CASSIS

The Cascadia Symposium on Statistics in Sports
September 12, 2026
Vancouver, Canada

About CASSIS

The 2026 Cascadia Symposium on Statistics in Sports is a meeting of statisticians and quantitative analysts connected with sports teams, sports media, and universities to discuss common problems of interest in statistical modeling and analysis of sports data. The symposium format is a mixture of invited talks, a poster session, and a panel discussion.

Founded in 2016, CASSIS alternates years with the
New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports,
held in odd-numbered years in Boston.

Abstracts

Abstract submissions have closed.

Registration

Registration information will be available in spring 2026

Program

Oral Presentations

  • Theo Au-Yeung
    Introducing Blend+: Evaluating Pitch Arsenals as an Orchestra
  • David Awosoga, Samuel WK Wong
    Optimizing Sequential Decision-Making in Volleyball Setters with Hierarchical Thompson Sampling
  • Robert Bajons, Tobias Harringer
    A context-aware framework to evaluate passing decisions in soccer
  • Aaron Danielson, Hasan Alanam, Denis Beausoleil
    PortalMachine: Roster-Aware Prediction of NCAA Basketball Team Efficiency in the Transfer-Portal Era
  • Rose Graves, Scott Powers, Amanda Glazer, Marina Vannucci
    Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Model for Pitcher Biomechanics
  • Haisen Kang, Young Jin Ahn, Krish Mody, Michael Lopez, Ronald Yurko, Chenyan Xiong
    NFLow: A Text-Conditioned American Football World Model with Delta-Regressive Next-Delta Prediction
  • Elliott Kervin, Michael Schuckers
    Here’s the Kicker: Correcting Selection Bias in NFL Field Goal Models via Inverse Probability Weighting
  • Rikako Kono, Keisuke Fujii
    Interpretable Evaluation of Basketball Scoring Opportunities with Defensive Context
  • Morgan Kurth, Samuel WK Wong
    Identifying Power Play Shooting Tendencies in the NHL: A Conditional Mixture of Log Gaussian Cox Processes
  • Diana Ma
    Musical Chairs on Ice! Does Who Sits in the Judging Chair Decide the Podium? The Impact of Random Judge Selection on International Figure Skating Competitions
  • Takumi Miura, Keisuke Fujii
    Evaluation of Catchers’ Pitch-Calling Strategies in Baseball Using Causal Inference with Pitch Sequences within Plate Appearances
  • Jonathan Pipping-Gamón, Ron Yurko
    Efficient Coverage Playbook: Comparing Predictive Uncertainty Across Model Classes for NFL Big Data Bowl Problems
  • Sreekar Voleti, Robert Mackowiak, Megan McAllister, Alexis McCreath Frangakis
    Quantifying Movement Similarity Using Bezier-Quaternion Fingerprints

Poster Presentations

  • Luke Blommesteyn, Jaden Majumdar
    Learned Rosters Under Pressure: Roster Optimization via Graph-Scored Search and Adversarial Evaluation
  • David Chen
    Can we detect NBA foul-baiting using Statistical Regression Models
  • Aaron Danielson
    Three Generative Models for Structured NBA Data: Play-by-Play, Shot Clouds, and Minute Allocation
  • Darby Goodall
    Expected Value Metrics in Women’s Soccer
  • Yushi Liu
    Modeling and Clustering Olympic Track and Field Aging Curves Using Informatively Missing Functional Principal Component Analysis
  • Connor Lynch, Hassan Rafique
    Automated Biomechanical Analysis of Lacrosse Athletes Using Deep Learning Pose Estimation
  • Dave Matteo, David L. Carey, Joshua D. Ruddy, Matthew C. Varley
    A statistical framework for inferring the development of Australian Football players using in-game metrics
  • Adam Noakes, Matthew Hamilton
    The Marchand Index: A Peer-Matched, Cap-Adjusted Model of NHL Fan Attention
  • Hashan Peiris, Jackson P. Lautier, Himchan Jeong
    Modeling Player Injuries in the National Basketball Association: An Actuarial Approach
  • Michele Sezgin
    Investigating the Efficacy of Space Control-Enhanced xG Modeling in the AHL
  • Brad Stenger
    Pairwise Comparison Survey Methods using Contextual Integrity Framework to Understand Student-Athlete Privacy Perspectives
  • Kazuhiro Yamada, Keisuke Fujii
    Counterfactual Evaluation of NBA Clutch-Time Shot Selection: Heterogeneous Effects and Policy Value

Local Information

CASSIS will be held at SFU Harbour Center in downtown Vancouver on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

Most participants will arrive via YVR Vancouver Airport. From the airport, you may take a taxi downtown, or take the Canada Line, exiting at Waterfront Station, which is 1 block from the conference venue.

There are dozens of hotels within walking distance of the conference location. Book early, as Vancouver is a popular tourist destination. For more affordable options, note that SFU Harbour Centre is very close to the sky train station with frequent trains to Richmond, Burnaby, and beyond. Don't hesitate to contact us with questions:

cascadia-sports@sfu.ca