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
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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!