Tag: datagotham

  • Numberfire does Sports Analytics

    Have you ever seen the movie Moneyball? It is about winning baseball games with a low budget and great data science (that is a gross oversimplification). Well, Numberfire tries to do that on way more sports than just baseball. Numberfire considers themselves a Sports Analytics company. I had never heard of Numberfire before, and just…

  • Jake Porway of DataKind

    Jake Porway of DataKind gives another entertaining talk. This one is more of a Superhero story. Just watch the video, and it will make sense.

  • Data Science for the NFL

    This video was different than I expected. I expected to hear how the National Football League (NFL) is using player statistics for better player acquisition and fantasy football. However, the talk was about the NFL business model. The business model of the NFL focuses on filling stadiums. Thus the NFL starting collecting data about why…

  • DataGotham Videos Online

    DataGotham, a New York City Data Science Conference, has posted all the videos of the conference online. Feel free to watch them all. In the coming days, I will also be posting some of my favorites.