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Dear Colleagues,

The registration for the 5th UCSAS (https://statds.org/events/ucsas2024/) is open!

Revamped and rescheduled for Spring, the 5th UCSAS maintains its unique focus on students at various educational levels - from graduate and undergraduate to pre-college - who have an interest in sports analytics or data science more broadly. Organized by the Connecticut Statistical Data Science Lab, UCSAS aims to: 1) showcase sports analytics to students at an accessible level; 2) train students in data analytics with application to sports data; and 3) foster collaboration between academic programs and the sports industry.

# Keynote Presentations

+ Nathan Chan, Statistics and Data Science Student, Yale University; Olympic, World, and US Champion in Figure Skating
+ Kristin Morgan, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
+ Esteban Navarro Garaiz, Technical Product Manager, Zelus Analytics

# Panel Discussion: Sport Analytics for Life: Many Different Paths

+ Luke Benz PhD Student in Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

+ Emily Wright, Data Scientist - Volleyball Canada Beach National Teams

Two more panelists are to be finalized.

# US Olympics and Paralympics Committee Data Challenge 

Over 30 teams submitted solutions aimed at helping the USA Olympic Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics teams optimize their success for Paris 2024. Finalists, chosen by the data challenge judging committee, will be invited to present their work in the poster session, with travel support provided. The winners will be announced at the closing ceremony.

# Poster Session

We invite submissions from all, especially students (pre-college, undergraduate, or gradu- ate, with travel support), with interesting works on any topics of sports analytics.. A student poster award, decided by the Student Poster Award Committee, will be presented at the closing ceremony. The poster session also serves as a networking mixer. Abstract submission deadline is 11:59 pm, Friday, March 15, 2024.

# Invited Sessions

+ Session 1: Athlete welfare from Korey Stringer Institute

+ Session 2: Olympic Sports
+ Session 3: NFL Big Data Bowl Finalists
+ Session 4: Sports Analytics Beyond the Field

# Training Workshops

Seven workshops at four levels are offered in four concurrent tracks in the afternoon of Friday, April 12, 2024. They provide training from jumpstart to advanced sports analytic skills.

+ Introduction to R (Fusheng Yang)
+ Introduction to Python (Charitarth Chugh)
+ Basketball Analytics (Mathew Chandy)
+ Baseball Analytics (Patrick Cummins)
+ Web Scraping for Sports Data (Tyler Hinrichs)
+ TensorFlow in Sports Analytics (Hari Patchigolla)
+ Causal Inference in Sports Analytics (Dr. Kevin Cummiskey)

# Registration

The symposium is open to anyone with an interest in sports analytics. Speakers and poster presenters get free registration. The deadline for in-person registration is April 5, 2024. Register at https: //statds.org/events/ucsas2024/registration.html.

# Sponsorship/Partnership

Depending on the contribution level, sponsors will be recognized through cus- tomary channels, including names of sub-events. We are also looking for partners for next year's data challenge. Please contact Dr. Jun Yan (jun.yan@uconn.edu).

Jun Yan

University of Connecticut

Dear Colleagues, Here are a few updates about UCSAS 2024:

+ Poster abstract submission deadline is March 15, this Friday. A limited number of travel supports are available for out-of-state student poster presenters. Please encourage your students to apply.

+ Finalists of the UCSAS USOPC Data Challenge have been announced. They will present their works in the poster session. Congratulations!

     - High school/undergraduate division

        * Team Blue Devil Statistics Magicians of Duke University: Benjamin Thorpe (captain); Sean Li; Christopher Tsai

        * Team ISM of Montgomery Blair High School: Isabella Yang (captain); Sophia Zeng; Michael Wang

        * Team MaJiC of Yale University: Mofeed Nagib (captain); Carly Benson; Jason Chu

    - Graduate division

        * Team David-Siddharth-Abby of Yale University: David Metrick (captain); Siddharth Chandrappa; Abby Spears

        * Team Lightbulb of Yale University: Sahil Singh (captain); Raymond Lee

        * Team Trojans Fighting of University of Southern California: Shilong Ren (captain); Xiaolu Xu

+ Sponsorships are pivotal in enriching this event, and we offer varied recognition categories based on contribution levels in our sponsorship prospectus (https://statds.org/events/ucsas2024/sponsors.html).

+ Updated panelists of the Panel Discussion on Sports Analytics for Life: Many Different Paths

    - Seam Ahmed, Director, Research and Development at Pittsburgh Pirates.

    - Luke Benz, PhD student in Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health.

    - Sean Fischer, Manager of the Cincinnati Reds baseball analytics department.

    - Paul Sabin,  Lecturer in Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School.

    - Emily Wright, Data Scientist for Volleyball Canada's Beach National Teams.

+ Keynote Presentations

    - Nathan Chen, Statistics and Data Science Student, Yale University; Olympic, World, and US Champion in Figure Skating: "Designing the Optimal Figure Skating Program: Leveraging Data for a Competitive Edge" 

    - Kristin Morgan, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut: "Interdisci- plinary Data-Driven Approach to Improve Player Recovery and Performance"

    - Esteban Navarro Garaiz, Technical Product Manager, Zelus Analytics "Baseball Analytics: Past, Present, and Beyond"

+ We are creating a master list of college data science (including sports analytics) clubs or student organizations. Fill the form at https://statds.org/engagement.html if your want your organization listed.

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 10:55 AM Jun Yan <jyan.statistics@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

The registration for the 5th UCSAS (https://statds.org/events/ucsas2024/) is open!

Revamped and rescheduled for Spring, the 5th UCSAS maintains its unique focus on students at various educational levels - from graduate and undergraduate to pre-college - who have an interest in sports analytics or data science more broadly. Organized by the Connecticut Statistical Data Science Lab, UCSAS aims to: 1) showcase sports analytics to students at an accessible level; 2) train students in data analytics with application to sports data; and 3) foster collaboration between academic programs and the sports industry.

# Keynote Presentations

+ Nathan Chan, Statistics and Data Science Student, Yale University; Olympic, World, and US Champion in Figure Skating
+ Kristin Morgan, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
+ Esteban Navarro Garaiz, Technical Product Manager, Zelus Analytics

# Panel Discussion: Sport Analytics for Life: Many Different Paths

+ Luke Benz PhD Student in Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

+ Emily Wright, Data Scientist - Volleyball Canada Beach National Teams

Two more panelists are to be finalized.

# US Olympics and Paralympics Committee Data Challenge 

Over 30 teams submitted solutions aimed at helping the USA Olympic Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics teams optimize their success for Paris 2024. Finalists, chosen by the data challenge judging committee, will be invited to present their work in the poster session, with travel support provided. The winners will be announced at the closing ceremony.

# Poster Session

We invite submissions from all, especially students (pre-college, undergraduate, or gradu- ate, with travel support), with interesting works on any topics of sports analytics.. A student poster award, decided by the Student Poster Award Committee, will be presented at the closing ceremony. The poster session also serves as a networking mixer. Abstract submission deadline is 11:59 pm, Friday, March 15, 2024.

# Invited Sessions

+ Session 1: Athlete welfare from Korey Stringer Institute

+ Session 2: Olympic Sports
+ Session 3: NFL Big Data Bowl Finalists
+ Session 4: Sports Analytics Beyond the Field

# Training Workshops

Seven workshops at four levels are offered in four concurrent tracks in the afternoon of Friday, April 12, 2024. They provide training from jumpstart to advanced sports analytic skills.

+ Introduction to R (Fusheng Yang)
+ Introduction to Python (Charitarth Chugh)
+ Basketball Analytics (Mathew Chandy)
+ Baseball Analytics (Patrick Cummins)
+ Web Scraping for Sports Data (Tyler Hinrichs)
+ TensorFlow in Sports Analytics (Hari Patchigolla)
+ Causal Inference in Sports Analytics (Dr. Kevin Cummiskey)

# Registration

The symposium is open to anyone with an interest in sports analytics. Speakers and poster presenters get free registration. The deadline for in-person registration is April 5, 2024. Register at https: //statds.org/events/ucsas2024/registration.html.

# Sponsorship/Partnership

Depending on the contribution level, sponsors will be recognized through cus- tomary channels, including names of sub-events. We are also looking for partners for next year's data challenge. Please contact Dr. Jun Yan (jun.yan@uconn.edu).

Jun Yan

University of Connecticut