Science the Earth's featured presentation is Basketball on Paper: How Dean Oliver transitioned from his PhD in environmental engineering into the assistant coach for the Washington Wizards.
You've probably heard the story of Moneyball by Michael Lewis - where Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Bean and his statistically-inclined assistant, Paul DePodesta, applied mathematics to the game of baseball to select players in the Draft. The story you probably haven't heard is the one of Dean Oliver who, unbeknownst to Lewis, simultaneously applied similar mathematical and statistical concepts to basketball and wrote the book Basketball on Paper ("the handbook for basketball analytics") in a residence only a few blocks away!
Join the STEAM Team and Science the Earth in a conversation with Dean Oliver "the godfather of the NBA analytics movement" about how he transformed his PhD in Environmental Engineering and 7 years of environmental consulting into an illustrious career in the NBA by applying his love for mathematics to sports; fundamentally changing how people view and play the game of basketball. Dean will elucidate his journey from the lab to scouting in the NBA and ultimately serving as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards.
You've probably heard the story of Moneyball by Michael Lewis - where Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Bean and his statistically-inclined assistant, Paul DePodesta, applied mathematics to the game of baseball to select players in the Draft. The story you probably haven't heard is the one of Dean Oliver who, unbeknownst to Lewis, simultaneously applied similar mathematical and statistical concepts to basketball and wrote the book Basketball on Paper ("the handbook for basketball analytics") in a residence only a few blocks away!
Join the STEAM Team and Science the Earth in a conversation with Dean Oliver "the godfather of the NBA analytics movement" about how he transformed his PhD in Environmental Engineering and 7 years of environmental consulting into an illustrious career in the NBA by applying his love for mathematics to sports; fundamentally changing how people view and play the game of basketball. Dean will elucidate his journey from the lab to scouting in the NBA and ultimately serving as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards.
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