Gyorgy Korniss 
Associate Professor of Physics

Work on Influencing in Social Networks:
"Social consensus through the influence of committed minorities",
J. Xie, S. Sreenivasan, G. Korniss, W. Zhang, C. Lim, and B. K. Szymanski, Physical Review E 84, 011130 (2011).
            News:   Science News Focus, "The power of true believers", by Adrian Cho
                           RPI News, "Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas", by Gabrielle DeMarco
                           Discovery News, "Minority Rules: Scientists Find the Tipping Point", by Emily Sohn    
                           Freakonomics, "Minority Rules: Why 10 Percent is All You Need", by Matthew Philips
                           Communications of the ACM, "Researchers Find Tipping Point to Sway Public Opinion", by Paul Hyman