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DESCRIPTION:LIVE Presentation in Chicago\n(Swag\, Snacks\, and More for Liv
 e Attendees)\n\nIEEE Computer Society Chicago and IEEE Chicago are proud t
 o co-host this ACM Distinguished Speaker Program hosted by ACM Chicago whi
 ch will be held in-person and also online.\n\nACM Distinguished Speaker Pr
 ogram: &quot;Analytical Models for Generating NCAA Men&#39;s Basketball Tournament 
 Bracket Pools: Injecting Computation into March Madness&quot;.\n\nEach year\, t
 he NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament attracts popular attentio
 n\, including bracket challenges where fans seek to pick the winners of th
 e tournament’s games. However\, the quantity and unpredictable nature of
  games suggest a single bracket will likely select some winning teams inco
 rrectly even if created with insightful and sophisticated methods. Hence\,
  a participant may wish to create a pool of brackets that likely contains 
 at least one high-scoring bracket.\n\nWe propose several computational mod
 els to estimate the probability mass function of all possible tournament o
 utcomes based on past tournament data. Bracket pools are then generated fo
 r recent tournaments using these models. The generated brackets are assess
 ed by the ESPN scoring system and compared to those produced by a traditio
 nal pick favorite approach as well as the highest scoring brackets in the 
 ESPN Tournament Challenge for various years.\n\nThe results suggest that g
 iven a sufficiently large pool of brackets\, such models are effective in 
 capturing high scoring brackets with high frequency. More information on t
 his and related research can be found at http://bracketodds.cs.illinois.ed
 u/\n\nLocation\nLoyola University\, Lake Shore Campus\, is in the East Rog
 ers Park area of Chicago. The talk will be held in Dumbach Hall\, Room DU-
 117.\nDumbach Hall is labelled 16 on the Campus Map.\n[Campus map](https:/
 /www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/pdfs-campusmaps/lsc.pdf)\n[Parking](https://www.
 luc.edu/campustransportation/generalinformation/visitorsandguests/)\n[CTA 
 Directions](http://tinyurl.com/tzadhu5z)\n\nRegister for the event at http
 s://www.meetup.com/acm-chicago/events/299322518/ if you will be attending 
 in person.\n\nFor those attending online\, register at\n\nhttps://acm-org.
 zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FMBb9w3WSiKEJjIO27DPTA\n\nCo-sponsored by: ACM
  Chicago\n\nSpeaker(s): Sheldon H. Jacobson\, \n\nAgenda: \nAgenda:\n(Time
 s are Central Daylight Time)\n5:30 pm - Networking/Social Hour\n6:00pm - B
 rief intros\n6:05pm - Talk by Sheldon Jacobson\n7:45 pm – Q&amp;A\n7:00 pm -
  end\n\nRoom: Room DU-117\, Bldg: Dumbach Hall\, 1032 W Sheridan Rd\, Chic
 ago\, Illinois\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m
 /408425
LOCATION:Room: Room DU-117\, Bldg: Dumbach Hall\, 1032 W Sheridan Rd\, Chic
 ago\, Illinois\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m
 /408425
ORGANIZER:alvin.chin@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:35
SUMMARY:March Madness: Analytical Models for NCAA Men&#39;s Basketball Tourname
 nt Brackets
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/408425
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LIVE Presentation
  in Chicago&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Swag\, Snacks\, and More for Live Attendees)
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;IEEE Computer Society Chicago and IEEE Chicago are p
 roud to co-host this ACM Distinguished Speaker Program hosted by ACM Chica
 go which will be held in-person and also online.&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p cla
 ss=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ACM Distinguished Speaker Program&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;&quot;A
 nalytical Models for Generating NCAA Men&#39;s Basketball Tournament Bracket P
 ools: Injecting Computation into March Madness&quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;mb-4&quot;
 &gt;Each year\, the NCAA Division I Men&amp;rsquo\;s Basketball Tournament attrac
 ts popular attention\, including bracket challenges where fans seek to pic
 k the winners of the tournament&amp;rsquo\;s games. However\, the quantity and
  unpredictable nature of games suggest a single bracket will likely select
  some winning teams incorrectly even if created with insightful and sophis
 ticated methods. Hence\, a participant may wish to create a pool of bracke
 ts that likely contains at least one high-scoring bracket.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;
 mb-4&quot;&gt;We propose several computational models to estimate the probability 
 mass function of all possible tournament outcomes based on past tournament
  data. Bracket pools are then generated for recent tournaments using these
  models. The generated brackets are assessed by the ESPN scoring system an
 d compared to those produced by a traditional pick favorite approach as we
 ll as the highest scoring brackets in the ESPN Tournament Challenge for va
 rious years.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;The results suggest that given a suffici
 ently large pool of brackets\, such models are effective in capturing high
  scoring brackets with high frequency. More information on this and relate
 d research can be found at http://bracketodds.cs.illinois.edu/&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p cla
 ss=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Loyola University\, Lake Shore Camp
 us\, is in the East Rogers Park area of Chicago. The talk will be held in 
 Dumbach Hall\, Room DU-117.&lt;br&gt;Dumbach Hall is labelled 16 on the Campus M
 ap.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;!text-viridian&quot; href=&quot;https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/pd
 fs-campusmaps/lsc.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener ugc&quot;&gt;Campus 
 map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;!text-viridian&quot; href=&quot;https://www.luc.edu/campustrans
 portation/generalinformation/visitorsandguests/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofo
 llow noopener ugc&quot;&gt;Parking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;!text-viridian&quot; href=&quot;http://t
 inyurl.com/tzadhu5z&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noopener ugc&quot;&gt;CTA Direc
 tions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;Register for the event at &lt;a href=&quot;https://
 www.meetup.com/acm-chicago/events/299322518/&quot;&gt;https://www.meetup.com/acm-c
 hicago/events/299322518/&lt;/a&gt; if you will be attending in person.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p c
 lass=&quot;mb-4&quot;&gt;For those attending online\, register at&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;https:
 //acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FMBb9w3WSiKEJjIO27DPTA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br 
 /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Agenda:&lt;br&gt;(Times are Central Daylight Time)&lt;br&gt;5:30 pm
  - Networking/Social Hour&lt;br&gt;6:00pm - Brief intros&lt;br&gt;6:05pm - Talk by She
 ldon Jacobson&lt;br&gt;7:45 pm &amp;ndash\; Q&amp;amp\;A&lt;br&gt;7:00 pm - end&lt;/p&gt;
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