Postdoc @ KU Leuven • Machine Learning × Sportshttps://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3mo4esntg5c2o⚽➡️🧠 It’s a only small step from soccer analytics to Parkinson’s research… Over the past years, I collaborated on a project to improve how we understand Parkinson’s disease. It’s now published in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70303-8 Curious how soccer fits into this? Read on 👇12 Jun 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4esntg5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3mmtruydrdk25Our 2026 World Cup predictions are live! 🔮 🇪🇸 Spain (24%) is the clear favourite, followed by 🇦🇷 Argentina (17%), 🇫🇷 France (11%), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (7%) and 🇧🇷 Brazil (5%). Explore every team’s path to the final in our interactive 👇 w/ @jessejdavis.bsky.social https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/sports/worldcup2026/27 May 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtruydrdk25https://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3mmh7wkqtqk23What if you could simply “prompt” a model with a few shots and get accurate xG predictions? #TabPFN is making waves on academic benchmarks. We tested how it handles a real-world sports analytics problem. w/ Timo Martens & @jessejdavis.bsky.social https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/sports/blog/tabular-foundation-models-for-xg:-can-tabpfn-score-without-training/22 May 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh7wkqtqk23https://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3mmglkc3yzc2c⏳ The submission deadline for our MLSA workshop is coming up soon: June 5, 2026 (just two weeks away)! Don’t miss the chance to share your ongoing research ideas or recent work on Sports+AI! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmglkc3yzc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3mhpvxm74lc23Our Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics (MLSA) will happen again as part of @ecmlpkdd.org! 📅 7 or 11 Sept 2026 📍 Naples, Italy 📝 Submissions due 5 June 2026 \w @hugoriosneto.bsky.social @azimmermdm.bsky.social & Maaike Van Roy dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/events/MLSA26/ https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/events/MLSA26/23 Mar 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpvxm74lc23https://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3mfk6okxgcc2lDon't miss the deadline for the LISS Football Analytics Symposium! Here are 3 reasons to get that abstract in 👇 1️⃣ Make an impact: Present your work directly to club analysts 2️⃣ Low effort: 2-page abstract (published research welcome!) 3️⃣ Learn from 4 of my favourite speakers on soccer analytics [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk6okxgcc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3m3uics6tls26IMPECT released a season of public event data! ⚽ There’s already plenty of event data out there — so why care? Because IMPECT’s data adds some really cool and unique features, such as their Packing Zones. And with the new kloppy v3.18 release, it's really easy to get started with this dataset. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uics6tls26https://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3lzgev2oozs2qBefore an app launches, it undergoes usability testing. Why shouldn't an advanced sports metric? In our latest blog, we propose 4 criteria: 1️⃣ Trustworthy 2️⃣ Novel 3️⃣ Intuitive 4️⃣ Useful Then, we put VAEP to the test... \w @jessejdavis.bsky.social & Maaike Van Roy https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/sports/blog/how-do-we-know-a-metric-is-good-a-case-study-on-vaep/22 Sep 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgev2oozs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/probberechts.bsky.social/post/3lyd4njxx7k2qLooking forward to the #MLSA25 workshop next week at @ecmlpkdd.org! We'll have some exciting research on soccer, ultimate frisbee, basketball and table tennis. ⚽🥏🏀🏓 Want a sneak peek? The papers are already available on the workshop website 👇 https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/events/MLSA25/schedule.php08 Sep 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:666mm6bheqqv5spl7timxxna/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyd4njxx7k2q