Tag Archives: Yahoo! Research

Knowns and unknowns of the 2012 presidential elections — [LINK]

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

“We gather information from a variety of sources (some of which are themselves information aggregators), including prediction markets, polls, web search, social activity, games, and historical precedent, and combine it together to produce a Consensus Prediction that is as unbiased, … Continue reading →

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David Pennock colleague’s confession as journal editor

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

I’ve spent a considerable amount of time as an editor. I’ve rejected about 2,500 papers, and accepted 200. No one likes a rejection and less than 1% consider it justified. Fortunately, there is some duplication across authors, so I have … Continue reading →

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Keeping an eye on those Yahoo! research scientists

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

In my previous post, I told you what are the 3 main issues about prediction markets. (There are many more. Space limitation.) As far as I know, as of today, one group of researchers is very likely to produce some … Continue reading →

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Prove that you are a better Internet innovator than David Pennock, and get $5,000 in cash.

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- Via Him -

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Spot his new personal e-mail. — Those great research scientists who want to redo the world thanks to prediction markets have small amusements.

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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YooPick = an innovation in spread betting markets

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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Poker is popular on FaceBook. So should be the prediction markets.

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – YooPick – (a FaceBook application) – (MSR + AMM) – Yahoo!’s Yootopia – (?) -

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At Yahoo! Research, Yiling Chen is David Pennock’s right arm on prediction markets.

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Yiling Chen — Penn State: Yiling Chen joined Yahoo! Research in 2006. Her research interests are on the border of economics and computer science, including prediction markets, auction theory, and sponsored search. [Yiling] Chen’s current research focuses on better understanding … Continue reading →

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