Brian Hall

Brian Hall is the Founder and Head of Artificial Intelligence at AlphaPlay A.I., a powerful A.I. platform used by the global sports industry. AlphaPlay creates elegant insights – in everyday language – through sophisticated modeling, data engineering and a seamless generative A.I. integration. Brian regularly speaks on A.I., its applied uses and groundbreaking advancements across industries - from sports to defense (wargaming & military/battlefield intelligence). In his spare time, Brian teaches analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence at New York University. Before joining NYU, at Harvard University, Brian's research combined his passion for sports with advances in computational programming, machine learning and neural networks. Brian is also the founder of the SABR Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Committee. 

Publications

• AI-Assisted Adjudication: Results from Deploying in Operational Wargaming and Implications for COA Simulations By Air Force Modeling, Simulation & Analytics Summit (May 05 2026)
• Demonstrating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Wargaming and Operational Simulations: Implications for Planning Multi-Domain Operations By SPIE Defense + Security Conference (Apr 26 2026)
• Enabling AI-Augmented Naval Wargaming By Naval Applications of Machine Learning Conference (Mar 02 2026)
• From Baseball to the Battlefield: Applying Sports Analytics and Generative A.I. to Wargaming By Naval Applications of Machine Learning Conference (Feb 24 2025)
• A.I. in Decision Making: Tough Problems Faced by Teams (and the Military) By FAME Conference (NYU/UFMG) (Sep 03 2024)
• How Recent Breakthroughs in A.I. are Supercharging Your Opponent By MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (Mar 01 2024)
• Force Design Using AI, Digital Engineering, and Wargaming: Sports Insights By I/ITSEC Conference (Nov 29 2023)
• A.I. and Machine Learning and its Future Impact on Baseball By SABR Analytics Conference (Mar 10 2023)
• Win with A.I.: Exposing Winning Strategies in Sports By MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (Mar 02 2023)
• When Big Data Was Small: A Story Told By Sabermetrics Pioneers By SABR National Convention (Aug 20 2022)
• Insights from Artificial Intelligence for Sports Team Management By Harvard University (Capstone Thesis) (May 12 2022)
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Bright Future of Baseball By The National Pastime (SABR) (Jul 30 2021)