Watson: Behind the code

When it comes to scale and precision, artificial intelligence (AI) with ESPN Fantasy Football provides accurate predictions to millions of users around the world. The raw volume of traffic that is many millions of users per day and hundreds of millions of resource retrievals through the IBM Cloud requires a web acceleration tier within the overall system architecture. The ESPN Fantasy Football with Watson system has been a significant undertaking with many components. This article is the first in an eight-part series that takes you behind each component to show you how we used Watson to build a world-class AI solution.

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  Behind the code: Billions of precise fantasy football predictions

  Learn about each component in the ESPN Fantasy Football with Watson system and how we used Watson to build a world class AI solution.

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  Behind the code: Continuously available football analysis

  IBM Watson AI has your back when you cannot sleep at night thinking about your ESPN Fantasy Football lineup selections.

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  Behind the code: Supporting evidence for Fantasy Football insights

  ESPN and IBM have teamed up to bring a new level of insight to fantasy football team owners: Watson AI. #FantasyFootballFace.

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  Behind the code: Machine learning pipeline for Fantasy Football insights

  The scientific process of training and evaluating the machine learning pipeline creates highly accurate predictions to help you win.

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  Behind the code: AI Fantasy Football insights go mobile

  The extended reach of ESPN Fantasy Football with Watson can help you sift through evidential insights from any corner of the world.

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  Behind the code: Fused Fantasy Football insights

  Learn how Watson is able to provide AI insights from a diversity of data sources. Instead of reading, watching, and drawing links to statistics, fantasy football managers can use the fused AI insights for precise, oriented player predictions and score projections.

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  Behind the code: AI Fantasy Football deep visualization

  Visual evidential foundations create comprehensive opinion pieces for you to select your roster spots.

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  Behind the code: Fantasy Football insights in practice

  Get depth and insights from unstructured data complimented by ESPN's traditional player statistics and analysis.