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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"

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"

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)