There are a number of tools that have become available recently that overlay population features on top of geographic maps (thanks NumbersGuy). The data is from government surveys, crime logs, census logs, etc., and have been available for a very long time. However, by adding the geographic …

I have put my slides online for a talk I was asked to give at IPAM today. The talk was titled “Scan Statistics on Enron Graphs“, work done by Carey Priebe, John Conroy, David Marchette, and Youngser Park.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Though Europeans had visited this land long before, Jamestown, settled in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Many festivities and events are taking place this year. This weekend, for example, sees a …