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Going With the Flow: Optimizing Ecology
WID Optimization teams with local wildlife agencies to improve Great Lakes basin habitat.
2014 Publications
2014 publications from our faculty and fellows during their time at WID are listed below. Please see each publication for additional information. View Additional Publications:
Researchers Search for New Ways to Balance Big Data and Privacy
How can researchers extract useful information from patient data to develop life-saving treatments while making sure records stay private and protected? A WID collaboration looks for an answer.
WID Alumna Launches Career at Twitter
When employees need hardware at the social media behemoth Twitter, Inc., they turn to WID alumna Sarah Rich. Learn how her work in optimization translates to industry.
Optimizing the World, One Problem at a Time
What if a computer program could take a problem you’re trying to solve and send back the most efficient solution?
Harvesting the Power of Big Data in Agriculture
Harvesting data and harvesting crops? There’s an app for that.
A World of Math: WID Researcher Jordan Ellenberg on “How Not To Be Wrong”
Math’s everywhere — at least that’s the message from Discovery Fellow Jordan Ellenberg in his new book “How Not To Be Wrong.” Read a conversation with him on math’s impact on our lives, from science to religion.
Tools for Discovery: Ben Shapiro
WID collaborator and Tufts University researcher Ben Shapiro taps into technology to make learning fun. Read more about why compassion is his ultimate tool for discovery.
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:
Tools for Discovery: Rock Mackie
Thomas “Rock” Mackie, WID partner at the Morgridge Institute for Research, shares his essentials for success in engineering. Topping his list? Excellent collaborators and team members.
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.
Graduate Student Refines Formulas to Optimize How Computers “Think”
Kevin Jamieson hits the whiteboard in efforts to make computer algorithms more quick and efficient.
Tools for Discovery: Jordan Ellenberg
UW–Madison Mathematics Professor and Discovery Fellow Jordan Ellenberg provides perspective on programming in math, Google Hangout and why our brains are the ultimate tool for discovery.
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:
Tackling ‘Netflix Problem,’ WID Researcher Snags Lagrange Prize
What do math and movies have in common? WID researcher Ben Recht explains how incomplete data sets and the “Netflix problem” aren’t that different after all.
Multidisciplinary Team Maps Costs of Participating in Health Information Exchanges
A group of WID experts crunched the numbers for Health Information Exchange participation in one Wisconsin area and found a price that could save hospitals money in the long-run.
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: