A cµ Rule for Two-Tiered Parallel Servers
The cµ rule is known to be optimal in many queueing systems with memoryless service and inter-arrival times. We establish a cµ rule for a parallel flexible server system with two tiers.
Research
Education, Research, and Innovation in Africa: Forging Strategic Linkages for Economic Transformation
Africa is a youthful continent: nearly 41% of its population is under the age of 18.
Crafting Usable Knowledge for Sustainable Development
This paper distills core lessons about how researchers (scientists, engineers, planners, etc.) interested in promoting sustainable development can increase the likelihood of producing usable knowledge
Evidence That Calls-Based and Mobility Networks Are Isomorphic
Social relations involve both face-to-face interaction as well as telecommunications. We can observe the geography of phone calls and of the mobility of cell phones in space.
Making Technological Innovation Work for Sustainable Development
Sustainable development requires harnessing technological innovation to improve human well-being in current and future generations.
Innovation for Vulnerable Farmers: Drought and Water Scarcity Adaptation Technologies
This report is a summary of themes discussed during a two-day workshop on “Innovation for Vulnerable Farmers: Drought and Water Scarcity Adaptation Technologies.” The workshop was held at Harvard Univ
Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate science initially aspired to improve understanding of what the future would bring, and thereby produce appropriate public policies and effective international climate agreements.
CRISPR Democracy: Gene Editing and the Need for Inclusive Deliberation
Not since the early, heady days of recombinant DNA (rDNA) has a technique of molecular biology so gripped the scientific imagination as the CRISPR-Cas9 method of gene editing.
Sharing Sensitive Data with Confidence: The Datatags System
Society generates data on a scale previously unimagined. Wide sharing of these data promises to improve personal health, lower healthcare costs, and provide a better quality of life.
Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps
What types of user data are mobile apps sending to third parties?
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