Committees

Organizing Committee

  • Alison Lukan, Seattle Kraken Contributor and TV Analyst for Root Sports
  • Brian Macdonald, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Gregory J. Matthews, Associate Professor, Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
  • Lauren (Poe) Parolin, Sports Analytics Developer, ESPN
  • Jun Yan (chair), Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut

SMT Data Challenge Organizing Committee

  • Cameron Adams, Implementation Lead, SMT-U, SMT (SportsMedia Technology Corp)
  • Brian Macdonald (chair), Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Meredith J. Wills, Senior Data Scientist, Academic Lead, SMT-U, SMT (SportsMedia Technology Corp)

SMT Data Challenge Judge Committee

* One judge prefers to remain anonymous

  • Meredith J. Wills (chair), Senior Data Scientist, Academic Lead, SMT-U, SMT (SportsMedia Technology Corp)
  • Cameron Adams, Implementation Lead – SMT-U, SportsMEDIA Technology (SMT)
  • Jim Albert, Emeritus Professor, Bowling Green State University
  • Perry Barber, Baseball Umpire
  • Trevor Hildenberger, Professional baseball player, 2+ years in the Major Leagues
  • Ari Kaplan, Global Al Evangelist, DataRobot; Instructor, Baseball Analytics, Sports Management Worldwide
  • Christopher D. Long, Chief Data Scientist, Headlamp Software; Optimization Consultant; SumerSports
  • Keenan Long, Founder, LongBall Labs
  • Kieran Lovegrove, Former Minor League Baseball Player (2012-2021); Special Advisor to the MLBPA
  • Brian Macdonald, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Gregory J. Matthews, Associate Professor and Director of the Data Science Program, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
  • Allison McCague, Science Policy Analyst, National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Ethan Meyers, Visiting Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Andrew Miller, Former MLB Pitcher
  • Harry Pavlidis, Director, R&D and Client Services, DIY Baseball
  • Sara Sanchez, Lead Voice - Writer and Podcast Host, Bleed Cubbie Blue
  • Dan Szymborski, Senior Writer, FanGraphs; Contributor, ESPN.com
  • Nick Wan, Director of Baseball Analytics, Cincinnati Reds
  • Bob Wooster, Lecturer of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Ron Yurko, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Student Poster Award Committee

  • Brian Macdonald (chair), Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Sean Ahmed, Director, Research and Development, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Chris Harden, Sports Analyst, ESPN
  • Ethan Meyers, Visiting Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
  • Elizabeth Schifano, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
  • Bob Wooster, Lecturer of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University

Web Support

  • Mathew Chandy, Undergraduate Student, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
  • Yelie Yuan, Graduate Student, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut

Student Volunteers

  • Jaden Astle
  • Brooke Chao
  • Samuel Hughes
  • Ankith Nagabandi
  • Jennifer Nguyen
  • Leon Nguyen
  • Nathan Nhan
  • Pratham Patel
  • Krishna Srinivasan
  • Cole Stefan
  • Kashyap Rao
  • Rishabhsinh Virpura