Focus on: Cary Coglianese

In his interview with the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, Cary Coglianese shared his thoughts on the concept of regulatory excellence and other related areas, as his study of regulation extends beyond healthcare to other sectors, such as energy, communications and financial markets.

Law

Social Norms for Algorithms

Liberals Do Drink More Lattes, But Maybe Not For the Reasons You Think

The term “latte liberal” has been a popular way to disparage American progressives as uppity and out of touch, but does a person’s coffee preference really say something about their political ideology? According to Diana Mutz's new study in PS: Political Science & Politics, it does.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Morgan Stanley Hires Ex-SAC Capital Artificial Intelligence Expert

Morgan Stanley, which aims to expand its use of artificial intelligence, has hired Warren Center Director Michael Kearns to help guide the effort. He will lead Morgan Stanley’s AI research and offer advice on deploying the technology for projects across the company.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Blockchain Isn’t a Revolution

These days it’s hard to avoid pronouncements about how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology could change everything. The truth is that there isn’t a blockchain phenomenon to be for or against. There are three, and Kevin Werbach helps to clarify the similarities and differences.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Can Washington Create Smarter Regulations?

Since Donald Trump’s days on the campaign trail, the Republican president has called for a radical rollback of government regulations that he sees as overly broad and impeding business growth. Cary Coglianese spoke recently to staffers on Capitol Hill about how to build a framework for sensible, flexible regulation.

Law
Political Science

Ubiquity of Data

Can Barnes & Noble Survive?

Barnes & Noble once played the role of disruptor, leading to the demise of many an independent bookseller. But now the big box book chain is considered a dinosaur, struggling to survive in a rapidly changing retail landscape. Peter Fader discusses what the future holds for the company.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Erdős-Rényi Prize for Danielle Bassett

Danielle Bassett has been named the 2018 recipient of the Erdős-Rényi Prize in Network Science by the Network Science Society (NetSci) for fundamental contributions to our understanding of the network architecture of the human brain, its evolution over learning and development, and its alteration in neurological disease.

Bioengineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

The Warren Center welcomes its newest affiliate, Maria Cuellar

Assistant Professor Maria Cuellar's work is driven by interdisciplinary projects in which I use statistics and data science to study problems in public policy, public health, and forensic science.

Criminology

Ubiquity of Data

Research Finds Tipping Point for Large-scale Social Change

Drawing on more than a decade of experimental work, Damon Centola has developed an online method to test how large scale social dynamics can be changed. He believes environments can be engineered to push people in pro-social directions, and suggests that this work has direct implications for political activism on the Internet.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Machine Learning Researchers Try to Improve Working Conditions for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Workers

As a way of giving back to the platform he uses for research, Chris Callison-Burch developed a Google Chrome plug-in that helps Turk workers pick out better-paying tasks. Callison-Burch and collaborators also analyzed data they gathered from the plug-in’s users to reveal trends in Turk worker earnings, published in a recent paper.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

News

Focus on: Cary Coglianese

Liberals Do Drink More Lattes, But Maybe Not For the Reasons You Think

Morgan Stanley Hires Ex-SAC Capital Artificial Intelligence Expert

Blockchain Isn’t a Revolution

Can Washington Create Smarter Regulations?

Can Barnes & Noble Survive?

Erdős-Rényi Prize for Danielle Bassett

The Warren Center welcomes its newest affiliate, Maria Cuellar

Research Finds Tipping Point for Large-scale Social Change

Machine Learning Researchers Try to Improve Working Conditions for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Workers