Analyzing StockX’s Auction Process
StockX is one of the safest apps to buy, discover, and sell authentic sneakers. As a sneakerhead, I always use StockX not only to buy the sneakers I could not purchase in an online raffle system but also to discover the new price of the brand-new sneakers that are released this season. To do so, […]
The Raga Network
“What raga is this?” My Carnatic music teacher gestures to me after singing multiple sets of notes or swaras. The sruthi box humming in the background is comforting in the silence of the room. Every Wednesday and Saturday, I would sit on my teacher’s carpet and sing- not the music traditionally performed in a choir […]
Exploring the Network Intricacies of New York City
Resource: http://fourthplan.org/action/new-subways Thanks to the NYC MTA connecting all five boroughs, visiting different parts of the city has never been easier. Even areas like Staten Island, Roosevelt island and Randalls island are easily accessible by buses and trains. A student from Astoria could be in Brooklyn in just an hour by riding the G but […]
How Networks Are Playing A Role in Brazil’s Upcoming Presidential Election
Resource: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1124835910/2022-brazil-election-presidential-disinformation Brazil has a very important presidential election coming up, one that may test the strength of the country’s young democracy. Its incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, has already made baseless claims about election fraud ahead of the first round of voting this Sunday. His allegations resemble those of Donald Trump regarding the 2020 U.S. […]
The Strength of Weak Ties in Job Searching
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/business/linkedin-social-experiments.html#:~:text=They%20found%20that%20relatively%20weak,employment%20as%20stronger%20social%20ties.&text=In%20a%20statement%2C%20Linkedin%20said,privacy%20policy%20and%20member%20settings. It is natural to assume that close friends yield more influence in a relationship dynamic than acquaintances, but LinkedIn’s recent experiment undermines this notion, especially in the context of job searching. The world’s largest professional network just published an internal five year study that verifies the sociological theory of the “strength of weak […]
The Sotheby’s Auction Process, analyzed and questioned
Sotheby’s Auction Article — Reference Sotheby’s is the ubiquitous auction house that holds and auctions some of the world’s most expensive and high-profile art. Picassos and Banksys are some famous artworks to pass through the auction house. Having watched these auctions and learned about different types of auctions in 2040, I began to wonder what […]
Game theoretic prediction of railway passenger demand: a case study of Kobe-Osaka commute
News article that motivated me to write this blog: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tokyo-commuter-olympic-intl-scli/index.html Japan’s railway system is considered one of the most efficient. However, it still does not escape crowding and congestion, with peak hours described as “transport nightmares”. This blog then focuses on how we could predict the number of passengers travelling on rail routes based on […]
Modeling Networks Within Insect Colonies
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275650684_Social_Insects_A_Model_System_for_Network_Dynamics Humans are not the only organisms that can have social networks, in fact they weren’t even the first organisms to have them. Social insects, such as wasps, ants, termites, and bees, live in colonies that can include millions of members. These colonies are able to function due to the fascinating biological, informational, and […]
The Effect of Remote Work on Social Networks
Since the pandemic began, working remotely has come into the spotlight, and has been a topic of discussion for many. At first, it was required, and some believed that the age of the in-person office was behind us. Then there was a counter demand of people who wished to return to the office. Even after […]
Walmart’s Advanced Second Price Auction
What Walmart Second Price Auctions Mean and How to Win Walmart Keyword Bidding Second Price Auction According to ChannelAdvisor, Walmart, In order to stay competitive within the e-commerce retail industry, has implemented second-price auctions for payment-per-click product ads. One critical advantage of transitioning to the second-price auctions is preventing the top bidder to pay the […]
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