Research
Transitioned | Project Natick seeks to understand the benefits and difficulties in deploying subsea datacenters worldwide — we designed, built, and deployed our own prototype subsea datacenter in the ocean, all in about a year.
I will describe an algorithm for the subset sum problem that runs in 2^{0.86n} time and uses polynomial pace. Previously, all algorithms with running time less than 2^n used exponential space, and obtaining such a…
Microsoft was a sponsor and proud to have R. Preston McAfee deliver one of the keynotes at the 2016 SoCal NEGT in Los Angeles, California. Our presenters chatted with attendees about both the application of…
The busy human brain creates fast, low-cost habits when choices are frequent and are providing stable rewards. Using evidence from animal learning and cognitive neuroscience, we model a two-controller system in which habit and model-based…
This project establishes several empirical facts to better understand the influence of government-controlled media in autocratic regimes. We document that government control and bias on the controversial topic of air pollution are salient; that individuals…
It is well known that various forms of non-tariff barriers exist among Chinese provinces. Empirically, it is difficult to measure these barriers because they can take many forms. This research takes advantage of an export…
There is often a lack of reliable high quality provision in many markets in developing countries. I designed an experiment to understand this phenomenon in a setting that features typical market conditions in a developing…
We study the cross-country evolution of technology diffusion over the last two centuries. We document that adoption lags between rich and poor countries have converged while penetration rates, once technologies are adopted, have diverged. The…
