Recent data from Johns Hopkins suggests that many U.S. states are doing much worse than most other countries around the world in controlling the spread of COVID-19. Comparing recent weekly averages of new cases for… 

In my recent post, I provided some evidence that COVID-19 cases in Tennessee may have peaked in mid-August. A significant risk, however, is that the re-opening of schools may cause this trend to reverse. A… 

I’m excited to be presenting at the Department of Homeland Security’s Joint Software and IT Cost Forum in September. You can register for my talk at this link. There is no registration fee. I’ll be… 

My Ph.D. advisor, Peter Slater, and two of his colleagues published a technical book in 1998. They had 1,000 pages of material, so it appeared as a two-volume set. As with all books, the editing… 

There are ten commandments in the Old Testament and ten amendments in the U.S. Bill of Rights. Eight of the ten are negative, in the sense of telling people what not to do. Similarly, there… 

Tennessee and Massachusetts have similar populations. Massachusetts has 6.9 million residents and Tennessee has 6.8 million. They are ranked 15th and 16th, respectively, in population among the 50 states. They have also had a similar… 

I grew up in Alabama. It always seemed to be the case that we were ranked 48th or 49th out of the 50 states in metrics like health care, education, and income. Behind us was… 

My cat Elvis really enjoyed the recent Space and Missile Defense virtual symposium.

“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” – Otto von Bismark In my last post, I examined the increase in deaths and cases relative to…