The Rice Competitive Edge (RCE) Lab offers a collaborative environment for students to gain outside-the-classroom research experience working on the hardest problems in sport analytics. This research focus is specifically designed to prepare students for the most competitive R&D jobs in professional sports by tackling complex, open-ended questions.
Students in the RCE Lab have presented their research papers at the New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports, the Cascadia Symposium on Statistics in Sports, Saberseminar, the Women in Sports Data Symposium, and the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference. These presentations serve as excellent resume builders that help Rice students stand out to potential employers in a crowded job market.
The lab's big-data research into pitching injuries spans multiple independent, high-visibility projects. Our researchers currently manage data science initiatives funded directly by Major League Baseball, alongside a separate project backed by the Center for Human Performance for advanced UCL imaging. Concurrently, the lab utilizes its computational expertise to analyze high-fidelity kinematic tracking data from the Rice Baseball Pitching Lab.
If you are a Rice student interested in getting involved with the Rice Competitive Edge Lab, contact Scott Powers.
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