50 min
Episode #11: Jonathan Gruhl Soccermetrics Podcast
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- Sport
Jonathan Gruhl is a data scientist at a major technology company with extensive experience
in applying quantitative knowledge to fields such as management, finance, and sports. He presented
research at the OptaPro Analytics Forum on developing similarity scores in football using match event
data. We discussed his work, go over some of the surprising and not so surprising results, and muse on
what makes player similarity studies so challenging in soccer.
Jonathan Gruhl is a data scientist at a major technology company with extensive experience
in applying quantitative knowledge to fields such as management, finance, and sports. He presented
research at the OptaPro Analytics Forum on developing similarity scores in football using match event
data. We discussed his work, go over some of the surprising and not so surprising results, and muse on
what makes player similarity studies so challenging in soccer.
50 min