Jordan Ellenberg: “Data is Powerful, but it’s not Magic”
How do you parse insight from big data? What does it mean for business and research? Jordan Ellenberg weighs in.
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2013 Publications
2013 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:
Closing the Loop on Big Data… One Beer at a Time
WID researchers develop algorithms for many applications and industries, but one side project boasts a more playful goal: Mapping brew preferences.
WID and UW-Madison Launch National Agricultural Innovation Prize
Along with UW-Madison, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the USDA, WID is launching the Agricultural Innovation Prize, a national student competition for ideas that address challenges in 21st-century agriculture.
Biobulb is a Bacteria-Powered Light Bulb
TreeHugger highlights the green aspects of Biobulb, an idea from the Institute’s Frontier Fellows group.
Biobulb: Electricity-Free Light Bulb Powered by E. Coli Bacteria
The Weather Channel interviews WID’s Frontier Fellows about their idea for a light bulb powered by microbes.
The Next Bright Idea: Microbe-Powered ‘Biobulb’ Earns WID Students Spot in Popular Science Magazine Competition
Creating energy solutions for communities throughout the world poses serious challenges, but a group of WID Frontier Fellows thinks its alternative idea has a bright future.
Bacteria-Powered Light Bulb is Electricity-Free
Discovery News shares the Biobulb project, a plan to create a microbe-driven light bulb conceptualized by a group of WID’s Frontier Fellows.
MIP Workshop Promotes Synergies among Optimization Experts
National and international experts convene at the annual Mixed Integer Programming Workshop, co-hosted by WID this year. Learn how this research affects energy and water networks, traffic flow, and even health care systems.
2012 Publications
2012 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:
2011 Publications
2011 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications: