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Originally from Tokyo, I am now based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Below, you’ll find a collection of personal and academic projects related to data science and football.
Project List
Personal Project
- Pitch Positioning Predictability in Football: Python, Approximate Entropy & Large Tracking Data (>1.5 million rows)
- World Cup Analysis with Expected Threat (xT): Python, Discrete Markov Process, Statsbomb Open Data
Group Project
- Genetic Algorithm for Football Scouting, submitted as a group project for COMP516 Research Methods for Computer Science.
Other (MSc Data Science, UoL)
- Binary Classification: Analysing performance of multiple supervised learning algorithms for a binary classification task. (code).
- Neural Network for Regression: Developing the most appropriate network architecture through hyperparameter tuning for a regression task. (code)
- Image Classification with CNN: Proposing a new CNN model, built on top of a pre-trained CNN model. (code)
Education
- MSc Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, University of Liverpool, Distinction (78%)
- Dissertation: Bayesian View on Deep Learning Training: Variational Inference
- Supervisor: Dr. Huang Xiaowei, Dr. Xingyu Zhao
- Abstract: Here
- BSc Science & Football, Liverpool John Moores University, First-Class Honours (74%)
- Dissertation: The identification of subgroups using clustering analysis during successful and non-successful possessions in a football match
- Supervisor: Dr. Sigrid Olthof
- Abstract: Here
IT Skills
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Python
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MySQL
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Git/Github
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HTML (Basic)
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CSS (Basic)
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AWS (Cloud Practitioner)
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Sportscode
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Instat
Other Skills
- Communication skills
- Acted as an interpreter (Japanese and English) for Albirex Niigata Singapore FC, who plays in the first division of Singapore.
- Presented coaches and players in multiple settings as an interpreter (post-match, team meeting, newspapers & TV).
- Experience as a performance analyst at Stoke City FC, AFC Liverpool & LJMU Men’s Football Team.
- Presentation skills
- Presented my undergraduate thesis at BASES Student Conference 2021 hosted by Solent University.
- Teamwork
- Conducted multiple group projects during my MSc programme, topics including supervised learning, neural networks, reinforcement learning and more.