Event details
MathSport is ANZIAM’s special interest group for anyone working at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, computing, and sport. Held every two years, the conference brings together mathematicians, sports scientists, technologists, coaches, and performance experts. MathSport 2026 marks the 18th edition and will take place on Australia’s stunning Gold Coast. Topics span a wide range of areas, including mathematical and statistical modelling, computer applications in sport, performance analysis, coaching improvement, and teaching that blends maths, computing and sport.
Date: Wednesday 1 - Friday 3 July 2026
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Time: TBC
Jointly organised by Bond University and University of the Sunshine Coast in association with ANZIAM MathSport.
Registration
The conference fee includes daily morning and afternoon breaks, as well as lunch. Additional activities are also being arranged for attendees to take part in as their time permits. The conference fees are shown below.
- AustMS or ANZIAM Members $375
- Non-members $425
- Students $325
Payment can be made with either Mastercard or Visa. Please pay your fee by the date provided to help organisers with scheduling.
Contact
For any questions or concerns please contact:
Conference Co-chairs
Program Chair
Keynote speaker: David Kendix
In this the year of Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) 30th anniversary, it’s our pleasure to host keynote David Kendix, ICC statistician with thanks to Bond University.
David Kendix is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and has spent his career working for various global insurance groups, specialising in model risk, corporate strategy, and governance. As statistician for the International Cricket Council and member of their Cricket Committee, he is responsible for identifying statistical trends in the game and for drafting playing regulations. In 1996, he peer reviewed the Duckworth Lewis method and recommended its adoption. In 2002 he designed and still maintains the official team rankings, subsequently expanded to more than 100 countries, covering men’s and women’s cricket. He was called as an expert witness in a major criminal trial, applying statistical techniques to detect evidence of match-fixing. He has been the official scorer in over 100 internationals including 50 Test matches (mostly at Lord’s) and has served as Board Director and Treasurer of Middlesex County Cricket Club. He has been President of The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians since 2017. As statistician for World Netball, he designed and maintains their team ranking system and devised their world championship tournament structure.
Additional keynote/s will be announced closer to the conference.
Call for participation and papers
Call for papers
The conference will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics of interest to sports/computer/data scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, coaches, and athletes. The term “sport” is interpreted liberally here and includes games and pastimes, gambling, general fitness, and health-related activities.
- Analysis of rules, adjudication, and referee decision-making
- Artificial intelligence in sport
- Application of gambling methodology
- Competitive strategy and methods for in-game strategy
- Computational analysis in sport
- Computer science in sport
- Computer vision in sport
- Data science in sport
- Econometrics in sport
- Identification, analysis, and mitigation of sports injuries
- Machine learning in sport
- Mathematical modelling in sport
- Optimal tournament design and scheduling
- Psychological methods that enhance performance in competition and enhance mental wellness during and after the competitive career
- Quantitative approaches to improve coaching and optimize individual performance
- Sports management
- Sports medicine
- Statistical and machine learning methods applied to motion capture and wearable technologies
- Statistics and statistical modelling in sport
- Teaching of mathematics and computers in sport
- The statistics of performance measurement
Speakers
Speakers will each have 25 minutes to present a talk and answer questions from the participants.
Abstract
Provide an abstract by 15 March 2026, with a maximum of 300 words, on one-page, titled with the topic and your name, using the template below. Please send to Ray Stefani for review by both Ray Stefani and Adrian Schembri.
Proceedings
The template for Proceedings papers is available below. Papers are limited to ten pages. Do not number the pages. When you have finished your paper, submit your paper as a pdf file, with your last name included first in the file name.
Full papers will be uploaded through the Microsoft CMT and will undergo peer review by the program committee.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
The Proceedings will have an ISBN number and when completed, the Proceedings will be available on the ANZIAM Mathsport web portal.
Key dates
Abstract due: 15 March 2026
Full papers due: 15 April 2026
Peer reviews will be returned to authors: 15 May 2026
Revised submission: 1 June 2026
Conference Committee
- Steven Stern, Conference Co-Chair
- Anthony Bedford, Conference Co-Chair
- Erica Mealy, Conference Committee, Program Chair
- Harish Aakula, Conference Committee, Logistics Chair
- Ray Stefani, Conference Committee
Program Committee
- Anthony Bedford (University of the Sunshine Coast, Netball New Zealand)
- David Carey (LaTrobe University)
- László Csató (Corvinus University of Budapest)
- Uday Damodaran (Indian Institute of Management)
- Dries Goosen (Ghent University)
- Justin Holland (Queensland University of Technology)
- Dimitrios Karlis (Athens University of Economics and Business)
- Christophe Ley (University of Luxembourg)
- Bridgette O'Malley (University of the Sunshine Coast)
- Darren O'Shaughnessy (Industry)
- Erica Mealy (University of the Sunshine Coast)
- Adrian Schembri (Industry)
- Fritz Spieksma (TU Eindhoven)
- Steve Stern (Bond University)
- Ali Valdor (University of the Sunshine Coast)
- Dan van den Hoek (University of the Sunshine Coast)
Jointly organised by Bond University and University of the Sunshine Coast in association with ANZIAM MathSport.