Multimedia Features

  1. October 16, 2016

    Engineering a debate advantage

    With presidential debate season upon us, computer science researchers at U-M have developed an algorithm that can analyze and measure the amount that one candidate linguistically matches their opponent, and have found that matching an opponent in a debate leads to higher polling numbers. In this video, Daniel Romero, assistant professor of information, electrical engineering and computer science, and complex systems, explains the research.