CCB Uses Advanced
Computational Models to
Make Predictions About Super Tuesday
CCB Researchers, David Anderson and Anna Devlin, in collaboration with Director
William Rand used an advanced computational model based on linear programming
and discrete choice modeling to make predictions about the results of the 2012
GOP Super Tuesday Primaries. The model correctly picked 8 out of 10 of the
states, and more closely matched the electoral results than the best polling
data available. The
full press
release with exact predictions can be found here.
CCB Announces Research Paper Repository on SSRN
The Center for Complexity in Business is pleased to announce a new repository of
papers hosted at the
Social Science Research Network. The repository currently
hosts a dozen papers covering topics including agent-based modeling, viral
marketing, data simulation, and diffusion. The repository can be found at
this link.
CCB's 3rd Annual Complexity Conference
On Friday, October 14 thought leaders from academics and industry gathered at
the Ronald
Reagan Building in Washington, DC for the
3rd Annual Complexity
in Business Conference. This conference strives to be the
intersection for complex systems and business.
Rand Appears on Smith Business Close-Up
On August 18, 2011 CCB Director Bill Rand appeared on Maryland Public
Television on Smith Business
Close-Up talking about diffusion in Social Media,
which includes such popular platforms as Facebook,
Twitter, Linked In and You
Tube. Smith Business Close-Up is co-produced by the Robert H. Smith School
of Business and Maryland Public Television. The television segment focuses on
the latest thinking in business management, and features in-depth interviews
with Smith School faculty and other members of the school’s community of
business leaders.
Center Director Bill Rand Featured as FT Expert in Summer 2011
Assistant Professor Bill Rand was featured
twice during the summer of 2011 discussing Social Media. In the
July 28, 2011 edition of Financial Times,
Professor Rand appeared as the expert of the week, offering definitions on five
terms heard in today's business news. His definitions were focused in the
field of diffusion of information across social media platforms.
CCB Awarded Federal Highway Administration Grant
The CCB and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lei Zhang
(Principal Investigator)
have been awarded a
grant from the FHWA, to apply
agent-based modeling and simulation to analyses of
driver behavior and
transportation systems management, and in providing insights for FHWA capital
investments.
CCB Receives Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement |
Research Details
The National Science Foundation has awarded the CCB with funding to continue the
Research Experience for Undergraduates component of its Diffusion and Ranking in
Digital Social Media research project. This project explores the use of social
tagging on Amazon.com, Twitter, and other social media, in order to understand
how preferences are shared, and influence is spread, across networks.
Center Faculty Awarded NSF Grant
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Research Details
CCB Researchers William Rand, Louiqa Raschid, and Yogesh Joshi have been
award a three-year grant from the CISE division at NSF to study the diffusion of
information and ranking of authority in social media.
Center for Complexity in Business awarded grant by Google and WPP Marketing to
study the
transition of newspapers to the online world
