Pol Marin

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Football and Geometry — Passing Networks

Football Analytics Understanding networks through the analysis of Bayer Leverkusen’s passing networks Pol Marin · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 3 hours ago — Photo by Clint Adair on Unsplash Long time no see… But for a good reason. After some months I’m back on Medium and today we’re merging two exciting worlds: football and geometry. Concretely, we’ll touch upon the topic of networks but, as always, through a

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Modeling the Extinction of the Catalan Language

Applying existing literature to a practical case Pol Marin · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 3 hours ago — Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Can we predict the extinction of a language? It doesn’t sound easy, and it indeed shouldn’t, but it shouldn’t stop us from trying to model it. I was recently interested in this topic and started reviewing some of the existing literature. I came across

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Using Clustering Algorithms for Player Recruitment

Sports Analytics Which players could help Fulham overcome their major flaws? Pol Marin · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 9 hours ago — Photo by Mario Klassen on Unsplash Some days ago, I was fortunate to be able to participate in a football analytics hackathon that was organized by xfb Analytics[1], Transfermarkt[2], and Football Forum Hungary[3].

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