Committees

Organizing Committee

• Sean Ahmed, Principal Quantitative Analyst, Detroit Tigers
• Brian Macdonald (co-chair), Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Gregory J. Matthews, Associate Professor, Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
• Lauren Poe, Sports Analytics Engineer, ESPN
• Jun Yan (co-chair), Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut

Program Committee

• Gregory J. Matthews (chair), Associate Professor, Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
• Quang Nguyen, Ph.D. Student, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Data Challenge Judging Committee

• James Hyman (chair), Basketball and Business Intelligence Analyst, Connecticut Sun
• Andrew Thomas, Vice President, Baseball Analytics, Detroit Tigers
  
• Ben Thorpe, Statistics and Data Science Graduate Student, Yale University
  
• Ben Wieland, Quantitative Analyst, Philadelphia Phillies
  
• Benjamin Robinson, Senior Manager of Data Strategy and Insights, USAC
  
• Bob Wooster, Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  
• Brian Macdonald, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  
• Eduardo Charles Alba, Manager, ESG Statistics and Operations
  
• Elizabeth Schifano, Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Connecticut
  
• Ethan Meyers, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Yale University
  
• Gregory Matthews, Director, Center for Data Science and Consulting, Loyola University Chicago
  
• Hassan Rafique, Assistant Professor of Instruction, The University of Iowa
  
• Jeb Clarke, Analyst, Baseball Analytics, Boston Red Sox
  
• Jeremy Teitelbaum, Professor, University of Connecticut
  
• Jessie Oehrlein, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Fitchburg State University
  
• Jiafeng Sun, Senior Director and Data Scientist, Travelers Insurance Company – Personal Insurance
  
• Jimmy O’Donnell, Team Lead, Baseball Analytics & Player Development, Boston Red Sox
  
• Kathleen McLaughlin, Instructor of Statistics, University of Connecticut
  
• Lauren Poe, Sports Analytics Developer, ESPN
  
• Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Assistant Professor, Yale University
  
• Luke Benz, PhD Student, Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
  
• Matthew Stuart, Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics, Loyola University, Chicago
  
• Mohammed Quazi, Research Scientist and Faculty Member, West Virginia University
  
• Monnie McGee, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University
  
• Quang Nguyen, PhD Student, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  
• Rami Pellumbi, Software Engineer, ConductorAI
  
• Ron Yurko, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  
• Rosie Yu, Software Engineer, Detroit Tigers
  
• Saiem Gilani, Head of Data, AthlyticZ
  
• Sameer Deshpande, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• Sean Ahmed, Principal Analyst, Detroit Tigers
  
• Sean Fischer, Data Scientist, Cincinnati Reds
  
• Sean Li, Analyst, Deloitte Consulting
  
• Shinpei Nakamura, PhD Student, Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  
• Travis Petersen, Senior Manager, ML & Data Science, Major League Baseball
  
• Tyler Duncan, Manager, Performance Science, Los Angeles Dodgers
  
• Xander Schwartz, Data Scientist, Cleveland Guardians

Workshop Committee

• Jun Yan, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
• Brian Macdonald, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University

Local Committee

• Emily Hau (co-chair), Associate Director, Institute for Foundation of Data Science, Yale University
• Brian Macdonald (co-chair), Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University

Fund-raising Committee

• Emily Hau, Associate Director, Institute for Foundation of Data Science, Yale University
• Lauren (Poe) Parolin, Sports Analytics Developer, ESPN

Web Support Committee

• Lucy Liu, Undergraduate Student, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
• Jun Yan, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut