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Hi, I’m Sam Cowan!

I’m a senior at Boston University studying Data Science, with a minor in Spanish. Some of my interests include sports analytics, elections, forecasting, financial markets, and reading random blogs.

My Links

• Linkedin
• Github
• BU Coursework

Internship Experience

• Product Management Intern @ Millennium (June - August 2026)
• Data Analyst Intern @ Moody’s Ratings (June - August 2025)
• AI Engineer Intern @ Smile and Learn (September - December 2025)

Sports Research

• Wanna See Me Do it Again - Dynamic Catch Probability with ManimGL

  • SMT Data Challenge 2026 - Honorable Mention

• Save It For Later - Using Backtracking to Value Future ABS Challenge Opportunities

  • Presented at Saberseminar 2026

• Stomping Out Fielder Pitch Tipping (SMT Data Challenge 2025)

  • Presented at SABR 2026 and Saberseminar 2026

• Optimizing the CFP and Selection Criteria: Ohio State Sports Analytics Hackathon - Winner of virtual hackathon, presented at OSU Sports Analytics Conference

• Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Mentorship program - Mentee

Leadership

• President of BU Data Science Association
• Co-founder and Treasurer of Sports Analytics Group at BU

Recent part-time roles at BU

• Software Engineer Research Assistant @ Boston University IS&T (October 2025 - May 2026)
• Course Assistant @ BU (DS 210) (September 2024 - May 2025)

Selected Projects

Outside of classes

• Free Buses for Y’all, Youse, and You Guys
• Papyrss: A Modern RSS Reader From Classes
• Rising Bandits for Best Athlete Identification (DS 592, May 2025)
• Stock Market Prediction with Future News (DS340, April 2025)

Hackathon Projects

Wins

• Merge Madrid Web3 Hackathon 2025 - Winner of Mastercard Challenge
• CivicHacks 2025 - Winner of Community Safety/Civil Rights track
• Ohio State Sports Analytics Hackathon - Winner of virtual hackathon, presented at OSU Sports Analytics Conference - Optimizing the CFP and Selection Criteria The ones about the friends I made along the way…
• CivicHacks 2026
• OpenRed Hackathon Santander - 2025
• BostonHacks 2024 - Elector
• HackHarvard 2024 - *RecycleTron

Conference Presentations

• SABR Analytics Conference 2026, Phoenix, AZ (Stomping out Fielder Pitch Tipping)
• UnSchool of Data Science 2026, New York, NY (Free Buses for Y’all, Youse, and You Guys)
• Saberseminar 2026, Stomping out Fielder Pitch Tipping and Save It For Later - Using Backtracking to Value Future ABS Challenge Opportunities

Other stuff that didn’t make it on here: Extended CV

Technical Skills

Personally I don’t think the concept of “technical skills” is very relevant anymore but if I must…

• Programming Languages: Python, R, Rust, OCaml
• Data & ML: Pandas, TensorFlow/Keras, PySpark, Kafka, PowerBI, Tableau, SQL, MongoDB, Excel
• Web & DevOps: GCP, Flask/FastAPI, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, React

Book a meeting with me

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