by sravan ankaraju on May 23, 2010
in Execution
I am not here to promote the capabilities of Auburn University to respond to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. But their research paper highlighted areas of expertise that will be required in assessing and mitigating the impact of the disaster. Some of the capabilities required to respond post leak stoppage – Containment and Clean-up Environmental Assessments [...]
by sravan ankaraju on May 2, 2010
in Execution
Talking about theoretical models and frameworks, and practical applications of the same, I have been fascinated by Mechanism Design & Complex Event Processing. Per Alex Tabarrok at reason.com, mechanism design is to markets what genetic algorithms are to life. He also writes that – “Mechanism design is a very general way of thinking about institutions. [...]