sports analytics Great Valley students’ sports analytics research poster wins second place By www.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:43:54 -0500 Two graduate students in Penn State Great Valley’s data analytics program, Praneeth Sunkavalli and Jainil Kakka, won second place for their research poster at a recent symposium hosted by the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. For their research project, they used machine learning to analyze event data from soccer games to measure the success rates of a defensive tactic called "pressing," when players pressure their opponents in an attempt to regain the ball. Full Article