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At the heart of America's favorite pastime, professional baseball organizations look to build teams and develop game strategies in the pursuit of championships with the heavy influence of…
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May 3rd, 2024 Speaker
Kaden Kram, UG '24 (8A052AA1) Department
Operations Research and Financial Engineering
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There is thorough research proving the hot-hand notion, or the tendency to believe that a successful streak is likely to lead to further success, as a fallacy in sports. This research disproves the…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Jason Ding, UG '25 Department
Council of Science and Technology
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Pitch tunneling in baseball is when two pitches look the same for most of their trajectory towards home plate, but then move in opposite directions. Pitchers utilize pitch tunneling to try and fool…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Ben Zenker, UG '24 Department
Council of Science and Technology
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In baseball, the goal of the pitcher is to prevent runs. To do so, they must make it difficult for the batter to hit the ball. There are a variety of techniques and methods the pitcher can use to…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Alexander Dreger, UG '25 Department
Council on Science and Technology
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Spray charts are a data visualization used in baseball to describe which area of the field hitters have historically hit the ball to. Hitters have unique hitting tendencies for various reasons (e.g.,…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Senne Michielssen, UG '25 Department
Council on Science and Technology
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Psychology graduate student Mina Cikara presents her work on human response to pain in others, with a focus on Schadenfreude, in her study of rival fan groups (Red Sox and Yankees.)
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April 27th, 2010 Speaker
Mina Cikara, Psychology graduate student. Department
Labyrinth Books, CAPA, Graduate Alumni Relations Committee
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