In this talk, we study two different diffusion models on the random graphs. In the first part, we
consider first passage percolation. We analyze the impact of the edge weights on distances
in sparse…
Continuous optimization is a key component of modern data analysis. Recently, the demands
of extremely large-scale applications have shifted the focus from high cost, high accuracy
methods to low…
Society faces the need to overhaul energy and transportation systems to meet climate
change and other challenges. These decisions typically have very large “co-benefits” in
terms of air…
Increasingly key elements of society – defense, energy, transportation, water
resources, telecommunications, finance, others – critically depend on the coordinated
functioning of multiple…