Our Research

Illustrative Projects

Development of a Picture-Identification Software Tool for Collecting Social Network Data

This pilot project entailed the development of a new social network data collection software tool called Netriks. The new version of the tool was successfully completed and is capable of capturing...
The E. Coli transcriptional regulatory network compared to a Linux operating system call graph

Networks Can Be Used to Analyze the Genomes of Humans and Model Organisms

Soon, sequencing one’s genome may become as commonplace as getting an X-ray. Consequently, personal genomes will increasingly serve as the lenses through which the public views biology....

Understanding Networks of Neurons in the Primate Brain

Networks in the Brain Neurons are a primary cellular constituent of the brain. We each have about 1012 neurons, each making perhaps 5 x 104 connections to other neurons. Each connection (synapse) is...
Percolation Model Diagram

Social Learning and Word of Mouth Networks

A fundamental issue for economists is understanding the ways social learning, via word-of-mouth (WOM) between friends, affects demand; and hence, a firm’s pricing and advertising strategies. I...

Networks, Institutional Transformation, and Emergence

Social networks are fluid and interstitial social objects. When social networks link otherwise distinct social groups, they often fundamentally transform those groups and the societies they are a...
 Local decisions are independent of the global structure (Jukka Suomela).

Network Optimization: Local Decisions Lead to Global Consequences

Soon, many network optimization problems will involve each node in the network making decisions to achieve a global objective.  Does the decision maker at a node need to know the structure of the...

Information, Interdependence, and Interaction: Where Does the Volatility Come From?

The model analyzes the interactive behavior of  agents who chose their individual action, a, based on their private preference, θ, and the average action of the other agents, A: a = (1-r)θ +rA We...

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