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Daniel A. Spielman, Henry Ford II Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics at Yale University

YINS Co-director Dan Spielman Receives 2015 Gödel Prize

Emily Hau
May 29, 2015

The Gödel prize, sponsored jointly by ACM SIGACT, recognizes outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science.  This year, the Gödel Prize has been awarded to YINS co-director Dan...

Social network experiments create a tipping point to improve public health

YINS
May 5, 2015

Convincing a large group of people to change its behavior is no popularity contest, a new study shows.

In a novel experiment,...

To get people to build toilets, turn to subsidies

YINS
April 21, 2015

Research published...

Money and education both needed to give toilet use a big boost

YINS
April 20, 2015

Poor sanitation presents a public health problem in underdeveloped parts of the world, where it is common practice to relieve oneself without utilizing a latrine. This...

YINS Affiliate Edward H. Kaplan of Yale School of Management Elected INFORMS President

YINS
October 14, 2014

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced that Yale School of Management Professor Edward H...

Research May Give Potential Homicide Victims A Heads Up

YINS
October 9, 2014

New research in Chicago finds that homicide victims are concentrated among a tiny network. Tracing that network might lead to public health...

Do the social sciences need a shake-up?

YINS
October 9, 2014

A brave, intriguing and fiery op-ed article appeared last year in The New York Times. Written by Nicholas Christakis, it was highly critical of the way that modern social science is done. The...

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