dallas, AUEB Department of Statistics, Greece  

                    Adaptation of Elo Ranking in Euroleague dataset

15:20-15:45 Giannis Tsougkrianis, AUEB, Department of Statistics, Greece

                    Adaptive Performance Metrics in Basketball

15:45-16:10 Paris Spiliotis, AUEB Stats and OPAP , Greece

                    Battle of the Trenches

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16:10-16:35 BREAK 1

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16:35-17:00 Panagiotis Agis Oikonomou Filandras, Kaizen Gaming, Greece

                    Leveraging Neural Networks for Accelerated Sports Simulations

17:00-17:25 Leonardo Egidi, University of Trieste, Italy

                    Our football analytics Story

17:25-17:50 Robert Bajons, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Austria

                     Machine learning based statistical inference in sports analytics

17:50-18:15 Mikko Häyrinen, Finnish Institute of High Performance Sport KIHU, Jyväskylä, Finland

                     Performance Factors Associated with Set Wins in Men's European Volleyball Championship Matches

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18:15-18:40 BREAK 2

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18:40-19:05 Giorgos Giasemidis, AUEB Sports Analytcs Group, Greece 

                     Python Meets Euroleague: Data Extraction, Insights, and Performance Projections via Simulations

19:05-19:30 Nikos Tsolakis and Prodromos Boutis, ShotClock, Greece 

                     From play-by-play to scouting insights: the role of advanced analytics in modern basketball

19:30-19:55 Marlin Myrte, Clutch Data & ESCP Business School, France

                    Leveraging Analytics for Success in Basketball Organizations: A Holistic Approach to Front Office, Coaching,                        and Sports Science

19:55-20:20 Christos Spyropoulos, University of Piraeus, Greece

                    Data Driven Budget Optimization for Team Sports​​

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Wednesday 7 May 2025

14:00 - 17:00 Short Course on Basketball Data Science - Lecture 1​

18:00 - 21:15 Short Course on Foorball Analytics - Lecture 1

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Thursday 8 May 2025

14:00 - 17:00 Short Course on Basketball Data Science - Lecture 2

18:00 - 21:15 Short Course on Foorball Analytics - Lecture 2

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Friday 9 May 2025

14:00 - 17:00 Short Course on Basketball Data Science - Lecture 3

18:00 - 21:15 Short Course on Foorball Analytics - Lecture 3

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*All times refer to the Greek time-zone (GMT+3)

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Organized by

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Ioannis Ntzoufras

Dimitris Karlis

Sotiris Drikos

 

Administrative Assistant

Argyro Damoulaki

 

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AUEB SPORTS ANALYTICS 2025
Live Conference
5-6 May 2025, Athens (Greece)
Football Analytics - Live short course (7-9 May)
Basketball Data Analysis - Virtual short course (7-9 May)

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