Tom Decroos

Senior Software engineer (Machine Learning) at Meta | PhD KU Leuven | sometimes tweets stuff about soccer analytics and/or AI

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

Four years of my research condensed into this little book... For those who want a 194-page deep dive into soccer analytics (the intro and background section could be interesting for people just getting into the field), here is the full text: https://t.co/YLOJgiNNjU

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

This Australian data scientist has some thoughts about AI and the current state of his industry

https://t.co/9ryxFBHjiG

[Pieter Robberechts @p_robberechts]

Whoop. SoccerAction v1.5.0 is out! 🤝

This release features the long-awaited integration with kloppy. You can now convert a kloppy dataset* to SPADL! 🚀

Check out the release at: https://t.co/sOqwxCqJkI

[Jan Van Haaren (@janvanhaaren.be on Bluesky) @JanVanHaaren]

With the growing interest in soccer analytics, it can be challenging to sift through all of the content that appeared in 2023. My latest blog post lists the research papers, blog posts, news articles, podcast episodes, and events that I liked the most!

https://t.co/XnhAe8lreN

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

@swerbrou @pieter_baas In dit geval is het toch wel een duidelijke parodie-account en niet serieus bedoeld.

[Maaike Van Roy @MaaikeVanRoy]

Check out ETSY, our open-source rule-based algorithm for synchronizing soccer event and tracking data. w/ @l_cascioli and @jessejdavis1

🤖 Code: https://t.co/bDrUBKOZEG

🌐 Blog: https://t.co/ybD0uYuP8Z

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

@GergelyOrosz Looks like I found a bug in Twitter Concepts... what I meant to write was: "Do you know of a TLM that is not involved with Strategy & Alignment? I don't really understand how such a position could exist. But happy to be proven wrong here!"

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

@GergelyOrosz Do you know a TLM that is not involved with Strategy

[Pieter Robberechts @p_robberechts]

Have you seen the 2-minute video abstract for our upcoming #KDD2023 paper?
👉 https://t.co/AI3MLLaNuU

We're in the running for the audience appreciation award, and you can make a difference! Show your support by giving it a 👍 and let's aim for the highest view count! 🏆😁

[Daniel Severo @_dsevero]

Best poster award

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

@theroamingck You're welcome! No, looks like I forgot to make the colours configurable. Matplotsoccer is a pretty basic library I created for myself over the course of my PhD.

If you're looking for something a bit more mature and maintained, I'd suggest checking out mlpsoccer by @numberstorm

[Pieter Robberechts @p_robberechts]

Happy to announce that our work on quantifying creativity in soccer has been accepted for presentation at the #KDD2023 conference! 🎉 A thread... (1/n)
\w @MaaikeVanRoy @jessejdavis1

📝 Preprint: https://t.co/EXWt7S9fPw
⚙️ Code: https://t.co/jDkZoYax47

https://t.co/AI3MLLaNuU

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

@JanVanHaaren @TweetsByMarkT @jessejdavis1 Yep, I remember we were inspired to make that type of momentum chart by seeing a similar chart for basketball in @dcervone0's and @LukeBornn's influential 2014 Sloan paper on EPV in basketball. https://t.co/XHsu7FMHZw

[Nathan W Pyle @nathanwpyle]

“The 27 Worst Things About Going To Stock Photo University” - something I made years ago and I just found it archived, and I’m pasting it here in a thread

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Code Lifespan https://t.co/6sNOmesHxY

[Jan Van Haaren (@janvanhaaren.be on Bluesky) @JanVanHaaren]

With the growing interest in soccer analytics, it can be challenging to sift through all of the content that appeared in 2022. My latest blog post lists the research papers, blog posts, news articles, books, and podcast episodes that I liked the most!

https://t.co/tx54RWb8vw

[Pieter Robberechts @p_robberechts]

With soccerdata + socceraction, you can compute xT ratings (see https://t.co/mfnu78THx5) with only a few lines of code.

[Lorenzo Cascioli @l_cascioli]

Curious about which youngsters may break out in Qatar? ⚽️

We used our data-driven VAEP rating to identify the most promising and in-form U21 players at the ongoing #FIFAWorldCup. Taylor, Musiala & Simons top the list 📈 (\w @p_robberechts @jessejdavis1)

https://t.co/KhxMlSPl78

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

@jbaert @lievenscheire Ik heb maar 2 fouten gevonden bij de try-out eerder deze maand. Benieuwd of je er meer vindt!

[Tom Decroos @TomDecroos]

Amazing article. Must-read for anybody who wants to know what it is like to work on Integrity/Content moderation on social media.