Case Studies

Senior Researcher:
Social network theory has produced a wealth of paradigms to describe the nature and evolution of groups of people who interact, possibly in subgroups, with one another. Social networks can be as simple as a friendship or as complex as a terrorist network.  Two competing classes of models have been... more
Senior Researcher:
Federal statistical agencies are the nation's largest gatherer and consumer of data. They are supposed to disseminate information and also protect the privacy of individuals and establishments that are described by the data. It is hard to find ways to get enough data to the people who need to make... more