Ron Yurko

Assistant Teaching Professor Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh PA

Research focuses on developing methods at the interface of inference and machine learning, oriented towards problems in sports analytics.

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Biography

Ron is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Director of the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center (CMSAC). CMSAC’s initiatives include an active sports analytics research lab, a summer undergraduate research experience in sports analytics (aka CMSACamp), and the annual Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference.

His research focuses on developing methods at the interface of inference and machine learning, oriented towards problems in sports analytics and natural language processing.

Areas of Expertise

Language Processing

Data Science

Sports Analytics

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Social

Industry Expertise

Sport - Professional

Financial Services

Accomplishments

Media and Education

2026-04-06

My work has been featured in popular media outlets such as The Athletic, FiveThirtyEight, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. I am a three-time degree holder from Carnegie Mellon: with a bachelors, masters, and PhD in Statistics. I also have industry experience in both finance and professional sports.

Statistical Methods in Sports Analytics

2026-04-06

I am actively working on a textbook titled Statistical Methods in Sports Analytics (to be released in 2027), and occasionally write a newsletter called Statistical Thinking in Sports Analytics.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Ph.D.

Statistics

Carnegie Mellon University

Masters

Statistics

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelors

Statistics