Laura Mclay

A Modified Logistic Regression Markov Chain Model for Forecasting the College Football Playoff

Selecting the teams for the College Football Playoff for NCAA Division IA men’s football is a controversial process performed by the selection committee. We present a method for forecasting the four team playoff weeks before the selection committee makes this decision. Our method uses a modified logistic regression/Markov chain model …

Some thoughts on prioritizing cyber-security mitigations for securing information technology supply chains

I will give a high level talk about current research that studies how to prioritize cyber-security mitigations. I will talk about information technology supply chains, attack graphs, set cover variations, and budgeted maximization of submodular functions.