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Human & Machine

Cheating Champions: How big data gets you a gold medal

Eva Biesot & Frederike van Esch
February 2, 2023

The year is 2002. Oakland’s Athletics just lost three of their key baseball players. It was important to replace them with talented players to stand a chance at a successful Major League Baseball season. They had to come up with a new way to recruit skilled players. And they did. That season, the Oakland’s Athletics […]