Mixture models as math programming problem
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We can formulate a linear least squares regression model as an
optimization problem. This is not how these problems are solved in
statistical packages. Of...
My PhD Students Had a Great Year So We Celebrated
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One of the great pleasures of being at a research university is working
with PhD students and also celebrating their accomplishments. Yesterday, we
celeb...
CRAN Repository Selection
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RStudio gives you some control over the installation of packages via the
menu path Tools > Global Options... > Packages. On the rare occasions I
went the...
Taste Is Not Enough. Reality or Bust
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A paper published in Nature on March 25, 2026 describes "The AI Scientist,"
a system built by Sakana AI that automates the full cycle of scientific
rese...
Transnational Capitalism After Postcolonialism
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Bridget Kustin, Juliane Reinecke, and Jimmy Donaghey recently published a
powerful article entitled Transnational Capitalism After Postcolonialism:
Researc...
Copilot for R
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It was my great pleasure to present last week to the NYC Data Hackers on
the topic of Copilot for R. If you haven't come across Copilot before, it's
like a...
Paying for a place in line at Disney
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For a long time, one of my favorite service examples to discuss in class
has been Disney’s FastPass system. In a nutshell, the program allowed
guests to wa...
Optimization Games for the Young
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I’ve recently volunteered to be a part of the INFORMS K-12 Outreach
Sub-Committee and the story behind this post has everything to do with my
goals in help...
Starting Up
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I have been working as an analytics consultant for nearly 30 years, have
worked in many different industries and for organizations with varying
analytics ...
From Zaire to degree apprenticeship graduate
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Last week our second group of degree apprentices, including our first 3
females to complete (representing 23% of the cohort) received their final
qualifica...
The Dangers of Preprint Servers
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Now that I have moved (at least partially!) into academic administration,
my colleagues ask for advice on publishing strategy. A situation has
occurred wi...
How to leak a secret
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The following article by Liisa Atva published in the Huffington Post. It
features research by myself and Beedie School of Business faculty Jan
Kietzmann a...
Coaching Academics?
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A longtime reader and sometime correspondent of mine recently posed some
questions to share with FSP readers (if you are still out there). These
questions...
Knitting is a binary exercise
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I follow a knitting blog called Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
During this month she is writing a daily letter to “Non-Knitters who love a
Knitter”...
(Rated) PG-13 for Ugly Cast
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PG-13 for Ugly Cast is a blog created and maintained by my son, Ben. I
encourage you to check it out. It’s very funny. If you like it, tell a
friend. Th...
How to quake proof a supply chain
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After a long hiatus, we return with a post. This one on Toyota’s plan to
quake proof its supply chain over the next five years. (Baltimore Sun,
9/6/11). T...
How many newsvendors?
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Last October in India, I was traveling with my father on a day-train from
Bangalore to Chennai. About halfway into the journey is a station called
Jolarpet...
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