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2007 NESSIS Program:

• Full conference program

Selected Presentations and Posters from the 2007 NESSIS

• "How much of the NBA home court advantage is explained by rest?"
  Oliver Entine and Dylan Small, The Wharton School


• "Statistical models for the evaluation of fielding in baseball"
  Shane T. Jensen, The Wharton School


• "Probability and optimization models for racing"
  Victor S. Lo, Fidelity Investments and University of British Columbia


• "Rating the ratings: A comparison of methods for ranking college ice hockey teams"
  Robin Lock and Julia Palmateer, St. Lawrence University


• "The Tennis Formula: How it can be used in professional tennis"
  A. James O'Malley, Harvard Medical School


• "The passing premium puzzle reconsidered"
  Duane W. Rockerbie, University of Lethbridge


• "The pot calling the kettle black: Are NBA statistical models more irrational than 'irrational' decision-makers?
  Dan T. Rosenbaum, Cleveland Cavaliers and UNC at Greensboro


• "A Markov model for basketball"
  Kenny Shirley, The Wharton School


• "Does pole position really matter: Mixed model relationship of MotoGP qualifying practice and final race times"
  Leanne Streja, UCLA


• "In search of the advantage to batting last in baseball"
  Theodore L. Turocy, Texas A&M University


• "On probabilistic excitement of sports games"
  Jan Vecer, Columbia University


• "Real-world challenges in the pursuit of Olympic excellence"
  Peter Vint, US Olympic Committee


• "A simple and flexible rating method for predicting success in the NCAA basketball tournament"
  Brady West, University of Michigan


• "Racial discrimination among NBA referees"
  Justin Wolfers, The Wharton School


• "Estimating situational effects on OPS"
  Phil Yates, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Pictures from the 2007 NESSIS

• Photographs from the 2007 NESSIS

Videos from the 2007 NESSIS

• Introductory remarks by Mark Glickman and Scott Evans
• Talk by Alan Schwarz
• Talk by Justin Wolfers
• Talk by A. James O`Malley
• Talk by Dan Rosenbaum
• Talk by Shane Jensen
• Talk by Peter Vint
• Talk by Cyrus and Arun Mehta
• Talk by Ben Baumer
• Talk by Jan Vecer
• Panel discussion

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We kindly thank the following organizations for their support of the 2007 NESSIS:

Boston Chapter of the ASA

Harvard Statistics Department

ASA Section on Statistics in Sports

INFORMS Section on OR in Sports

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