Benjamin Strong Baumer

Contact 48 Lexington Ave. Phone: 413.218.3900 (C), 413.585.3440 (O) Information Florence, MA 01062 USA Email: [email protected]

Research data science, applied statistics, sabermetrics, network science, data visualization, sports analytics, Interests statistical modeling, analysis of algorithms, combinatorial optimization, graph theory, combinatorics

Education American Statistical Association, Arlington, VA Accredited Professional StatisticianTM, May 2014

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY Ph.D., Mathematics, May 2012 • Dissertation: “Sensor Strip Cover: Maximizing Network Lifetime on an Interval” • Committee: Amotz Bar-Noy (chair), Joseph Malkevitch, Christina Zamfirescu M.Phil., M.A., Mathematics, February 2011

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA M.A., Mathematics (Applied), March 2003

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT B.A., Economics, May 2000

Academic Smith College, Northampton, MA Experience Assistant Professor, Statistical & Data Sciences July 2015 - present Visiting Assistant Professor, Statistical & Data Sciences July 2014 - June 2015 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Statistics July 2012 - June 2014 Taught undergraduate courses in mathematics, statistics, and data science. Mentored students through course and graduate school advising (informal), interview and resume counseling, and col- laborative research. Developed interdisciplinary curricula in statistics and data science in conjunc- tion with numerous other department/entities. Planned curriculum, staffing, and budgeting for SDS Program. Courses taught include: • Introduction to Data Science (SDS192: S16) • Data Science (MTH292: F13, F14) • Multiple Regression (MTH247/291: F12, S15) • Introduction to Probability and Statistics (MTH241/MTH220: S13, S14, F14, S15, F15) • Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (MTH153: S13, F13)

Courses assisted or co-taught: • Frontiers of Biomathematics (BMX100, F14, F15) • Biochemical Research Using Advanced Techniques (BCH390, S15) • Plant Physiology (BIO206, S15) • Digital Effects (IDP160, F15) • Seminar on Recent Advances and Current Problems in the Biological Sciences (BIO507, F15) • Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information Laboratory (ENV202, F15)

The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY Graduate Student & Research Associate, Mathematics Fall 2005 - Spring 2012 Coursework in graph theory, combinatorics, algorithms (probabilistic, random, discrete, and approx- imation), algebra (linear and abstract), analysis (real and complex), logic, computational complexity, statistics (mathematical and Bayesian), topology, and game theory. • Collaborator on Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS-CTA) “Evolving Dy- namic Integrated Networks” research task

Hunter College & Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY Adjunct Lecturer, Mathematics & Statistics Fall 2008 - Fall 2010 Taught undergraduate & graduate level courses. Responsible for creating lectures, exams, homework assignments, and evaluations. • Elementary Probability and Statistics (HC Stat113), 3 semesters • Combinatorics (QC Math636)

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant & Private Tutor, Mathematics Fall 2001 - Spring 2003 Duties included leading weekly problem sessions and computer labs, grading and grade keeping, and holding office hours. • Calculus I, II, and Multivariable (Math10A, Math10B, Math21C) • Differential Equations (Math21D) • Electricity & Magnetism, Waves & Optics, (Phys2CL)

Professional New York Mets, Flushing, NY Experience Statistical Analyst, Baseball Operations January 2004 - July 2012 Sole statistical analyst for Baseball Operations. Reported directly to the General Manager and Assistant General Manager. • Sabermetrics  Advised the General Manager on player acquisitions and trades  Conducted player evaluations and forecasts using statistical models and methodologies  Evaluated current-edge sabermetric research  Produced advance scouting reports for the uniformed coaching staff  Consulted with ownership on playing field dimensions • Technology  Creator, architect, and lead developer for proprietary baseball information system  Administered and developed departmental LAMP servers  Managed relationships with third-party data providers

Grants, Honors • Teaching and Awards  Project TIER Faculty Fellow, 2015-2016  Contributor, Liberal Arts Modules to Promote Diversity and Achievement in STEM PKAL/TIDES, 2014-2017  Mary P. Dolciani Project NExT Fellow, 2012-2013 • Research  Jean M. Picker Fellowship, Smith College, 2017  Comptemporary Baseball Analysis Award, Society for American Baseball Research, 2016  Tesla K40 GPU Hardware Grant, NVIDIA Corporation, 2015  Maven and Contributor, Project MOSAIC, 2013–2015  Co-PI, Modeling and Design of Multi-genre Networks using Composite Graph Structures Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS-CTA), December 2012 - present  Research Associate Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS-CTA), Spring 2010 - August 2012  Doctoral Student Research Grant Award The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2009 & 2012  Presidential Research Fund for Ph.D. Students Travel Grant Award The Graduate Center, CUNY, Fall 2010  Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel and Research Fund Award The Graduate Center, CUNY, Fall 2008 • Other  Finalist & New York Mets representative, Baseball IQ (won $35,000 for charity) MLB Network, February 2012.

Books [1] The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball (with A. Zimbalist) University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, February 2014. [2] Ten Major Questions Facing Sports Analysts (with J. Piette and B. Macdonald) CRC Press, under contract. [3] Modern Data Science with R (with N. Horton and D. Kaplan) CRC Press, under contract.

Book Chapters [1] “Social-Communication Composite Networks” (with P. Basu, A. Bar-Noy, C. Chau) In Opportunistic Mobile Social Networks, CRC Press, Ch. 1, pp. 1–36, July 2014. [2] “Evaluation of Batters and Base Runners” (with P. Badian-Pessot) In Handbook of Statistical Methods for Design and Analysis in Sports, CRC Press, in progress.

Peer-Reviewed [1] “Changing of the Guards: Strip Cover with Duty Cycling” (with A. Bar-Noy and D. Rawitz) Publications Theoretical Computer Science, Special Issue, 610(B), pp. 135–148, 2016. (student [2] “We Found the Smallest Non-autograph” (with Y. Wei, G. Bloom) co-authors in Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory, in press, 2015. bold) [3] “Star Search: Effective Subgroups in Collaborative Social Networks” (with G. Rabanca, P. Basu, A. Bar-Noy) ASONAM ’15, 2015. [4] “Data Science in Statistics Curricula: Preparing Students to ‘Think with Data’” (with J. Hardin, R. Hoerl, N. Horton, D. Nolan, O. Hall-Holt, P. Murrell, R. Peng, P. Roback, D. Temple Lang, M. Ward) The American Statistician, 69(4), pp. 343–353, 2015. [5] “A Data Science Course for Undergraduates: Thinking with Data” The American Statistician, 69(4), pp. 334–342, 2015. [6] “Setting the stage for data science: integration of data management skills in introductory and second courses in statistics” (with N. Horton and H. Wickham) Chance, 28 (2), pp. 40–50, 2015. [7] “Set It and Forget It: Tighter Approximation Bounds for RoundRobin in a Restricted Lifetime Model” (with A. Bar-Noy and D. Rawitz) Algorithmica, accepted pending minor revisions. [8] “OpenWAR: An Open Source System for Overall Player Performance in Major League Baseball” (with S. Jensen and G. Matthews) Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 11(2), pp. 69–84, editor’s choice, 2015. [9] “R Markdown” (with D. Udwin) WIREs Comp Stat, 7(3), pp. 167–177, 2015. [10] “Average Case Network Lifetime on an Interval with Adjustable Sensing Ranges” (with A. Bar-Noy) Algorithmica, 72(1), pp. 148-166, 2015. [11] “Teaching Precursors of Data Science In Introductory and Second Courses in Statistics,” (with N. Horton, H. Wickham) In ICOTS 9, contributed paper C164, 2014. [12] “Quantifying Market Inefficiencies in the Baseball Players’ Market” (with A. Zimbalist) Eastern Economic Journal, 40(4), pp. 488-498, 2014. [13] “R Markdown: Integrating A Reproducible Analysis Tool into Introductory Statistics” (with A. Bray, M. C¸etinkaya-Rundel, N. Horton, L. Loi) Technology Innovations in Statistics Education, 8(1), 2014. [14] “There is No Avoiding WAR,” (with G. Matthews) Chance, 27 (3), pp. 41-44, 2014. [15] “As Strong as the Weakest Link: Mining Diverse Cliques in Weighted Graphs” (with P. Bogdanov, P. Basu, A. Singh, A. Bar-Noy) In ECML/PKDD ’13, LNCS, vol. 8188, pp. 525-540, 2013. [16] “Brief Announcement: Set It and Forget It: Tighter Approximation Bounds for RoundRobin in a Restricted Lifetime Model” (with A. Bar-Noy and D. Rawitz) In SPAA ’13, pp. 105-107, 2013. [17] “Parsing the Relationship between Baserunning and Batting Abilities within Lineups” (with J. Piette and B. Null) Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: 8(2):8, 2012. [18] “Changing of the Guards: Strip Cover with Duty Cycling” (with A. Bar-Noy and D. Rawitz) In SIROCCO ’12, LNCS, vol. 7355, pp. 36-47, 2012. [19] “Maximizing Network Lifetime on the Line with Adjustable Sensing Ranges” (with A. Bar-Noy) In ALGOSENSORS ’11, LNCS, vol. 7111, pp. 28-41, 2012. [20] “Modeling and Analysis of Composite Network Embeddings” (with P. Basu and A. Bar-Noy) In MSWiM ’11, pp. 341-350, 2011. [21] “Using Simulation to Estimate the Impact of Baserunning Ability in Baseball” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: 5(2):8, 2009. [22] “Why On-Base Percentage is a Better Indicator of Future Performance than Batting Average: An Algebraic Proof” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: 4(2):3, 2008.

Conference [1] “In Pursuit of Perfection: An Ensemble Method for Predicting March Madness Match-Up Probabili- Proceedings ties” (with S. Stoudt and L. Santana) In JSM Proceedings, Statistics in Sports Section, 2014. [2] “Improved Estimates for the Impact of Baserunning in Baseball” (with P. Terlecky) In JSM Proceedings, Statistics in Sports Section, 2010. [3] “Mapping Batter Ability in Baseball: A Study in Spatial Modeling” (with D. Draghicescu) In JSM Proceedings, Statistics in Sports Section, 2010. [4] “A Survey of Methods for the Evaluation of Defensive Ability in Major League Baseball” (with A. Galdi and R. Sebastian) In JSM Proceedings, Statistics in Sports Section, 2009.

Works in [1] “Plotting models in the data space” (with R. Pruim) Progress [2] “openWAR: a reference implementation of WAR for R” (with G. Matthews) Journal of Statistical Software, to be submitted. [3] “Competitiveness in Sports” (with G. Matthews and M. Lopez) [4] “Working with Medium Data in R using ETL” (with C. Sievert) [5] “GPU Computing in R using CUDA” (with A. McNamara)

R Packages [1] openWAR, airlines, etl, imdb, mdsr, macleish

Book Reviews [1] “Analyzing Baseball Data with R,” by J. Albert and M. Marchi International Statistical Review, 82 (2), pp. 313-315, Aug 2014.

Articles [1] “The Great Analytics Rankings: MLB” ESPN.com, Feb. 23, 2015 http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12331388/the-great-analytics-rankings#!mlb Note: this article was nominated for Best Innovation Project with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over by Editor and Publisher magazine [2] “Applied Mathematics at the Ballpark: The Life of One Sabermetrician” Math Horizons, pp. 18-20, Sep 2014. [3] “Big Data Goes to College,” (with R. Gould, M. C¸etinkaya-Rundel, A. Bray) AMSTAT News, pp. 17–19, June 2014. [4] Numerous articles for “Exploring Baseball Data with R” blog http://baseballwithr.wordpress.com/ Keynote [1] “Data Wrangling for the Lahman” Addresses & Joint Statistical Meetings, Invited Session on the Use of Sports Data in Undergraduate Statistics Invited Talks Education, Seattle, Aug, 2015. [2] “Teaching Data Science at a Small Liberal Arts College for Women” Joint Statistical Meetings, Invited Session on Teaching Data Science at the Undergraduate Level, Boston, Aug, 2014. [3] “OpenWAR: An Open Source System for Overall Player Performance in Major League Baseball”  New England Statistics Symposium, Sports and Games Session, Boston, Apr 26, 2014.  Joint Statistical Meetings, Invited Paper, Analytics & Visualization in Professional Sports, Mon- treal, Canada, Aug 6, 2013. [4] “Moneyball Revisited: Assessing the Sabermetric Revolution in Baseball” (with A. Zimbalist) MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Boston, Mar 1, 2013. [5] “Applications of the Hits per Balls in Play Rate in Baseball” NJCU Math Awareness Month, New Jersey City University, Apr 22, 2010. [6] “A Survey of Methods for the Evaluation of Defensive Ability in Major League Baseball” Joint Statistical Meetings, Special Section on Statistics in Sports, Washington, D.C., Aug 5, 2009.

Conference [1] “OpenWAR: An Open Source System for Overall Player Performance in Major League Baseball” Presentations  New England Statistics Symposium, Harvard University School of Public Health, Apr 25, 2014. & Posters  Joint Mathematical Meetings, Mathematics and Sports II, Baltimore, Jan 17, 2014.  New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports, Harvard University, Sep 21, 2013. [2] “Quantifying Market Inefficiencies in the Baseball Players’ Market” Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York, May 10, 2013. [3] “Parsing the Relationship between Baserunning and Batting Abilities within Lineups”  Joint Mathematical Meetings, Mathematics and Sports II, San Diego, Jan 11, 2013.  New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports, Harvard University, Sep 24, 2011. [4] “Modeling the Ability of a Major League Infielder” Joint Mathematical Meetings, MAA Poster Session, San Diego, Jan 10, 2013. [5] “Changing of the Guards: Strip Cover with Duty Cycling” SIROCCO 2012, Reykjavik, Iceland, Jun 30 2012. [6] “Set It and Forget It: Maximizing Network Lifetime on the Line” STAR-W Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, Feb 10, 2012. [7] “Set It and Forget It: Tighter Approximation Bounds for RoundRobin in a Restricted Lifetime Model” 21st Annual Fall Workshop in Computational Geometry, City College, Nov 4, 2011. [8] “Modeling and Analysis of Composite Network Embeddings” MSWiM 2011, Miami Beach, FL, November 2011. [9] “Maximizing Network Lifetime on the Line with Adjustable Sensing Ranges” ALGOSENSORS 2011, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany, Sep 8, 2011. [10] “Discovering Influential Groups of Agents Using Composite Network Analysis” NetSci 2011, Budapest, Hungary, Jun 8, 2011. [11] “Deterministic and Probabilistic Analysis of Restricted Strip Cover with Adjustable Sensing Ranges” STAR-W Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, Feb 18, 2011. [12] “Analysis of Composite Networks” INFORMS Annual Meetings, Session On Large-Scale Networks and Applications, Austin, TX, Nov 9, 2010. [13] “(Probabilistic) Adjustable Range Restricted Strip Cover” 20th Annual Fall Workshop in Computational Geometry, Stony Brook University, Oct 29, 2010. [14] “Improved Estimates for the Impact of Baserunning in Baseball” Joint Statistical Meetings, Novel Applications of Statistical Methods in Baseball Research, Vancouver, B.C., Aug 3, 2010. [15] “An Investigation into the Effects of Baserunning in Baseball Using Simulation” Northern California Symposium on Statistics and Operations Research in Sports, Menlo College, Oct 18, 2008. [16] “Why On-Base Percentage is a Better Indicator of Future Performance than Batting Average: An Algebraic Proof” New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports, Harvard University, Sep 30, 2007. Seminar & [1] “OpenWAR: An Open Source System for Overall Player Performance in Major League Baseball” Colloquium Talks Western Mass Data Science, Stats, R Meetup, University of Massachusetts, Oct 17, 2013. [2] “Moneyball Revisited: Assessing the Sabermetric Revolution in Baseball”  Liberal Arts Luncheon, Smith College, Feb 7, 2013.  Undergraduate Mathematics Colloquium, Saint Michael’s College, Mar 22, 2013.  Boston Chapter of the ASA, Wheelock College, May 9, 2014. [3] “The Little Spreadsheet that Couldn’t: Frontiers in Data Analytics” Undergraduate Math Colloquium, Smith College, Feb 5, 2013. [4] “Parsing the Relationship between Baserunning and Batting Abilities within Lineups”  Statistics and Probability Seminar Series, University of Massachusetts, Oct 1, 2012.  Undergraduate Mathematics Colloquium, Trinity University, Oct 20, 2011. [5] “A Sabermetric Insight: Development and Applications of DIPS Theory”  Undergraduate Math Colloquium, Smith College, Mar 7, 2012.  Undergraduate Math Colloquium, Trinity College, Mar 5, 2012. [6] “Set It and Forget It: Tighter Approximation Bounds for RoundRobin in a Restricted Lifetime Model” Undergraduate Computer Science Colloquium, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Nov 30, 2011. [7] “Mapping Batter Ability in Baseball by Using Spatial Statistics Techniques” CUNY Statistics Seminar, CUNY Graduate Center, Apr 30, 2010. [8] “Applications of the Hits per Balls in Play Rate in Baseball” NJCU Math Awareness Program, New Jersey City University, Apr 22, 2010. [9] “A Survey of Methods for the Evaluation of Defensive Ability in Major League Baseball” Statistics Seminar, CUNY Graduate Center, Oct 9, 2009. [10] “A Modern View of Sabermetrics: History, Context, and Applications” Babson College, Mar 6, 2009. [11] “The Science of Baseball” UCSD Near You, New York, NY, Mar 3, 2009. [12] “A Brief Primer on Sabermetrics: What Algebra, Probability and Statistics Have Taught Us About Baseball” Undergraduate Math Colloquium, Swarthmore College, Nov 11, 2008. [13] “The Core Elements of Baseball Statistics” Undergraduate Math Lecture Series, Wesleyan University, Feb 25, 2005.

Readings [1] “The Sabermetric Revolution,” (with A. Zimbalist)  Smoky Joe Wood Chapter, SABR, Quinnipiac University, Oct 25, 2014.  Rabbit Maranville Chapter, SABR, Western New England University, Apr 28, 2014.  Booklink, Feb 6, 2014.

Panels & Guest [1] “The Value of a Win,” Lectures SaberSeminar, Boston University, Aug 16, 2014. [2] “Baseball Analytics for strategy, scouting, and decision-making,” New England Symposium on Statistics and Sports, Harvard University, Sep 21, 2013. [3] “Diamond Dollars Case Competition,” Judge New York University, Dec 7, 2012. [4] “Commemorative Panel on the 50th Anniversary Season of the New York Mets” Hofstra University, Apr 27, 2012. [5] “Baseball Analytics” Sports Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Apr 16, 2012. [6] “Commemorative Panel on the 50th Anniversary Season of the New York Mets” Casey Stengel Chapter of NYC SABR, New York, NY, Jan 28, 2012. [7] “Alumni Panel Discussion for Students in QAC 200” Quantitative Analysis Center, Wesleyan University, Nov 18, 2011. [8] “A Modern View of Sabermetrics: History, Context, and Applications” Sports Economics, New York University Stern School of Business, Apr 10, 2010.

Supervised Research • “Investigating the Efficient Market Hypothesis,” (J. Xia) SURF, Summer 2015. • “Geostatistical Models for the Spatial Distribution of Uranium in the Continental United States,” S. Stoudt  Honors Thesis (highest honors), 2015.  Celebrating Collaborations, Smith College, Apr 18, 2015. • “They’re Already Out of Fries?! Predicting Smith Dining Hall Turnout,” (G. Long, S. Huynh) Celebrating Collaborations, Smith College, Apr 18, 2015. • “Victimization and Factors Influencing Crime Reporting,” (L. Maphanyane, E. Atkins, D. Guz- man, M.J. Seignon) Celebrating Collaborations, Smith College, Apr 18, 2015. • “On The Existence of Non-Autographs,” (Y. Wei), Fall 2014. • “R Markdown,” (D. Udwin), Summer 2014. • “Getting Things Done,” (Y. Bao, A. Li, K. Phillips-Vabre), Spring 2014. • “On Non-Autographs,” (C. Liu, Z. Chen), Spring 2014. • “The Perfect Bracket,” (L. Santana, S. Stoudt)  Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, Aug 5, 2014.  Celebrating Collaborations, Smith College, Apr 12, 2014. • “The Smathie World,” (M. Milosavljevic, J. Menter) Celebrating Collaborations, Smith College, Apr 12, 2014. • “Social Media: Changing the Way We Talk About the Weather,” (S. Stoudt, D. Udwin) Celebrating Collaborations, Smith College, Apr 12, 2014. • “Ability of Collaborative Social Networks to Complete A Directed Acyclic Task Graph,” (M. Puligandla, K. Zaccheo, Q. Shen, J. Zhang) Hudson River Undergraduate Math Conference, Williams College, Apr 6, 2013.

Events Organized • “Big Data: Implications for the Liberal Arts Curriculum,” (with C. Pattanayak, M. An, E. Kaparakis, C. Taylor, A. Wagaman) AALAC Workshop, Jan 2016. • “Reproducibility in Statistics and Data Science,” Invited Session, Joint Statistical Meetings, Aug 2016. • “ASA Five College DataFestTM,” (with A. McNamara) University of Massachusetts, Apr 1-3 2016. • “ASA Five College DataFestTM,” (with A. Bray) University of Massachusetts, Mar 27-29 2015. • “Five College DataFest,” (with A. Bray) University of Massachusetts, Mar 28-30 2014. • “Mapping spatial dynamics of yellowtail flounder on the Northeast shelf with R,” (with J. Caris) Smith College, Oct 22, 2013.

Workshops Led • “3rd Computation and Visualization Consortium,” (with R. Pruim, D. Kaplan, N. Horton) Smith College, Northampton, MA, June 2015. • “Using R Markdown for Integrating Reproducibility Tools into an Introductory Statistics Course,” Roundtable Discussion, Section on Statistical Education, JSM, Montreal, Canada, Aug 2013. • “Changing to R in an Introductory Statistics Course,” (with M. Bullmer, D. Kaplan, R. Pruim) Breakout session, USCOTS, Raleigh, NC, May 2013.

Online Courses • “SQL and R - Introduction to Database Queries,” Instructor, Statistics.com, 2014–present. • “Sabermetrics 101,” Pedagogy Consultant, edX, Boston University, Spring 2014.

Workshops • “TIDES Summer Institute,” TIDES, June 2015. Attended • “PKAL/TIDES Pre-Conference Workshop on Cultural Competency,” AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher Education, Nov 2014. • “Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data,” Professional Development Con- tinuing Education Course JSM Boston, Aug 2014. • “Tackling the Challenges of Big Data,” Online X Programs, Mar 2014 • Short Course: Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis (with emphasis on clinical trials) Boston Chapter of the ASA, Jun 2013. • How to Implement a Randomization-based Introductory Statistics Course: The CATALST Cur- riculum USCOTS, May 2013. • Teaching the Statistical Investigation Process with Randomization-Based Inference USCOTS, May 2013. • MAA-PREP & Short Courses:  “Big Data” and Data Mining for Mathematicians (PREP) Williams College, Jun 2013.  Beyond Introductory Statistics: Generalized Linear and Multilevel Models (PREP) Kenyon College, July 2012.  Modeling: Early and Often in Introductory Calculus (PREP) Calvin College, July 2012.  Discrete and Computational Geometry (Short) JMM Boston, Jan 2012. • Summer Workshop on a Project-Based Introductory Statistics Curriculum Wesleyan University, July 2012. • Summer Workshop on Inquiry-Based Statistics Education Wesleyan University, July 2011. • Combinatorial Geometry Workshop, IPAM Combinatorics: Methods and Applications in Math- ematics and Computer Science Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA, Oct 2009

External Service • ASA Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining, Council of Sections Representative, 2017- 2019 • Five College Statistics Program, Director, 2015-2016 • Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, Associate Editor, 2012-present • ASA DataFest, Core Member, 2014-present

Review Service • Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports • Journal of Statistics Education • Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications • Transactions on Sensor Networks • The American Statistician • By The Numbers: Newsletter of the SABR Statistics Committee

College Service • Statistical & Data Sciences Program, Director, 2014 - 2016 • Science Center Administrative Assistant Search Committee, 2015 • SDS Search Committee, Chair, 2015 • Faculty Liaison to Smith Varsity Basketball Team, 2014 - present • Task Force on Statistical & Data Sciences, 2014 - present • Statistics Teaching Assistant Coordinator, 2013 - present • Statistical & Data Sciences Program Webmaster, 2013 - present • Five College Statistics Program Webmaster, 2013 - 2015 • Linux Systems Administrator Search Committee, 2013 • Mathematics & Statistics Departmental Webmaster, 2012 - 2014 Consulting • MassMutual, Academic Advisory Board, 2014 - present Service • MassMutual, 2014 • New York Mets, 2012 - 2013 • CUNY Research Foundation, 2012-2013 • ?What If! Innovation, 2012, 2014 • New England Patriots, 2014

Professional • American Mathematical Society (AMS) Memberships • American Statistical Association (ASA) • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) • Mathematical Association of America (MAA) • Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

Languages • Expert: R, SQL, PHP, LATEX • Intermediate: German, Python, Java, C++ , Mathematica, Matlab, Maple, Shell scripting

References Amotz Bar-Noy J´anosPach Professor of Computer Science Chair of Combinatorial Geometry The City University of New York EPFL [email protected] [email protected] (212) 817-8194 (212) 998-3184

Sandra Clarkson (teaching) Nicholas J. Horton (teaching) Professor of Mathematics & Statistics Professor of Statistics Hunter College Amherst College [email protected] [email protected] (212) 772-4904 (413) 542-2100

Prithwish Basu John Ricco Senior Scientist VP & Assistant General Manager Raytheon BBN Technologies New York Mets [email protected] [email protected] (617) 873-8145 (718) 803-4005

Andrew Zimbalist Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics Smith College [email protected] (413) 585-3622