Detailed Program
Day 1: December 10th, 2018
Inauguration 8:30 am to 9:00 am
Plenary Session 1 9:00 am to 9:45 am
“Sports Analytics: Reflections Based on 20+ years of Work, and Experiences”
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Speaker: Tim Swartz, Professor, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Technical Session 1A 10 am to 11:30 am ​
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Technical Session 1B 12 noon to 1:30 pm
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Lunch 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Plenary Session 2 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
“Rain Rules in Modern Limited Overs Cricket: The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method in Context”
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Speaker: Steven Stern, Professor of Data Science, Bond Business School, Bond University, Australia.
Technical Session 1C 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Sports Live 5 pm to 6:00 pm
Practitioners’ Sessions
Presentation by High Performance Centre, Tata Steel
“Video Analysis Support for Soccer”
Speaker: Gaurav Khilari: Analyst, Jamshedpur Football Club
Keynote speakers with Title of their talks
Tim Swartz
Professor, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
"Sports Analytics: Reflections based on 20+ years of work, and experiences"
Steven Stern
Professor of Data Science, Bond Business Scool, Bond University, Australia
"Rain Rules in Modern Limited Overs Cricket: The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in context"
Nobuyoshi Hirotsu
Juntendo University, Japan
"Game Theoretic Modelling in Sports"
Kokum Weeratunga
Victoria University, Australia
"Sports, Analysis, & Numbers: A Practitioner's Perspective"
Dries Goossens
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium
"Optimization of Sports League Scheduling: Experiences from a decade of scheduling the Belgian Soccer League"
Social Events 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Visit to HPC & JRD Stadium: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Dinner
Director’s Dinner: Hosted by Director, XLRI
8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Day 2: December 11th, 2018
Plenary Session 3 9:00 am to 9:45 am
“Optimization of Sports League Scheduling: Experiences from a Decade of Scheduling the Belgian Soccer League”
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Speaker: Dries Goossens, Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium
Technical Session 2A 10 am to 11:30 am ​
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Technical Session 2B 12 noon to 1:30 pm
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Lunch 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
“Game Theoretic Modelling in Sports”
Speaker: Nobuyoshi Hirotsu, Juntendo University, Japan .
Plenary Session 4 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
Technical Session 2C 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Sports Live 5 pm to 6:00 pm
Practitioners’ Sessions
“Birth and Growth of Sports Technology and Analytics in India”
Speaker:Ramakrishnan, S (Ramky): CEO, Sportsmechanics India Pvt Ltd
“Fan Engagement Through Data and Technology”
Speaker: Amit Kini: Senior Manager-Data & Analytics Unit. Sportzinteractive
Social Events Demonstration: Sekkor, an indigenous tribal game of Jharkhand
Dinner 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Day 3: December 12th, 2018
Plenary Session 5 9:00 am to 9:45 am
“Sports, Analysis & Numbers: A Practitioner’s Perspective”
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Speaker: Kokum Weeratunga, Victoria University, Australia
Technical Session 3A 10 am to 11:30 am ​
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Technical Session 3B 12 noon to 1:30 pm ​
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Lunch 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Technical Session 3C 12 noon to 1:30 pm ​
Research Paper Presentations & Discussions
Concluding Session 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Social Events 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm ​
Indian Super League Soccer Match: Jamshedpur FC vs Delhi Dynamos, JRD Tata Sports Complex