Last year, as I embarked on my NFL sports statistics work, I attended the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for the first time. A year later, after a very successful draft, I was invited to present an R workshop to the conference.
My time slot was up against Nate Silver so I didn’t expect many people to attend. Much to my surprise when I entered the room every seat was taken, people were lining the walls and sitting in the aisles.
My presentation, which was unrelated to the work I did, analyzed the Giants’ probability of passing versus rushing and the probability of which receiver was targeted. It is available at the talks section of my site.
After the talk I spent the rest of the day fielding questions and gave away copies of R for Everyone and an NYC Data Mafia shirt.
