How has Analytics Changed Poker?

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To become a winning poker player, Game Theory Optimal (GTO) poker strategy is becoming increasingly more important; however, as IAA students, we have the edge in understanding the concepts behind what makes it optimal. Poker used to be a pastime, and something only “degenerates” would play for the thrill according Continue reading How has Analytics Changed Poker?

Machine Learning with Go

GO board game

In 2016, the world watched with both astonishment and unease as AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence developed by DeepMind, defeated Lee Sedol, one of the greatest Go players of our time; for many, this announced the arrival of a new era in AI research. Go, a strategy game that is more Continue reading Machine Learning with Go

Why Every Analytics Student Should Play GeoGuessr

Google Street View in Dehli

Dropped on Google Street View onto a random gravel road with nothing but miles of openness; that’s how I started one of my first games of GeoGuessr. Completely unsure where to begin, it felt a lot like my first data science project: tons of raw data, little direction, and no Continue reading Why Every Analytics Student Should Play GeoGuessr