Math Innovation is thrilled to host David Radke for an Ask-Me-Anything on February 5, 2026!
David Radke (PhD '23) is a Senior Research Scientist with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He works as part of the Hockey Strategy and Analytics team, helping to evaluate players, teams, and strategies from in-game data to assist coaching and roster construction decisions. His main areas of research include artificial intelligence, specifically multiagent systems and reinforcement learning, and sports analytics.
While at Waterloo, David studied the impact of teams, or sub-groups, on how reinforcement learning agents learn within multiagent systems. He was also an assistant captain of the Waterloo Men's Ice Hockey team during the first few years of his PhD.
Whether you dream of working in sports analytics, AI research, or just want to see how math and computation shape elite performance, this is a talk you won’t want to miss!
Location: DC 1302
Time: 4:30 – 5:30pm, followed by a networking reception with refreshments, including bubble tea from Sweet Dreams Tea Shop.
(NOTE: You must attend the talk to attend the reception.)