Stories
Finding Meaning in Big Data
Discovery fellows Rebecca Willett and Rob Nowak are creating algorithms to make sense of big data and help machines learn.
How New Yorker Cartoons Could Teach Computers to be Funny
The magazine is using crowdsourcing algorithms developed by WID researchers to find the funniest cartoon captions
Optimization of Energy Systems
Victor Zavala, WID Optimization Affiliate and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, spoke at the Discovery Seminar Series in February, 2016, about optimization of energy systems.
The Strategic Value of Carbon Tariffs
Professor Thomas Rutherford, WID Optimization, and colleagues used numerical models to examine whether the threat of carbon tariffs might lower the cost of reductions in world carbon emissions in a paper published in the February issue of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
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