BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:143@anziam.org.au DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20201112 DTSTAMP:20261001T081035Z URL:https://anziam.org.au/events/the-15th-australasian-conference-on-mathe matics-and-computers-in-sport/ SUMMARY:The 15th Australasian Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sp ort DESCRIPTION:Call for Participation and Papers (Organized by ANZIAM MathSpo rt)Dates and Location The ANZIAM Mathsport 2020 meeting has been changed f rom a live meeting in May to an online meeting 9-11 November for the healt h and safety of our members and in response to travel and funding restrict ions imposed by the corona-virus pandemic. The Abstracts Book and Proceedi ngs are available below. Speaker Zoom recoding information and a draft sch edule for the online meeting are both available below. Your Conference Te am The meeting is being organized by Conference Chair Paul Bracewell of DO T Loves Data and Victoria University\, Wellington\; ANZIAM Mathsport Chair Anthony Bedford and ANZIAM Mathsport Secretary Ray Stefani. Comments abou t this web page may be directed to Raystefani@aol.com. Topics for the Con ference The conference will cover\, but is not limited to\, the following topics of interest to sports scientists\, mathematicians\, statisticians\, coaches and athletes. The term “sport” is interpreted liberally here and includes games and pastimes\, gambling\, general fitness and health-re lated activities. Analysis of rules\, adjudication\, and referee decision -making Application of gambling methodology Competitive strategy and metho ds for in-game strategy Computational analysis in sport Econometrics in sport Identification\, analysis and mitigation of sports injuries Mathema tical modeling in sport Optimal tournament design and scheduling Quantit ative approaches to improve coaching and optimize individual performance Statistical and machine learning methods applied to motion capture and wea rable technologies Statistics and statistical modeling in sport Teaching of mathematics and computers in sport The statistics of performance meas urementKeynote Speakers Grant Elliot is a former New Zealand internationa l cricketer. An all-rounder\, his finest moment came in the 2015 World Cu p semi-final against South Africa where he scored an unbeaten 84 and wa s adjudged the Man of the Match\, putting New Zealand into their first ev er Cricket World Cup Final\, where he scored 83 runs against Australia. El liott is the maker of the Buzz Cricket Bat. Luke Woodcock scored 220 with it in a first-class game. Elliot is general manager of CricHQ\, a widely- used digital platform for cricket. Liz Perry’s 18-year career as a cric ket all-rounder spanned 2002-2020. In 2005\, Perry began competing in Well ington. She appeared for the Blaze in 81 T20 matches and 115 List A matche s\, scoring 3441 runs. Her teams won six T20 championship\, the last three in a row\, including a championship in her final match. Liz played intern ationally for the Silver Ferns in 48 matches\, scoring 570 runs\, includin g an appearance in the ICC T20 grand final in 2010. She also represented N ew Zealand in field hockey. Since 2017\, Perry has served as General Manag er for Cricket Wellington. Niven Winchester is an economist specializing in the analyses of climate\, energy and trade policies using applied equi librium modelling. His work estimating the predictive ability added to rug by (union) league tables by various bonus point schemes led to changes in international and domestic rugby bonus point systems. He is currently a pr ofessor of economics at Auckland University of Technology and a senior fel low at Motu Economic & Public Policy Research. He previously held positi ons at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Ota go.Abstracts The template is available here. The abstract book is availabl e here.Proceedings The template for Proceedings papers is available here.  The Proceedings is available here.Recorded Zoom Talks Each speaker recor ded a 20 to 30-minute Zoom power point talk\, created a Dropbox account\, uploaded each file to Dropbox and shared with abedford@usc.edu.au. Detail ed instructions may be found here. These talks are available here. Conf erence Schedule The online meeting involved keynote speakers and Q&A with the speakers who recorded talks. The schedule is available here.Comments a nd Suggestions If you have any comments or suggestions\, please contact Pa ul Bracewell at paul@dotlovesdata.com.Conference Fees To support the sport s community who have been victimized  by the COVID pandemic\, Mathsport 2 020 conference organizer Paul Bracewell will not charge fees for our onlin e meeting.Hotels Although the conference is online\, we leave the followin g hotel information for future reference for travel to Wellington. The map below denotes what was to be the conference venue at Victoria University with an "X". The map also shows hotels located by Google Earth in proximit y to the previous venue and listed below as they appear from top to bottom on the map. Other hotels near the previous venue are also listed below\, but not shown on the map. Hotels on the map (top to bottom): Bolton Hot el\, 12 Bolton St\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 472 9966 Sofitel Wellington\ ,11 Bolton St\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 472 2001 Park Hotel Lambton Quay \, 101 The Terrace\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 260 5000 Ibis Wellington\, 153 Featherstone St\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 496 1880 Novotel Wellingto n\, 133 The Terrace\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 918 1900 Intercontinental Wellington\, 2 Grey Street\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 472 2722 West Plaza Hotel\, 110 Wakefield St\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 473 1440 Hotel Mercu re Abel Tasman\, 169 Willis Street\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 385 1304 QT Wellington\, 90 Cable Street\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 802 8900  Other Hotels Near Victoria University: Grand Mercure Wellingtonm 345 The Terra ce\, Te Aro\, Wellington 6001\, +64 4 385 9829 Quest On The Terrace\, 12 0 The Terrace\, Te Aro\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 470 1820 James Cook Hot el Grand Chancellor\, 147 The Terrace\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 499 9500 Gilmer Apartment Hotel\, 10 Gilmer Terrace\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 978 1400 Quest Atrium\, 154 The Terrace\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 931 1000 CityLife Wellington\, 300 Lambton Quay\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 922 2800 Boulcott Suites\, 5 O'Reily Avenue\, Te Aro\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 3 84 1070 Astelia Apartment Hotel\, 156 Willis Street\, Te Aro\, Wellingto n 6011 +64 4 384 1070 Te Puni Village\, 80 Fairlie Terrace\, Kelburn\, W ellington 6021\, +64 4 470 9220 Trinity Hotel\, 166 Willis Street\, Te A ro\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 801 8118 Backpacker Hotels: Rosemere Backp ackers - BBH\, 6 Macdonald Crescent\, Te Aro\, Wellington 6011\, +64 4 384 3041 Worldwide Backpackers - BBH\, 291 The Terrace\, Te Aro\, Wellingto n 6011\, +64 4 802 5590 Trek Global Backpackers\, 9 O'Reily Avenue\, Te Aro\, Wellington 6141\, +64 4 471 3480 \n CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20201004T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR