Understanding Artistic Mathematics

Students take complex math functions and map them using 360-degree photos

Not Defined By The Narrative

Student International Ambassadors confront stereotypes with film project as part of International Education Week

Playing with the Art of Dance to Explore the Concept of Refuge

Students discover universal themes of the refugee experience through the medium of danc

Producing a Career in Film Festivals

Gabbi DiNobile \u2718 builds film festival experience into her PR career path

Equilibrium Computation and Robust Optimization in Zero Sum Games with Submodular Structure

We define a class of zero-sum games with combinatorial structure, where the best response problem of one player is to maximize a submodular function. For example, this class includes security games played on networks, as well as the problem of robustly optimizing a submodular function over the worst case from a set of scenarios. The challenge in computing equilibria is that both players' strategy spaces can be exponentially large. Accordingly, previous algorithms have worst-case exponential runtime and indeed fail to scale up on practical instances. We provide a pseudopolynomial-time algorithm which obtains a guaranteed $(1 - 1/e)^2$-approximate mixed strategy for the maximizing player. Our algorithm only requires access to a weakened version of a best response oracle for the minimizing player which runs in polynomial time. Experimental results for network security games and a robust budget allocation problem confirm that our algorithm delivers near-optimal solutions and scales to much larger instances than was previously possible.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures. A shorter version of this paper appears at AAAI 201

RWU Professor Examines Frequent Storm Activity

As intense, consecutive storms continue to hit the country, signaling a change in hurricanes, environmental science expert weighs in

The treatment of Australia in eight sixth grade geography textbooks.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Adjectival modification and multiple determiners

The present paper deals with the distribution of the definite determiner and certain related aspects of adjectival modification in Greek DPs. As (1) shows, determiners in Greek DPs precede adjectives and adjectives precede nouns. All three categories overtly agree in gender, number and case

The Zine: A Space for ‘New and Dangerous Ideas’ at RWU

A new digital magazine at RWU showcases the voices, stories and experiences of RWU students and promotes critical social justice

Frequency dependence of partial discharge initiation voltages with embedded electrodes

Partial discharge initiation voltages of a dielectric insulation material exposed to ac voltages show little dependence on frequency in the power frequency range. This results after significant voltage conditioning at the measured frequencies with samples configured for embedded electrodes. Comparison to previously published results is made.Center for Electromechanic