McAfee Acquires Skyhigh Networks
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171127005280/en/McAfee-Acquire-Skyhigh-Networks-Creating-Global-Leader McAfee has after less than eight months spinout as a standalone company moved to acquire Skyhigh Networks with the goal of complementing each other’s portfolio and mission of allowing customers to modernize cybersecurity environments and protect cloud data. As Business Wire remarks, “Skyhigh Networks leads the market in advanced controls and automation to correct […]
Behavioral Economics
The article I read talks about behavioral economics, this topic provides insights into how individuals with behave when their best interests are in mind. behavioral economics creates environments that nudge people toward wiser decisions. The article talks about how the ideal human behavior includes knowing their preferences, weighing the costs and benefits, knowing their preferences, […]
Modeling Cybersecurity Networks with Game Theory and Epidemiological Models
The extensive spread of systems such as power grids or defense networks makes them especially vulnerable to cybersecurity flaws. Researchers at Purdue University are tackling this issue by combining game theory and epidemiological models. Their application of game theory helps predict human decision making when balancing cost and security. For example, an independent company part […]
Relationship Between Sexual Harassment Allegations and Information Cascades
https://www.ft.com/content/6973e6d6-d047-11e7-9dbb-291a884dd8c6 This article discusses the recent influx of women coming out with stories of sexual harassment by prominent men—including Charlie Rose, Harvey Weinstein, Al Franken, and Roy Moore. As seen especially in the past few weeks, more and more women are speaking out about the harassment they faced. This recent trend can be attributed […]
Business Reviews and Cascades
Information cascades are the phenomenon where people make decisions based on their observation of others’ actions, rather than their own judgment. Perhaps surprising or not so, this occurs all the time in real world settings. Yelp is a platform for connecting small businesses to consumers with business reviews, photos etc. In fact more than 61 […]
Information Cascades in Zimbabwe Coup
Article for Discussion https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/11/22/what-went-wrong-for-mugabe-most-aging-dictators-dont-get-toppled-by-coups/ One interesting application of the information cascade model has been its relevance to dictatorships in the post-WWII era. Due to the fear of retaliation for speaking out against authoritarian regimes, the behaviors of individuals can be modeled as Behavior A: Speak out against the dictator or Behavior B: Stay silent […]
Analysis of the Network Effects on Obesity Epidemic
This study discusses the effects of different network structures on the spread of obesity in the world. One hypothesis it suggests is that the “strength of weak ties” phenomenon might have played a role in the epidemic of obesity, as social behavior will spread rapidly in a network of highly clustered ties. This hypothesis assumes […]
An Algorithmic Approach to Finding the Shortest Path Networks and its Implications in Traffic Flow
It is generally believed that any type of bottleneck is the cause for any traffic. Bottlenecks arise from various causes: rubbernecking, narrowing roads (funnel effects) and slow vehicles and many more. Some of these causes are inevitable as big machinery cannot move faster nor narrowing roads can be suddenly widened. Recent research by Yuki Sugiyama […]
Blockchain and a Push Towards a Decentralized Internet
Many people are aware of Bitcoin and various digital currencies of the sort. However, they might not have heard of Blockchain or recognize its importance. It is a system that allows information to be distributed instead of being copied. Once a transaction is complete, it is added to the block chain as a new block […]
More Complex Model of Epidemics
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20171116/New-model-provides-better-understanding-of-epidemic-spreading-in-realistic-circumstances.aspx In class, we discussed the S-I-R model for the spread of infectious diseases, in which an individual could either be susceptible, infected, or recovered. In the model, we used the expected number of new cases of the diseases caused by each current case, and calculated it using the probability, p, of a susceptible individual […]
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