Nov 15, 2020
Lifesaving with Mixed Reality
When disaster strikes, what once was, no longer is; and what is, is unrecognizable. The ability to understand the way things were is critical for those working in the response, rescue, and…
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Nov 9, 2020
INFORMS Presentation on Electoral Process
Natalie Scala asked me to join a panel at INFORMS 2020 on electoral security. Heading into the 2020 election, many people had expressed serious concern about the integrity of the election. While…
Oct 12, 2020
Phonics in JSS
I am very happy to say my new article, "Phonetic Spelling Algorithm Implementations for R," was published in the Journal of Statistical Software , this morning. This article is the culmination of…
Oct 5, 2020
Podcast on NIST Requirements and Blockchain
Federal Blockchain News is a new podcast by John Stevens dedicated to looking at applications of blockchain in the Federal government. This is some pretty arcane stuff, even from the standpoint of…
Sep 27, 2020
My Interview With Forward Maryland
Way back in 2018, Bill Woodcock and Jason Booms started a podcast called Forward Maryland with: Commentary, Opinion and Information about America in Miniature! This is the blog site for the Forward…
Sep 18, 2020
How Do We Know a COVID-19 Vaccine Will Work?
For reasons I am not sure about, I keep reading the Journal-News , the newspaper of Butler County, Ohio. And in a recent thread, it has come up that they do not…
Aug 5, 2020
JSM Presentation on Ebola
This study reviews the 2018-2020 Ebolavirus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ebolavirus is a viral hemorrhagic fever principally transmitted via bodily fluids. The mortality rate among victims is approximately fifty…
May 31, 2020
The Lotka–Volterra Equations
My favorite set of differential equations are the Lotka-Volterra equations. These equations describe predator-prey relationships. What impresses me the most about them are their complete simplicity: $$ \begin{align} \frac{dx}{dt} &= \alpha x…
May 27, 2020
Community Teaching Through Oakland Mills Online
A few weeks ago, I was invited to talk about Star Wars math, on May the Fourth on Oakland Mills Online. For this, I did a quick presentation on the line by…
May 18, 2020
The Risk of Dying From COVID-19
One of the biggest problems facing the world right now is managing compliance with stay-at-home orders. In brief, we know there are people who are opening businesses, terrorizing government officials, and just…
May 12, 2020
Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online is Published
I am very happy to say Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online ( TLMO ) is now available! This is my fifth book and second this year (well, both this year were edited…