SP-0226: Focal boosts: The best of both worlds?

The Best of Both Worlds

Open networks give actors non-redundant information that is diverse, while closed networks offer redundant information that is easier to interpret. Integrating arguments about network structure and the similarity of actors' knowledge, we propose two types of network configurations that combine diversity and ease of interpretation. Closed-diverse networks offer diversity in actors' knowledge dom...

The best of both worlds.

The best of both worlds

JACK SCHNEIDER (jschneid@holycrossedu, @edu_historian) is an assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., and director of research for the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA). JOE FELDMAN ([email protected]) is CEO of Crescendo Education Group, Oakland, Calif., and is a former high school teacher, principal, and dis...

Integrated scheduling: the best of both worlds

This paper presents a new paradigm for parallel job scheduling called integrated scheduling or iScheduling. The iScheduler is an application-aware job scheduler as opposed to a general-purpose system scheduler. It dynamically controls resource allocation among a set of competing applications, but unlike a traditional job scheduler, it can interact directly with an application during execution t...

Looking for the best of both worlds

Research institutions could do more to support scientists who are pregnant or have young children.