E. Cabral Balreira
Trinity University, USA.
Biography
E. Cabral Balreira is an associate professor of mathematics at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. His main area of research is differential topology with applications to global invertibility and discrete dynamics. Motivated by his interest in mathematics and sports, Balreira and his colleagues at Trinity developed a mathematical method, the Oracle, to rank sports teams and predict tournament outcomes. Balreira received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2006.
Abstract
Abstract : Using an Oracle to improve the Quality of Predictions.