by sravan ankaraju on May 23, 2010
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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
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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. [...]
by sravan ankaraju on March 6, 2010
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Interesting data visualization exercise of listing all possible future events, assigning each a magnitude and probability, linking each event, and integrating them all in an interactive visual.
I am meeting a CIO of a big company this week. The company is making major acquisitions globally. Their goal is to leave each business operating independently with local autonomy to make decisions for growth. Initial information I received is that the CIO will leave the current IT systems alone leaving some room for future [...]