# 93. AI Predicts Sports Games with 80% Accuracy

- Show: [The Next Byte Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast)
- Published: 2022-10-25
- Length: 22m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-10-25-93-ai-predicts-sports-games-with-80-accuracy
- Listen: https://the-next-byte-wevolver.simplecast.com/episodes/93-predicting-sport-strategies-leads-to-safer-robotics-Nx10fuEc

## Summary

Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss research by Professor Silvia Ferrari at Cornell University, which uses AI to predict player actions in volleyball and hockey with 80% accuracy. The episode details the use of Dynamic Markov Random Fields (DMRF) and Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP) to analyze both explicit movement data and implicit team strategies. The hosts explore how this technology, originally aimed at improving human-robot interaction in warehouses, applies to sports analytics, autonomous vehicles, and video game AI.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-10-25-93-ai-predicts-sports-games-with-80-accuracy#t=0) Introduction and Mouser Sponsor Read
- [3:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-10-25-93-ai-predicts-sports-games-with-80-accuracy#t=192) Cornell Research and Volleyball Predictions
- [6:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-10-25-93-ai-predicts-sports-games-with-80-accuracy#t=391) Why Volleyball and Hockey?
- [8:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-10-25-93-ai-predicts-sports-games-with-80-accuracy#t=533) AI Models: DMRF and MLP
- [13:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-10-25-93-ai-predicts-sports-games-with-80-accuracy#t=808) Applications: Warehouses, Autonomous Vehicles, and Gaming

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Mouser Electronics (company)
- Cornell University (company)
- Dynamic Markov Random Field (other)
- Multi-Layer Perceptron (other)

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