Disruptive technologies (DT) have featured prominently in almost every human activity since the advent of computerization. The likely effects DT on economic processes and professions continue to generate fears debates which spurred this investigation. To break away from traditional approach operational breakeven theory discriminant analysis techniques Altman’s Z-score, Enyi’s Relative Solvency ...

Predicting enzyme class from protein structure parameters is a challenging problem in protein analysis. We developed a method to predict enzyme class that combines the strengths of statistical and data-mining methods. This method has a strong mathematical foundation and is simple to implement, achieving an accuracy of 45%. A comparison with the methods found in the literature designed to predic...

This paper proposes nonparametric deconvolution density estimation over S 2. Here we would think of the S 2 elements of interest being corrupted by random SO(3) elements (rotations). The resulting density on the observations would be a convolution of the SO(3) density with the true S 2 density. Consequently, the methodology, as in the Euclidean case, would be to use Fourier analysis on SO(3) an...

Moderation policies of “free speech” and “safe space” have often been equated to lowand highcensorship levels. However, this paper proposes that moderation policies of “safe space” and “free speech” can also be thought of as a design choice that establishes norms of how individuals should treat each other in that discussion space. Analysis of word usage in matched Reddit communities provides ev...

Designing materials with tailored structural or functional properties is a fundamental goal of science and engineering. A vast research activity currently devoted to achieving metamaterials superior optimized functionalities by carefully fine tuning both the microstructure geometry material. Here, we discuss impact digital technologies in this field providing fast cost effective tools explore l...

Many real-world applications have profited from netform innovations in both modeling and solution strategies. Practical experience shoves that advances in netform modeling and solution strategies overcome many of the difficulties in conceptual design and problem solving of previous approaches to system optimization. Moreover, they provide the type of technologies required of truly useful decisi...