The Tech Behind is a new podcast series that looks at the innovative ways in which tech is being used in our everyday lives on topical stories.
This is the first episode of the The Tech Behind series and to kick it off Stuart Thomas talks to Rob and Johan from Principa, the data analytics company, about the its predictions during the Rugby World Cup.
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During the Rugby World Cup, Principa made use of data and information from what a team’s recent performance was, bookie odds, each team’s current world rankings, previous number of tries to even the value of individual players from a fantasy league to make its predictions. The company managed to get 0.5% on the SuperBru standings.
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