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sreda, 26. julij 2023 Gregor GRBEC: Ranking Football Players Using Multilevel Modeling

V ponedeljek, 31. julija 2023, bo ob 16.00 uri izvedeno
predavanje v okviru PONEDELJKOVEGA SEMINARJA RAČUNALNIŠTVA IN INFORMATIKE
Oddelkov za Informacijske znanosti in tehnologije UP FAMNIT in UP IAM.

ČAS/PROSTOR: 31. julij 2023 ob 16.00 na daljavo prek ZOOM-a
(https://upr-si.zoom.us/j/297328207?pwd=S3Zpdk1VR3pjckNtWkQwKzlvcDR5UT09)

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PREDAVATELJ: Gregor GRBEC
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Gregor Grbec is a student who started his studies in Bioinformatics at UP FAMNIT. After graduation in 2020, he decided to pursue a master's degree in Data Science at the same faculty. His lifelong interest in football inspired him to do research on who is the best football player – one of the most frequently asked questions in football.

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NASLOV: Ranking Football Players Using Multilevel Modeling
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POVZETEK:

While football is a team sport, the question of who is the best football player is one of the most frequently asked in the footballing world. Attackers like Pele, Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are often mentioned as the best of all time, while players of other positions are mentioned significantly less. We believe that players of all positions are important, which is why we wanted to provide a data-backed answer to this question using advanced mathematical models that can incorporate players of all positions on a single list. Our two main objectives were to extract an individual's performance from the team's performance and to eliminate any bias that comes from the player's position. We used multilevel modeling which allowed us to control for player's team strength with data collected for all players of the top 20 clubs from the top 5 leagues from this century. The results were surprising, as Messi and Ronaldo, often believed to be two of the best of all time, ranked lower than expected.
 

Seminar bo potekal v angleškem jeziku, tokrat na daljavo prek Zoom-a
(https://upr-si.zoom.us/j/297328207?pwd=S3Zpdk1VR3pjckNtWkQwKzlvcDR5UT09)

Vabljeni!