Imagine trying to analyze all of the English entries in Wikipedia. Now imagine you've got 20 times as much information. That's the challenge scientists face when working with gigabyte data sets. Scientists at Pacific Northwest ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 20, 2011
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A simplified mathematical model of the brain's neural circuitry shows that repetitious, overlapped firing of neurons can lead to the waves of overly synchronized brain activity that may cause the halting movements that are ...
Mathematics
Sep 12, 2011
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The Bristol exhibit focuses on quantum graphs, which can be thought of as a network of guitar strings tied to each other. When a system like this vibrates it produces a series of sounds with different pitches.
General Physics
Jul 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google's latest release is an application that allows users to create their own interactive, animated graphs and charts using public data such as census data or government statistics on unemployment or mortality ...
An innovative computational technique that draws on statistics, imaging and other disciplines has the capability to detect errors in sensitive technological systems ranging from satellites to weather instruments.
Computer Sciences
Jan 27, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Association for Women in Mathematics has named Hannah Alpert, a third-year mathematics major at the University of Chicago, a co-winner of the 2010 Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics ...
Mathematics
Nov 18, 2009
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Those oft-maligned, and highly embellished, graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets may actually help people understand data more effectively than traditional graphs, according to new research from North Carolina ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2009
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Can the way stock information is presented lead investors to make the wrong decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that when investors use charts, they are likely to make a baseless decision about ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009
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A new approach to analyzing social networks, reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences, could help homeland security find the covert connections between the people behind terrorist attacks. ...
Computer Sciences
May 4, 2009
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