Algorithm - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

accountability, and men appreciate the transparency.” Coffee Meets Bagel narrows the dating pool even further. Each day at noon, users receive one dating prospect—or “bagel”—selected by the company’s algorithm from within his or her... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

the media vertical) more profitable. A May 2011 investment memo [cowritten with former colleagues Sunil Nagaraj (MBA 2009) and David Cowan (MBA 1992)] had this to say: Peter and his team were “pioneering the use of machine learning and natural language processing View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Ask the Expert: Star Search

Also, how do you screen résumés more effectively and build better algorithms for that process so that you can respond to prospective applicants sooner? How do you remain competitive in retaining talent, and what is most difficult about... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Aug 2002
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For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

on Network Associates' efforts to market its encryption software algorithms globally, despite national security concerns raised by the U.S. government. By Tuesday afternoon, participants seemed to have settled back into the classroom... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

data to find patterns and build an algorithm based on that data. But even with the seeming data dominance, the toddler who’s seen a few dogs has an advantage over the algorithm that has seen millions, says... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Case Study: Glass Half Full

joke among CMOs: Where’s the best place to bury a body? Answer: The second page of Amazon or Google results. Nobody goes there.) It’s also a high-maintenance approach for a small venture because it requires ongoing knowledge of the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

should humans do and what should algorithms do?’” she notes. As she seeks to tackle tasks such as securing FDA approvals and raising venture funding, Kelley has already found her affiliation with the Life Lab and her access to other... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

the transformation of markets. From the auction theories powering Google’s ad algorithms to the models that online retailers use to prevent internet fraud, even the most high-tech modern businesses are empowered by theory first envisioned... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

the availability of critical resources, and the efficacy of both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions. The company has created a set of free publicly available visual analytic dashboards. "The algorithms highlight the... View Details

26 May 2022
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Bidding Up

people would still find it useful to cooperate. Those questions motivated me really early on, but I had a very vague sense of it. My dissertation at Harvard was just an algorithm for solving mathematical programming problems as... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

self-refining algorithms (aka machine learning) and wearable sensors and computers, and offer a compass for making the right choice for CEOs and CLOs who are guiding executive program design. Ultimately, this book serves as a guide to... View Details

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