SCIENCE STUDENTS PREDICT WHO WILL MEET THE GRIM REAPER NEXT IN GAME OF THRONES - AND IF JON SNOW IS REALLY DEAD

Computer science students have used algorithms to predict who will die next in Game of Thrones - just in time to spoil Season 6 of the hit series.

Students at the Technical University of Munich used machine learning algorithms to create their application - it scours the web for data, and accurately ‘predicts’ 74% of the deaths in the series so far, Rob Waugh gathered.

For instance, the application is rather gloomy about Theon Greyjoy’s future prospects.

And we don’t want to spoil anything, but it has a VERY clear opinion on whether Jon Snow is really dead.

The researchers write, ‘Based on these predictions there is a good chance that the villainous Ramsey Snow (64 percent likelihood of death) will outlive his runaway captive and mortal enemy Theon Greyjoy (74 percent likelihood of death). The algorithm also gives a very clear answer on the fate of Jon Snow, who was betrayed by his friends in the Season 5 finale.’

Dr. Guy Yachdav said, ‘In its daily work, our research group focuses on answering complex biological questions using data mining and machine learning algorithms. For this project we used similar techniques. Only this time the subject matter was a popular TV show.

'The epic scale of the worlds created by George R. R. Martin provides an almost endless resource of raw multi-dimensional data. It provided the perfect setting for our class.’

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