First Price Auctions: Lollipops and Jewelry
My dad used to travel to the countryside for work when I was a child. The lollipops he brought back were amazing and nowhere to be found in the cities. I began selling these lollipops to my classmates for nearly five times the original price. The lollipops were so scarce and competitive as they gained […]
Public Opinion Formation Online
The formation of public opinion is often determined by a multitude of factors, with both internal and external influences such as political parties or social media bias. However, the formation of public opinion was further convoluted with the introduction of the Internet. Now, individuals as well as larger groups of people have far greater access […]
Measuring Controversy on Social Media
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3140565 The paper “Quantifying Controversy on Social Media” discusses how the most controversial topics were detected on social media using the social media network structure and its content. This controversy detection was generalized to identify topics in all domains rather than specific topics in certain domains. Their approach to controversy detection involves a three step […]
Information Cascades
–https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/investing/stocks-october/index.html https://www.provokemedia.com/latest/article/study-investors-increasingly-make-decisions-based-on-digital-social-media-sources –https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/052715/guide-understanding-information-cascades.asp –https://www.provokemedia.com/latest/article/study-investors-increasingly-make-decisions-based-on-digital-social-media-sources As more and more Q3 reports emerge, and the onset of Q4 reports and the holiday season loom increasingly closer, the stock market is as volatile as ever. After a very bearish post-covid economy, in 2021- the NYSE saw large quantities gains across the market. However, this momentum quickly faded away […]
Network Traffic
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/waze https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/waze-vs-google-maps/ https://support.google.com/waze/answer/6078702?hl=en Recently in class, we’ve been discussing market traffic, modeling different trends and behaviors with cars, and the varying routes that are taken to get from point A to point B. Specifically, we’ve been using directed graphs with weighted nodes to optimize travel times. For instance, in class we analyzed a graph […]
SIR model and it’s relevancy during Covid-19
The SIR model, a mathematical model used to analyze the spread of infectious diseases, has been an invaluable tool for medical researchers and public health officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The model helps public health experts to predict the course of an outbreak, understand how and where the virus is spreading, and create effective […]