Master Degree Theses


2023
“Strumenti per la Data Science e approcci Data Driven: Sport Performance Analysis con R e la stagione 2022/2023 della Germani Brescia ​”

Giulio Persico (University of Brescia, supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto)

with internship at Pallacanestro Brescia (October 2022 – May 2023, tutors: Francesco Taccetti and Paola Zuccolotto)


2023
“Basketball shooting performance evaluation through spatial probability maps: an application to the 2022/2023 Italian first league”

Mirko Luigi Carlesso (Politecnico di Milano, supervisor: Andrea Cappozzo, co-supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto – discussant: Marica Manisera)

in collaboration with Pallacanestro Varese (tutors: Luis Scola and Luca Cappelletti)

with a Shiny application

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2021
“Prestazioni sportive e prezzi di borsa: analisi di quattro società di calcio”

Giampaolo Bonaglia (University of Brescia, supervisor: Maurizio Carpita)


2021
“BYB TECH, una startup innovativa per gli sport estremi: sviluppo e promozione del prodotto a partire dalla ricerca di mercato”

Chiara Benuzzi (University of Brescia, supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto)

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2021
“Basketball Analytics: the use of Data Science to describe and predict the performance of an NBA team”

Alberto Ferrario (University of Milano Bicocca, supervisor: Matteo Maria Pelagatti, co-supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto)

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2021
“Rilanciare la pallacanestro italiana: interviste con esperti e un’indagine statistica sulle percezioni degli appassionati per definire un piano di sport marketing”

Paolo Pasotti (University of Brescia, supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto)

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2021
“Evaluating shooting performance in the basketball court: an approach with machine learning”

Gianluca Piromallo (University of Bologna, supervisor: Stefania Mignani, co-supervisors: Paola Zuccolotto and Marica Manisera)

with internship at BODaI-Lab, University of Brescia (October 2019 – March 2020)

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2020
“Evaluation of the current state of football match prediction models”

Thiebe Sleeuwaert (Gent University, promoter: Christophe Ley)

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2020
“Score Modelling of NBA and EuroLeague Games Using Compound Poisson Simulation”

Emiel Platjouw (Gent University, promoter: Christophe Ley)

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2019
“La Match Analysis nel calcio: il progetto Kama.Sport e il caso Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio”

Nicola Marini (University of Brescia, supervisor: Marica Manisera)


2017
“A Principal Component Analysis of National Basketball Association Teams”

Teis Devisscher (Gent University, promoter: Christophe Ley, tutor: Maarten De Schryver)

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2017
“Le sponsorizzazione sportive: un’analisi nel mondo del calcio”

Carlo Ribolla (University of Brescia, supervisor: Giuseppe Bertoli, co-supervisor: Marica Manisera)

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2016
“Big Data e Machine Learning: nuovi orizzonti per l’analisi dei dati nel basket”

Davide Verzeletti (University of Brescia, supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto)

with internship at Scaligera Basket Verona (March – April 2016, tutors: Marco Crespi and Paola Zuccolotto)

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2016
“Soccer Player Performance Rating Systems for the German Bundesliga”

Jonathan Klaiber (Gent University, supervisor: Christophe Ley)

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2016
“Towards a new meaning of modern basketball players positions”

Federico Bianchi (University of Pavia, supervisor: Tullio Facchinetti)

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2012
“Quando la palla non è solo rotonda: tecniche di data mining applicate al mondo del calcio”

Roberta Tengattini (University of Brescia, supervisor: Paola Zuccolotto)

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