Committees

Organizing Committee

• Brian Macdonald, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Gregory J. Matthews, Associate Professor, Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
• Jun Yan (chair), Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut

Program Committee

• Gregory J. Matthews (chair), Associate Professor, Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
• Sandeep Dutta, Ph.D. Student, Sports Management, University of Connecticut
• Robert Huggins, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut
• Quang Nguyen, Ph.D. Student, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
• Hari Pathigolla, President, UConn Data Science Club
• Ron Yurko, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University

USOPC Data Challenge Judge Committee

• Elliot Schwartz (co-chair), Performance Innovation Lead, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Brian Macdonald (co-chair), Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Karston Barney, Associate Performance Data Analyst, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Suraj Bhuva, Data Scientist, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Aubrey Brick, Associate Director, Selection Procedures, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Sara Crowell, Olympic Performance Advisor, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Nokkvi Dan Ellidason, Chief Financial Officer, Gaimin
• Eric Gerber, Assistant Teaching Professor, Northeastern University
• Meredith Lee, Collegiate Partnerships Analyst, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Kathleen McLaughlin, Instructor of Statistics, University of Connecticut
• Shinpei Nakamura-Sakai, PhD Student, Yale University
• Quang Nguyen, PhD Student, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
• Jessie Oehrlein, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Fitchburg State University
• Hassan Rafique, Assistant Professor of Instruction, The University of Iowa
• Kelly Skinner, Vice President, Olympic Performance, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Adam Snook, Senior Performance Data Analyst, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Matthew Stuart, Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics, Loyola University, Chicago
• Yiran Su, Assistant Professor, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Jiafeng Sun, Senior Director and Data Scientist, Travelers Insurance Company – Personal Insurance
• Jeremy Teitelbaum, Professor, University of Connecticut
• Yan Wang, Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA
• Bo Yu, Lecturer of Sport Management, University of New Haven
• Ron Yurko, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Student Poster Award Committee

• Brian Macdonald (chair), Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Rachel Bailey, Ph.D. Student, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut
• Luke Benz, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
• Sean Fischer, Manager, Baseball Analytics, Cincinnati Reds
• Gregory J. Matthews, Associate Professor, Statistics, Loyola University Chicago
• Monnie McGee, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern Methodist University
• Kristin Morgan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
• Shinpei Nakamura Ph.D. student in Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Quang Nguyen, Ph.D. Student, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
• Alyssa O'Keefe, Academic Advisor, Department of Statsitics, University of Connecticut
• Michael Saccucci, Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Statsitics, University of Connecticut
• Elliot Schwartz Performance Innovation Lead, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Julia Stiller, MS Student, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Yiran Su, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Bob Wooster, Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
• Emiliano Valdez, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut

Web Support Committee

• Zefang Min, Graduate Student, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
• Yelie Yuan, Alumnus, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut

Student Volunteers

• Promotion
  • Leon Nguyen (Lead)
  • Emma Griffin
• Audio/Video
  • Ankith Nagabandi (Lead)
  • Hari Patchigolla
• Supplies
  • Mathew Chandy (Lead)
  • Hari Patchigolla
• Registration
  • Jaden Astle (Lead)
  • Mathew Chandy
  • Kaya Dua
  • Sia Gbondo
  • Emma Griffin
  • Sana Gupta
  • Alex Hill
  • Joann Jun
  • Joshua Lee
  • David Li
  • Lucy Liu
  • Leon Nguyen
  • Pratham Patel
• Poster Setup
  • Lucy Liu (Lead)
  • Sia Gbondo
• Schedule Enforcing
  • Sofia Rebelo (Lead)
  • Ankirth Nagabandi
  • Hari Patchigolla