Ron Yurko
Assistant Teaching Professor
- Pittsburgh PA UNITED STATES
Research focuses on developing methods at the interface of inference and machine learning, oriented towards problems in sports analytics.
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.
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