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Prediction of Emerging Technologies Based on Analysis of the U.S. Patent Citation Network [ via Peter Erdi and UMich EECS ]

Dr. Peter Erdi is one of the leading scholars studying the path of innovation as revealed through the U.S. Patent Citation network.  Above is his most recent talk – Prediction of Emerging Technologies Based on Analysis of the U.S. Patent … Continue reading

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Benoît B. Mandelbrot: Fractals in Science, Engineering and Finance (Roughness and Beauty) [via MIT World]

Many of you are aware of my obsession (here) (here) (here) with fractals, power law distributions, etc. and their role in understanding a variety of phenomena.  In this spirit, I recently came across this video on MIT World from the … Continue reading

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Physicist Cuts Plane Boarding Time in Half [via CNet & Hacker News]

“… Steffen considered various methods, such as boarding people in blocks, at random, and in window seats first. He set up a model using an algorithm based on the Monte Carlo optimization method used in statistics and mathematics. He found … Continue reading

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Information Efficiency and Financial Stability

From the abstract: “The authors study a simple model of an asset market with informed and non-informed agents. In the absence of non-informed agents, the market becomes information efficient when the number of traders with different private information is large … Continue reading

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Can Math Beat Financial Markets? [ via Scientific American ]

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Controllability of Complex Networks [via Nature]

Abstract: “The ultimate proof of our understanding of natural or technological systems is reflected in our ability to control them. Although control theory offers mathematical tools for steering engineered and natural systems towards a desired state, a framework to control … Continue reading

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David Christian: Big History [ TED 2011 ]

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“Peak Data” or “The Capacity Crunch” [From Science]

From this week’s issue of Science comes Filling the Light Pipe by David J. Richardson. This is an important article highlighting a serious challenge facing the both the scientific and policy community. From the abstract: “It has been a landmark … Continue reading

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“A Taxonomy of Networks” New Paper on the Physics arXiv

An exciting new paper entitled “A Taxonomy of Networks” by Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Daniel J. Fenn, Stephen Reid, Mason A. Porter, Peter J. Mucha, Mark D. Fricker & Nick S. Jones just hit the Physics arXiv.  I wanted to flag it … Continue reading

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Claude Shannon – Father of Information Theory

This summer in the Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop we are devoting attention to information theory.  In collecting some materials about Claude Shannon, I came across the above video and thought I would share it with others.  Here is the … Continue reading

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Distance Measures for Dynamic Citation Networks — Slides from Political Networks Conference — Duke 2010

Sinks Method Paper Presentation @ Duke Political Networks Conference 2010 View more presentations from Daniel Katz.

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