Cornell Entrepreneurs Network
Article Referenced: http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2014/07/30/silicon-ivy-how-cornell-is-prepping-young-entrepreneurs/ This article is about the various entrepreneurs that have graduated from Cornell, and how the numerous student run organizations at Cornell have contributed to these entrepreneurs’ success and therefore their connection with companies after graduating. The article begins by talking about Jake Reisch, who started Audiarchy, a company that provides silent discos. […]
United Breaks Guitars
The “United Breaks Guitars” case is a special case that I was introduced to in my marketing class (HADM 2410) for the importance of customer service and how a little attention can go a long way in marketing. I found it very interesting and very relevant to the topic of networks and how one thing […]
Game Theory and Net Neutrality
Recently, the topic of net neutrality has become a major topic of discussion, due to the Internet Slowdown Day protest that happened on September 10. On Internet Slowdown Day, several websites, including Netflix, Tumblr, and Reddit, greeted their visitors with a loading icon, and an encouragement to take action against internet traffic changes proposed by […]
Multiple Item Auctions
A team of researchers from MIT recently published their findings on the 30 year old problem of how to conduct a multiple item auction in a way that maximized the auctioneer’s profits. Multiple item auctions are especially tricky compared to single item auctions, in that there can be multiple winners. In a standard multiple item […]
China and India Vying for Influence of Sri Lanka
President Xi Jinping of China arrived in the island nation of Sri Lanka today to finalize and approve various economic agreements. He traveled from the Maldives, where he already signed an infrastructure development agreement that was originally set with India, to Sri Lanka to inaugurate the final phase of various infrastructure and energy projects financed […]
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of diseases. The purpose of the study referenced below is the launch of the EpiMap project, where cell phones and/or sensors record proximity to other devices. This specific project gathers important information on interactions in the rural communities of countries that are still in the development process. These […]
Suicide is Contagious: A Network Perspective on Suicidal Behavior
Network theory has been the motivation of a substantial proportion of recent research on suicidal behavior. Like information or disease, suicidal behavior can be thought of as something which passes from entity to entity through connections between those entities. For example, an individual’s suicide might deeply affect friends connected to that individual, thereby increasing the […]
Game Theory using Nash Equilibrium and Maxmin/Minmax Strategy in History
In lecture we talked about Game Theory and we can see many manifestations of this theory in real life. One particular application of game theory is in the area of armed conflict/war, where it is widely believed to be a zero-sum game. A zero sum game is typically defined when each player’s gain or loss […]
Facebook, Scholar Studies and Weak Ties
Every day, a lot of people go on Facebook to read not only their friends’ news feed but also their friends’ friends’ recent activities on the Facebook. By analyzing tastes, personality, and relationships of the person, Facebook suggests new friends, movies, or pages of a promotion. Facebook has 58 million active users and it is ranked […]
Second Priced Auctions in Google
Google is world renown for their search engine, performing tens of thousands of searches per second. But how exactly does Google generate revenue? The main method is through advertisements, however Google has a very unique program in which advertisers can promote their product through Google. Called Google Adwords, it is a key-word based advertisement system […]
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