Information Cascades on Twitter related to Crisis Warnings
In a paper written by Cindy Hui at Rutgers University along with three other researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (William Wallace, Malik Magdon-Ismail, and Mark Goldberg), they researched information cascades on Twitter related to disaster/crisis warnings, specifically an example of tweets responding to an armed robbery near the RPI campus in 2010. Their conclusions were […]
Matching Markets ft Discrimination
In class, we have learned much in depth material on matching markets, Nash equilibrium and VCG. The examples we have learned about, however, are not always as simple or as isolated as they have been (in an effort to teach such foundational principles). These examples have been isolated from real-life scenarios that alter matching markets […]
Information Cascade and Rumor Diffusion
This article examines how emotions influence the spread of Rumor online via social media using the concept of information cascade. The research specifically focuses on Twitter and analyzes a representative sample of Twitter rumors with their corresponding cascades. The paper hypothesized that “emotions embedded in online rumors are associated with the size, lifetime, and structural […]
Information Cascades and Ideological Views
In this academic paper, the researchers propose a model to learn ideological leaning of users by analyzing how political content follows through a network. In their model, they assume that information propagates from one user to another if both the users are interested in the topic and ideologically aligned. This relates to information cascades. Information […]
Evolution of Mobile Games as Social Networks
Raise your hand if you never considered yourself a gamer, but found yourself playing Among Us, Skribbl.io, etc. in the past year. With the pandemic forcing most social interaction online, many people took to games to socialize with each other. Mobile games especially grew in popularity because of their versatility and accessibility. With a simple […]
Information Cascades in Online Event Scheduling
When it comes to finding a time to meet up that fits into the schedules of busy college students, online polling apps, such as LettuceMeet or When2Meet, have become the preferred method of coordination. However, research has shown that this decision making process can be subjected to social influence and information cascades if the polling […]
Information Cascades in E-Commerce
Common sense would dictate that customers want to buy products that are highly rated by other customers. Qihua Liu, Shan Huang, and Liyi Zhang further explore this concept in their paper The influence of information cascades on online purchase behaviors of search and experience products. We learned in class that information cascades are essentially the […]
Auction and Dealer Market: More insight
Auction Market and NYSE In auction markets, buyers enter competitive bids and sellers submit competitive offers at the same time. Commonly speaking, the price at which a stock trade represents the highest price that a buyer is willing to pay and the lowest price that a seller is willing to accept. The auction works through the way that […]
What if enrolling in classes at Cornell University became an auction?
In my Networks class at Cornell University, Professor Easley and Professor Halpern have discussed many interesting topics involving game theory. In particular, auctions have been one of the most fascinating topics we have learned about. Recently, the class roster for Spring 2022 has been released for Cornell students to plan out their schedule for pre-enrollment. […]
Super Bowl Commercials
There is no time for bathroom break during the Super Bowl. It’s the annual, most anticipated championship game of NFL. And the commercials are also a must watch. In this post, we will look into super bowl commercials and how they work including pricings, and slot assignment. This is related to advertising part of the […]
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