My Talks

StatsBomb Conference 2022: Contextual Expected Threat Using Spatial Event Data

StatsBomb Conference 2022: Contextual Expected Threat Using Spatial Event Data

Research on using spatial event data to provide additional context to an expected threat model to compute goal-scoring probabilities, and how this can be leveraged to evaluate team positioning in attack and defence with a novel TaX metric.

SSAC24: The Strain of Success: A Predictive Model for Injury Mitigation and Team Success in Soccer

SSAC24: The Strain of Success: A Predictive Model for Injury Mitigation and Team Success in Soccer

Research on the use of machine learning and reinforcement learning-based search methods to optimise team selections over a season to maximise team success while mitigating player injuries.

AAAI 2025: Optimising Spatial Teamwork Under Uncertainty

AAAI 2025: Optimising Spatial Teamwork Under Uncertainty

Research on a novel method for assessing agent teamwork based on spatial coordination using Monte Carlo Tree Search and linear programming. Applied to optimising team defensive structures in football.