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SAW2025 Program ​
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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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