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 Press Release and  podcast -- Yahoo Answers users seek advice, opinion, as well as expertise in research by Mark Ackerman, Lada Adamic and STIET fellow Eytan Bakshy

 Press Release -- Bluffing in prediction markets research by Rahul Sami and STIET fellow, Stanko Dimitrov

 Podcast discussing the STIET research program with Jeff MacKie-Mason and Tom Finholt

  STIET video showing lifesize, uncompressed fiber-optic video conference from UM Atkins room to WSU via OptIPortal

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Seminar Information Time and Location
Sept. 17 Seminar: Stephen Garcia

Stephen Garcia

Assistant Professor of Psychology and of Organizational Studies, University of Michigan

"The N-Effect: More Competitors, Less Competition"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Sept. 24 Seminar: Aradhna Krishna

Aradhna Krishna

Professor of Marketing, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

"Cause Marketing: Spillover Effects of Cause-Related Products in a Product Portfolio"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Oct. 1 Seminar: Rahul Sami

Rahul Sami

Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan

"Sybilproof Transitive Trust Protocols"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Oct. 8 Seminar: J. Alex Halderman

J. Alex Halderman

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

"The Role of Designers' Incentives in Computer Security Failures"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Oct. 15 Seminar: Jianchang (JC) Mao

Jianchang (JC) Mao

Head of Advertising Sciences in Yahoo! Labs

"Learn-to-Rank-Ads in Computational Advertising"

JC Mao seminar streaming audio with slides file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Oct. 22 Fall Distinguished Lecture: Robert Cialdini

Robert Cialdini

Regents' Professor of Psychology and W.P. Carey Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Arizona State University

"The Power of Social versus Financial Factors in Changing Environmental Behavior"

Robert Cialdini seminar streaming audio with slides file 

3:30-5 pm (Note time difference)
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Oct. 29 Seminar: Benjamin Edelman

Benjamin Edelman

Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

"Detecting & Deterring Online Advertising Fraud"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Nov 5 Seminar: S. Muthukrishnan

S. Muthukrishnan

Google Research

"Research Issues in Internet Ad Exchanges"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Nov 12 Seminar: Mihai Manea

Mihai Manea

Assistant Professor of Economics, MIT

"Bargaining in Stationary Networks"

Mihai Manea seminar streaming audio with slides file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Nov 19 Seminar: Satinder Singh

Satinder Singh

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

"Rethinking Rewards in Reinforcement Learning"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Dec. 3 Seminar: Michael Kearns

Michael Kearns

Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

"Behavioral Experiments in Strategic Networks"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Dec. 10 Seminar: Kate Larson

Kate Larson

Associate Professor, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo

"TBD"

4-5:30 pm
WSU: 313 State Hall
UM: 411 West Hall (via videoconference)