9th Mathsport International Conference July 11-13 2022

MathSport International has been bringing leading academic and industry experts together since 2007 to present and discuss their work.

This year we meet in England during the UEFA Women’s European Championships. We thus particularly encourage submissions that focus on women’s sport.

Keynote Speakers: Lotte Bransen (KU Leuven), Stefan Szymanski (Michigan).

Topics: Mathematical and physical models in sport, performance measures and models, optimisation of sport performance, statistical and probability models, match and scoreline outcome models, competitive strategy, game theoretical models, optimal contest design and scheduling, decision support systems, analysis of rules and adjudication, econometrics in sport, analysis of sporting technologies, mathematics education and sport, financial valuation in sport, e-sports (gaming), betting and sport, and quantitative sports marketing.

Conference Proceedings Draft: Link. Please inform me (j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk) if you spot typos.

Outline Programme (subject to change, all UK times, detailed programme with speakers here (link)):

Monday July 11

9:30-10:00 Conference Registration and Coffee

10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks – James Reade and Dries Goossens

10:15-11:30 Keynote One (LT1) – Lotte Brandsen (Lueven)

11:45-13:15 Parallels 1a (LT1) and b (LT2)

13:15-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:30 Parallels 2a (LT1) and b (LT2)

7-9pm Conference Dinner – Patio behind Eat at the Square.

Tuesday July 12

09:30-10:00 Pre-match Coffee

10:00-12:00 Parallels 3a (LT1) and b (LT2)

12:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Parallels 4a (LT1) and b (LT2)

16-23 Travel to and from Brentford Community Stadium for 8pm Spain v Germany match (tickets not included).

Wednesday July 13

09:00-11:00 Parallels 5a (LT2) and b (LT3)

11-11:30 Coffee

11:30-13:00 Parallels 6a (LT2) and b (LT3)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:15 Keynote II

15:15-15:30 Closing Remarks

15:30 Conference Close

Link to most up-to-date conference schedule.

Important Dates

EXTENDED Abstract Submission: 13 May https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=mathsport22

Notification of Acceptance: 15 May

Submission of accepted paper for proceedings July 1 2022

Registration: Please register here (. Please register by July 1 2022.

Conference Location: Chemistry Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading (map).

Travel: The University of Reading’s Whiteknights Campus is a 30 minute walk from Reading railway station, which is well linked to from London’s Paddington Station (just under 30 minutes and multiple services each hour), London’s Heathrow Airport via RailAir Bus (about 45 minutes, frequent services 24-7), and also London’s Gatwick Airport via a direct train (about 90 minutes, hourly)

Accommodation: We recommend the following hotel options:

• Cedars Reading (on campus but limited availability).
• Premier Inn Reading Central,
• Hotel Ibis Styles,
• Hotel Novotel Reading Centre,
• Hotel Ibis Reading Centre,
• Pentahotel Reading
• Travelodge Reading Central.
• For a more unique Reading experience, try The Great Expectations.

Apart from Cedars, all hotel options are in central Reading, which is either about a 30 minute walk to our Whiteknights Campus, or a convenient bus ride on the very frequent 21 service.

Questions: James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk

Proceedings: Each Mathsport conference has produced a Proceedings Volume, a collection of 6-page short papers to accompany each of the presentations. Please submit this to j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk in LaTeX format by July 1. This will be produced electronically in time for the conference.