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Corona gets us tired
Societies act rationally and in solidarity – but also increasingly experience a sense of fatigue, says a study of Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
We know the cost of free choice and locality – in physics and not only
Do we have free choice or are our decisions predetermined? Is physical reality local, or does what we do here and now have an immediate influence on events elsewhere? The answers to these questions are sought by physicists in the…
SAGE shares free teaching resources from their 2021 TAA Award-Winning Textbooks
In a company record, SAGE brings home nine wins across each award category
Getting the inside track on street design
Pedestrian movements are tricky to track, but now the first large-scale statistical analysis of pedestrian flow using anonymous phone data collected in three European capital cities, London, Amsterdam and Stockholm, has been conducted by researchers from KAUST with Swedish colleagues…
Developing new technologies that automatically reassure you older relatives are well
Researchers are developing new autonomous technologies that can help people check that isolated elderly family members are okay.
After cracking the “sum of cubes” puzzle for 42, researchers discover a new solution for 3
The 21-digit solution to the decades-old problem suggests many more solutions exist.
A stronger maths foundation in first grade
* First grade teachers can find out who is on track with math and who is lagging, using an accurate diagnostic test that they can administer in the classroom. * After Covid-19 school reopening, or during catch-up sessions in the…
MDI Biological Laboratory receives funding to address arsenic threat
Maine CDC grant will support improving access to safe drinking water
Supertest evaluates performance of engineering students in Russia, the United States, India, China
A test developed jointly by HSE University Moscow and Stanford University assessed student performance in mathematics, physics, critical thinking
City, University of London academic tracks COVID-19 dark web marketplace before vaccine
In new research, Dr Andrea Baronchelli and colleagues highlight the importance of the continuous monitoring of dark web marketplaces (DWMs), especially in light of the current shortage and availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
Predictive analytics and big data technologies
Predictive analytics is the art and science of proposed predictive systems and models. With tuning over time, these models can predict an outcome with a far higher statistical probability than mere guesswork. Predictive analytics plays an essential role in the…
Grasping exponential growth
The coronavirus outbreak offered the public a crash course in statistics, with terms like doubling time, logarithmic scales, R factor, rolling averages, and excess mortality now on everyone’s tongue. However, simply having heard these terms does not mean that someone…
Explained: Political polarization
Economic inequality can cause it; Reversing it is difficult
Higher frequency of financial reporting hinders corporate innovation
Company reporting frequency should be relaxed to allow for greater innovation and longer-term thinking, according to new research from the Business School (formerly Cass). The study, co-authored by Dr Arthur Kraft , Reader in Accounting, found that managers are forced…
Ethnic minorities face rising disparity in homicide risk across England and Wales
New research analysing racial disparities among murder victims across most of Britain over the last two decades shows that people of Asian ethnicity are on average twice as likely as White British people to be killed. For Black people, however,…
Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale
Where the wild things are: Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), together with national and international collaborators, have developed statistical methods that allows mapping and forecasting of…
10M euro ERC Synergy grant awarded for study of cognitive, cultural evolution of numeracy
The QUANTA project is the first concerted effort to address the ambitious questions of when, why, and how tools for quantification emerged and evolved
Secrets behind “Game of Thrones” unveiled by data science and network theory
What are the secrets behind one of the most successful fantasy series of all time? How has a story as complex as “Game of Thrones” enthralled the world and how does it compare to other narratives? Researchers from five universities…
How genetic variation gives rise to differences in mathematical ability
DNA variation in a gene called ROBO1 is associated with early anatomical differences in a brain region that plays a key role in quantity representation, potentially explaining how genetic variability might shape mathematical performance in children, according to a study…
Everyday Chaos by Brian Clegg, now available from the MIT Press
The mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market
Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum – Experiment to Experience
Over the past week, the diverse program of the Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) materialized one session at a time. Many aspects of the actual Forum were mirrored and though replicating the depth of in-person exchanges is impossible, compelling alternatives…
COVID-19 may have been in LA as early as last December, UCLA-led study suggests
Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic
Russia’s regions and their preferences for strong alcohol
HSE University economists ( Ludmila Zasimova and Marina Kolosnitsyna analyzed two data sets for Russian regions in 2010-2016: the official statistics of the Russian Statistics Agency on alcohol sales and estimates of unregistered alcohol consumption modeled by the study’s authors…
Is APM the best way to evaluate NBA players?
Syracuse, N.Y. – A recent study by sport analytics professors shows the Adjusted Plus-Minus (APM) statistic used to evaluate the performance of NBA players is sometimes misleading because it does not accurately account for the quality of a player’s teammates.…
Better customer care on Twitter leads to nearly 20% increase in customer satisfaction
CATONSVILLE, MD, September 3, 2020 – Social media has forever changed our society and how people do business. A 2013 report by J.D. Power found nearly two-thirds of customers have used a company’s social media site to connect with customer…
Journalists invited to cover the Virtual HLF this September 21-25
Traverse separation with a diverse online scientific program
Professors Bev Littlewood and Martin Newby to improve software for COVID-19 models
The work of the City, University of London academics will contribute to the increased confidence in the accuracy of decision making based going into COVID-19 software modelling.
Research finds TSA may have missed thousands of firearms at checkpoints in 2014-2016
Recent TSA reports support new findings
Gathering big data to accelerate the COVID-19 fight
Scientists creating secure, central database of electronic health records from coronavirus patients
Gathering big data to accelerate the COVID-19 fight
Scientists creating secure, central database of electronic health records from coronavirus patients
Viewing COVID-19 through the lens of data science
Multidisciplinary study of the COVID-19 pandemic and its wide-ranging impact has become an urgent endeavor worldwide. To further and deepen global understanding of the crisis, the Harvard Data Science Review (an open access platform of the Harvard Data Science Initiative) is publishing a special issue examining the novel coronavirus and its impact through the lens of data science.
Viewing COVID-19 through the lens of data science
Multidisciplinary study of the COVID-19 pandemic and its wide-ranging impact has become an urgent endeavor worldwide. To further and deepen global understanding of the crisis, the Harvard Data Science Review (an open access platform of the Harvard Data Science Initiative…
Statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process
Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a pair of studies in a COVID-19 special issue of the Harvard Data Science Review , freely available via…
Statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process
Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a pair of studies in a COVID-19 special issue of the Harvard Data Science Review , freely available via…
Repetitive head impacts lead to early death for NFL players
A new study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers from the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University shows that an increase in repetitive head impacts for NFL…
Training linked to stronger promotion chances for women in IT over work performance
CATONSVILLE, MD, April 29, 2020 – Job performance has long been understood to be the primary equalizing factor affecting promotions for men and women in the workplace, but research shows, women don’t gain as much from the same performance improvements…
Training linked to stronger promotion chances for women in IT over work performance
CATONSVILLE, MD, April 29, 2020 – Job performance has long been understood to be the primary equalizing factor affecting promotions for men and women in the workplace, but research shows, women don’t gain as much from the same performance improvements…
8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum postponed until 2021
Digital platforms connect researchers this year
MDI Biological Laboratory-led program reveals high arsenic in well water
Levels in many Maine and New Hampshire wells exceed maximum
Peking University Professor Zhang Pingwen honored as SIAM Fellow
On March 31, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) announced the 2020 Class of SIAM Fellows. These distinguished members were nominated for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Through their contributions, SIAM Fellows help…
Representation of driving behavior as a statistical model
To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technology
Coronavirus overview: Here’s the app you were looking for
There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three PhD students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation to develop…
Census 2020: Understanding the Issues
Springer book covers the US Census from its Constitutional founding through the upcoming 2020 count, discusses the unique significance of this statistical undertaking, and explores controversies and questions surrounding demographic data collection
Uncertainty about facts can be reported without damaging public trust in news — study
The numbers that drive headlines – those on Covid-19 infections, for example – contain significant levels of uncertainty: assumptions, limitations, extrapolations, and so on. Experts and journalists have long assumed that revealing the “noise” inherent in data confuses audiences and…
March Madness bracket analysis shows picking final four first leads to better brackets
New data science research suggests optimal strategies
March Madness bracket analysis shows picking final four first leads to better brackets
New data science research suggests optimal strategies
Not a ‘math person’? You may be better at learning to code than you think
Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead. New research from the University of Washington finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic…
Not a ‘math person’? You may be better at learning to code than you think
Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead. New research from the University of Washington finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic…
Children who read books daily score higher in school tests, vast new study states
A good book does more to boost literacy skills than other types of reading material