Networks Thwarting Terrorists
New York Times
By PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
Published: March 12, 2006
A lot is being said about the NSA’s warrantless eavesdropping program, where many people feel their privacies are being invaded. The argument of many of the critics that oppose this program feel that this terrorist surveillance program actually does little to help catch terrorists, […]

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/boarding
In class, we examined how varying patterns affect the flow of traffic through the network, particularly in Braess’ Paradox, where self-interested drivers intent on finding their best strategy in fact results in a worse situation overall for everyone involved. This article from Wired.com focuses on how to reduce the severe inefficiency of airplane boarding and […]

 Say we have a situation in which a seller is auctioning off one dollar to two buyers. The rule is that the both bidders must both pay their bids, but only the highest bidder will receive the dollar. Now, we assume that there is no collusion between the two buyers to slightly simplify the model.
To […]

In the NYTimes today, Michelle Slatalla wrote an article entitled Building a Web of Influence. In it, Slatalla discusses the effects and benefits of social networking sites, particularly LinkedIn, which allows one to form contacts mostly for the sake of professional advancement. Among others, she discusses a couple things that are relevant to […]

There seems to be an increasing desire to study game theory with relevance to medicine. Increasing amounts of medical malpractice lawsuits, interactions between doctors and patients, and doctors and health managers, and so forth, can show this. These interactions of course are shaped by the various behaviors and psychology of doctors, patients, and […]

In class, we discussed the existence of Nash equilibria in Traffic Networks, where the individual travelers hope to pick the route from origin to destination with the lowest travel time. Travel time, however, is not a static factor, as increased congestion on a road results in slower driving speeds and therefore longer travel times. […]

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Above is a link to one part of a trio of articles recently published by the Cornell Daily Sun researching financial aid inequalities in the Ivy League and its effect on athletic programs. With athletic scholarships outlawed by the principles of the Ivy League conference, the process of recruiting prospective athletes is much different […]

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5065558
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/technology/05regulate.html
After today’s discussion of information networks and general breakdown of the internet, I was curious to look at the ongoing battle between the Internet giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. During this morning’s lecture we spent some time discussing how the internet was a type of directed network, which included some pages that […]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-02-27-drugs-hearing_N.htm
The prisoner’s dilemma is a classic game theory situation, as it can be applied to a plethora of varied cases. One such case involves the delicate art of athletic cheating. Whether the setting is baseball or mountain biking, each athlete’s dominant strategy is to use steroids. If one athlete uses performance-enhancing steroids while another does […]

http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2005-06/05-145.html 
As evidenced every day throughout the world, being selfish pays off. When facing off against each other, the cheater will dominate the philanthropist every time. Game theory supports this conclusion. In the typical public goods game, described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_goods_game . Players each secretly choose to put a certain amount of their private money into a […]