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Fantasy football lineup optimizer
Kevin Wheeler
8.30.2013
Insight Data Science Mock Demo
Problem: I don’t know who to play!!
My amazing machine learning scheme says…
Player Position Projected
Score
Confidence
Michael Vick QB 19.4 51%
Arian Foster RB 14.5 95%
Eddie Lacy RB 10.1 78%
Dez Bryant WR 17.3 90%
Mike Wallace WR 12.2 81%
Fred Davis TE 7.1 45%
Torrey Smith FLEX 13.2 64%
Seahawks DEF 9.0 77%
Matt Bryant K 8.5 87%
Roster
Can Newton
Michael Vick
Arian Foster
Eddie Lacy
…
Mike Wallace
Fred Davis
Torrey Smith
Seahawks
Matt Bryant
Give me your roster
Solution: Predict player performance
What’s the
latest from
Twitter?
• I’m Kevin and I’m a PhD student in Materials Science
& Engineering at Stanford
– (I probably should have gotten a PhD in sports analytics)
I would love some feedback!

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Wheeler mock demo

  • 1. Fantasy football lineup optimizer Kevin Wheeler 8.30.2013 Insight Data Science Mock Demo
  • 2. Problem: I don’t know who to play!!
  • 3. My amazing machine learning scheme says… Player Position Projected Score Confidence Michael Vick QB 19.4 51% Arian Foster RB 14.5 95% Eddie Lacy RB 10.1 78% Dez Bryant WR 17.3 90% Mike Wallace WR 12.2 81% Fred Davis TE 7.1 45% Torrey Smith FLEX 13.2 64% Seahawks DEF 9.0 77% Matt Bryant K 8.5 87% Roster Can Newton Michael Vick Arian Foster Eddie Lacy … Mike Wallace Fred Davis Torrey Smith Seahawks Matt Bryant Give me your roster Solution: Predict player performance What’s the latest from Twitter?
  • 4. • I’m Kevin and I’m a PhD student in Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford – (I probably should have gotten a PhD in sports analytics) I would love some feedback!