Incentive-centered design

Learning model-based planning from scratch

https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06170 Abstract: Conventional wisdom holds that model-based planning is a powerful approach to sequential decision-making. It is often very challenging in practice, however, because while a model can be used to evaluate a plan, it does not prescribe how to constr

From playlist Reinforcement Learning

Agile Roots 2010 - Agile and User Experience Design

By: Dan Harrelson, Todd Wilkens Agile developers and UX designers have a lot more in common than you might think. We’ll show that both agile design and development work best when they integrate and when users are put at the center of the process. We’ll focus on what works and what doe

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Human-Centered Design

Software is often designed without truly taking the time to think about the people who will use it along with their constraints, limitations, and motivations. Human-centered design is an approach to problem solving that involves the human perspective in all steps of a problem-solving proce

From playlist Computing Expo

What is Sustainable Design?: Understanding Design

Sustainable design and development should meet the needs of people in the present without compromising the needs of future generations. According to serial entrepreneur John Elkington, organizations need to consider profit, people and the planet when thinking about new innovations. Join

From playlist Understanding Design

What Are Reactive Systems?

Reactive Systems use a high-performance software architecture. They are resilient under stress, and their reactive design allows them to scale elastically to meet demand. The reactive design approach allows the creation of more complex, more flexible systems and forms the basis for some of

From playlist Software Engineering

SERVERLESS: The Rise Of External Services

Serverless has captivated the IT community at an incredible pace, and for good reason. It has tremendous power to liberate productivity, increase innovation and reduce overhead. However, adopting serverless technologies is still not well understood. As the ecosystem grows around serverl

From playlist Serverless

It’s Time to Change How We Build Our Homes

Before we had powerful heaters and air conditioners, people built houses to maintain certain temperatures because it was the only option they had. Today, architects and designers are turning back to these old techniques because it’s an incredibly doable way to reduce the energy load of a h

From playlist Impact of Everything

Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals - Eric Maskin

Eric Maskin Institute for Advanced Study May 2, 2008 More videos on http://video.ias.edu

From playlist Social Science

Electricity use and efficiency of servers and data centers: A review of recen...

Google Tech Talks December, 4 2007 The Internet economy depends on a reliable computing infrastructure. While earlier reports of information technology using vast amounts all electricity were grossly exaggerated, these facilities still use electricity, and this use is growing rapidly. Re

From playlist Energy and the Environment

Ses 4 | MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training

Session 4: How to Randomize II Speaker: Rachel Glennerster See the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/jpal License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

From playlist MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training

Dirk Helbing: "Towards Digital Democracies & Societal Resilience: Upgrading Smart Cities with Co..."

Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Vehicles 2020 Workshop IV: Social Dynamics beyond Vehicle Autonomy "Towards Digital Democracies and Societal Resilience: Upgrading Smart Cities with Collective Intelligence, and More" Dirk Helbing - ETH Zurich Abstract: Given the o

From playlist Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Vehicles 2020

Machiavelli's Mistake

Samuel Bowles, Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, gave three public lectures where he presented evidence that explicit incentives and constraints often diminish ethical motivations. This is the third lecture of a three-part

From playlist Ethics, Politics and Economics

The Explainer: Balancing Execution and Adaptation

Most organizations only focus on execution or adaptation. But both are important for success. Research shows that most leaders and organizations tend to focus on just one type of performance. But there are two types that are important for success. The first type is known as tactical perf

From playlist The Explainer

Lillian Ratliff: "Integrating Automation into Curbside Management: Case Studies, Challenges, & O..."

Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Vehicles 2020 Workshop II: Safe Operation of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Fleets "Integrating Automation into Curbside Management: Case Studies, Challenges, and Opportunities" Lillian Ratliff - University of Washington Abstract

From playlist Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Vehicles 2020

NOTACON 4: Cleveland's Design District

Speaker: Dan Cuffaro Dan Cuffaro is the chair of the Industrial Design department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Formerly, he was the Director of Design at Altitude, Inc., an award-winning product development firm in Boston MA. During his design work he has won several IDSA/Business W

From playlist Notacon 4

A Perfect Storm: U.S. Health Care Spending with M. Kate Bundorf

Why is health care spending so high in the U.S. and what should we do about it? How will reform of the health care system affect health care spending? Mary Kate Bundorf is an associate professor of Health Research and Policy and, by courtesy, at the Graduate School of Business. She is a h

From playlist Reunion Homecoming

Driving User Behavior with Game Dynamics

(February 19, 2010) Rajat Paharia, founder and Chief Production Officer of Bunchball, discusses participation engines and the use of game dynamics and behavioral economics to incentivize and motivate user participation on the web. Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford Cen

From playlist Lecture Collection | Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (2009-2010)

Stanford Webinar - Exporting Innovation: Translating Silicon Valley's Culture in China

Silicon Valley is the number 1 innovation hotspot, known for motivating and rewarding teams with equity compensation plans, employee stock options, and other forms of ownership. Which parts of the region's ownership culture can really be exported? This webinar shares valuable insights into

From playlist Stanford Webinars

Stanford Seminar: Charting a Cybersecurity Path for the Next Administration

Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium (EE380) Charting a Cybersecurity Path for the Next Administration: Report of the President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity" Herb Lin, Stanford University (Hoover Institution) Support for the Stanford Colloquium on Computer Systems S

From playlist Stanford EE380-Colloquium on Computer Systems - Seminar Series

What Do Interior Designers Do?: Understanding Design

Interior design is a multifaceted profession. Interior designers must craft aesthetically attractive, functional designs that improve the quality of life for the occupants and be aesthetically attractive. Join Prasad Boradkar, a professor emeritus of industrial design at Arizona State Un

From playlist Understanding Design