Modern Mind Control - Public Opinion Manipulation in Our Online World
Explores techniques for manipulating public opinion online, including fake news and social media campaigns. Examines historical precedents, current methods, and ways to identify and trace these influence operations.
Our Failing Schools - Enough Is Enough
Geoffrey Canada challenges the outdated education system, urging data-driven reforms to help more students succeed and break free from the failing status quo.
How to Outthink Your Competition - With a Lesson from Sports
Discover how sports analytics can revolutionize business strategy. Learn to differentiate luck from skill, anticipate market changes, and stay ahead of competitors using data-driven insights from a football executive.
Chasing Foxes by the Numbers - Patterns of Life and Activity in Hacker Forums
Explore patterns of cyber criminal activity in underground forums, analyzing behavior across clear, deep, and dark web platforms to understand hacker communities and their focus areas.
The Data Behind Hollywood's Sexism
Social scientist Stacy Smith reveals gender bias in Hollywood through data analysis, showing underrepresentation of women on-screen and behind-the-camera, and discusses potential negative impacts on viewers.
The Birth of a Word
MIT researcher's groundbreaking study on language acquisition using home video footage reveals insights into how infants learn to speak, with implications for understanding human learning processes.
A Global Food Crisis May Be Less Than a Decade Away
Sara Menker predicts a global food crisis by 2027, with a potential 214 trillion calorie shortage. She explores the agricultural system's capacity and offers solutions to prevent this alarming scenario.
What We Learned from Teetering on the Fiscal Cliff
Insightful analysis of the 2012 US fiscal cliff crisis, exploring economic data and potential bipartisan solutions to budget impasses, with implications for global financial markets.
What Do We Really Know About the Spread of AIDS?
Economist Emily Oster challenges conventional wisdom on AIDS in Africa, presenting a fresh perspective on HIV statistics and their implications for understanding the epidemic.
Asia's Rise - How and When
Hans Rosling analyzes global economic growth since 1858, predicting when India and China will surpass the US economy, based on his observations of Asia's potential during his time as a student in India.
Mining Software Vulnerabilities in SCCM / NIST's NVD - The Rocky Road to Data Nirvana
Explore software vulnerability mining in SCCM and NIST's NVD, uncovering challenges and insights in the journey towards comprehensive data analysis and improved cybersecurity practices.
Data Visualization in Security - Still Home of the WOPR?
Explore data visualization in cybersecurity, from WOPR to modern techniques. Learn about user-centric design, research phases, and prototyping for effective security data representation.
Exploration of Novel Visualizations for Information Security Data
Explore innovative data visualization techniques for information security, covering ELQ Stack, organic visualization, machine learning, anomaly detection, and similarity engines.
Social Experiments to Fight Poverty
Discover how randomized trials can revolutionize poverty alleviation efforts, providing data-driven insights to determine which development strategies are truly effective.
The Big Idea My Brother Inspired
Inspiring story of brothers who created a groundbreaking website for patients to share health data, leading to powerful insights and predictions for various illnesses.
Actually, the World Isn't Flat
Challenging the notion of a borderless world, Ghemawat presents data revealing limited global interconnectedness and explores the gap between perceived and actual international integration.
Python Physics: Finding the Height of an Elevator From Acceleration
Estimate elevator height using smartphone acceleration data and Python for numerical integration. Learn practical physics application.
An Introduction to Forecasting Using Orbit
Explore Orbit, a probabilistic forecasting tool developed by Uber, and learn its application in demand forecasting for technical support teams through a practical case study.
How We Use Data to Better Position Ourselves in the Wholesale Energy Markets
Explore data-driven strategies in wholesale energy markets, from forecasting renewable generation to real-time trading applications, optimizing energy provision and balancing the grid.
Forecasting Kafka Lag Issues with Machine Learning
Learn to predict and manage Kafka Partition Lag using machine learning techniques. Explore normal and abnormal lag patterns, ensemble forecasting, and case studies for improved Kafka observability.
Klipper Guide - Input Shaping, Pressure Advance and Macros
Comprehensive guide on Klipper firmware features: input shaping, pressure advance, and macros. Covers manual and accelerometer-based tuning methods for improved 3D printing performance.