Barnabás Valkó

Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison Sep 2023 – May 2027 (expected)

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Statistics — GPA: 3.911 / 4.000 Madison, WI

Additional Certificates in Physics and Educational Policy Studies
Relevant Coursework: Sports Analytics, Financial Statistics, Stochastic Processes, Regression Analysis, Experimental Design, Machine Learning, Probability Theory, Combinatorics, Brownian Motion

Grader & Undergraduate Assistant Sep 2025 – Present

University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Mathematics Madison, WI

Lead grader for Math 475: Introduction to Combinatorics (Fall 2025, Spring 2026), grading weekly homework for 50+ students and providing detailed written feedback with expertise in the subject, in a timely manner.
Assistant grader for Math 222: Calculus II midterms (Fall 2025).
Proctored exams for eight other courses including Math 535: Mathematical Methods in Data Science, Math 444: Graphs and Networks in Data Science, as well as Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Calculus.

Summer Camp Site Director May 2019 – Aug 2025

Madison Metropolitan School District Madison, WI

Directed and managed 10+ staff members at sports camps serving 40+ youth participants per week across six summers.
Roles: Mad City Sports Camp Assistant Site Director (2025), Soccer Camp Site Director (2024), Sports Camp Program Leader (2019–2023).

NFL Big Data Bowl 2026 — Honorable Mention (Top 5 / ~300 Submissions) Oct 2025 – Dec 2025

Developed Primary Defender Break Score (PDBS), leveraging a GAM-based predictive EPA model to quantify how many points a primary pass defender saves whilst a pass is in the air using NFL Next Gen Stats tracking data.
Achieved honorable mention in the University track, placing in the top 5 of approximately 300 submissions.
Skills: R, Quarto, Sports Analytics, Statistical Modeling, Player Tracking Data

ASA Virtual Sports Analytics Conference 2026 — Invited Speaker April 24, 2026

Delivered a 20-minute invited talk, "Primary Defender Break Score: Quantifying Post-Throw Defensive Reaction in the NFL," at the American Statistical Association Virtual Sports Analytics Conference following a successful abstract submission.

Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Visualization Competition Jan 2026 – Feb 2026

Won Bucky's Data Viz Challenge, a campus-wide competition, with an interactive D3.js dashboard visualizing the geometry and structure of college fight songs.
Selected to represent UW–Madison at the 2026 BTAA Data Visualization Competition.
Skills: D3.js, Data Visualization, JavaScript, HTML

Madison Experimental Mathematics (MXM) Lab Sep 2025 – Present

Collaborating with three undergraduates, a graduate mentor, and Prof. Paul Terwilliger on a research project titled "Irreducible T-modules of Distance-Regular Graphs with Valency Three," targeting journal publication in Summer 2026.
Skills: Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Mathematical Writing, LaTeX

Languages & Tools: R, Python, D3.js, JavaScript, HTML, LaTeX, SQL

Analytics: Player Tracking Data, Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Sports Metrics Design

Mathematics: Probability & Statistical Inference, Linear Algebra, Stochastic Processes, Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory

Languages: English (Native), Hungarian (Native)