Students' designs for cellular-networking protocols help define the limits of protocol performance
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
In the 21st century, design contests have emerged as a way to make rapid progress on tough computational problems. The million-dollar Netflix Prize, which sought to improve Netflix's movie recommendation algorithm, is probably the most high-profile example. But similar, if lower-stakes, contests have addressed problems in computer vision, medical-data analysis, and weather prediction.