Publications (10)
Existence of Stable Exclusive Bilateral Exchanges in Networks
Ankur Mani, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alex +1
In this paper we show that when individuals in a bipartite network exclusively choose partners and exchange valued goods with their partners, then there exists a set of exchanges t…
Daily Stress Recognition from Mobile Phone Data, Weather Conditions and Individual Traits
Andrey Bogomolov, Bruno Lepri, Michela Ferron +3
Research has proven that stress reduces quality of life and causes many diseases. For this reason, several researchers devised stress detection systems based on physiological param…
The tradeoff between the utility and risk of location data and implications for public good
Dana Calacci, Alex Berke, Kent Larson +2
High-resolution individual geolocation data passively collected from mobile phones is increasingly sold in private markets and shared with researchers. This data poses significant…
Evaluating Amazon Effects and the Limited Impact of COVID-19 With Purchases Crowdsourced from US Consumers
Alex Berke, Dana Calacci, Alex +2
We leverage a recently published dataset of Amazon purchase histories, crowdsourced from thousands of US consumers, to study how online purchasing behaviors have changed over time,…
Quantization Games on Social Networks and Language Evolution
Ankur Mani, Lav R. Varshney, Alex +1
We consider a strategic network quantizer design setting where agents must balance fidelity in representing their local source distributions against their ability to successfully c…
A planetary nervous system for social mining and collective awareness
Fosca Giannotti, Dino Pedreschi, Alex +5
We present a research roadmap of a Planetary Nervous System (PNS), capable of sensing and mining the digital breadcrumbs of human activities and unveiling the knowledge hidden in t…