Reflections on 2023
I’m all about setting goals. And as the new year loams, revisiting my goals are important. Equally important, however, is reflecting the past year’s accomplishments. It provides me with perspective of what I can...
Category: Research
Update on research
With my application for promotion to Professor on the horizon, it is time to provide a research update, reviewing where I’m at and what I plan to accomplish in the coming year. This past...
Research 2.0
It occurred to me recently that academia has, in all of its traditional glory, failed to adopt the the Web 2.0 mindset in publication and research. We live in a publish or perish environment. ...
Catastrophizing Social Media
It’s easy today to hate on social media. News articles suggest social media causes anxiety, spreads misinformation, and become cesspools of me-to thinking. And not without basis. Various scientific articles have shared these concerns...
The written word
For someone that never excelled at English in high school, I’ve written far more in my career than I ever imagined I would.
The Paradox of Data Ownership on Privacy
Imagine for a moment you are walking down the street, see a friend, and stop to chat. You later tell a mutual friend about the meeting. Most of us would find little problem with...
Do your words matter on Facebook?
Thought of the day: Perhaps the reason Facebook has gained so much data is because we, the users, don’t value our own words and actions enough. Do our words matter? Do we value them?...
Four unresolved issues in privacy
Recently a friend and colleague asked me about key areas of conflict in the field of privacy. After a bit of brainstorming, I came up with four such issues. Information privacy versus information disclosure....
Judgment errors in e-commerce
My colleague, Dr. Ravi Paul, and I need your help. In a our latest research project, we need a list the potential judgment errors that may infect e-commerce initiatives. These biases cause errors in...
First thoughts on Induction and Statistics
A friend recently asked me to comment on Whewell’s theory of induction. Below is my response to him with some slight edits. In some ways, Whewell’s theory is a bit alien to me because...