BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:424@lincs.fr DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190213T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190213T140000 DTSTAMP:20190215T153617Z URL:https://www.lincs.fr/events/human-behavior-is-low-dimensional/ SUMMARY:Human Behavior is Low Dimensional DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nEvery person is unique and complex.  \; But can we predict anything about how large groups of people will behave?  \;In the 1950s the writer Isaac Asimov imagined a field called “Psychohistory” that could mathematically describe the actions of large groups.  \; I will argue that in a certain way\, aspects of that vision are in wide use today.  \;To illustrate\, I will describe examples from my own work in which the “low dimensionality” of aggregate human behavior gives us leverage on a range of problems\, from predicting network traffic to detecting anomalous or malicious behavior in social networks.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Seminars,Youtube LOCATION:LINCS / EIT Digital\, 23 avenue d'Italie\, 75013 Paris\, France X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=23 avenue d'Italie\, 75013 Paris\, France;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=LINCS / EIT Digital:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR