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 OptIPortalThursdays 4-5:30 pm
University of Michigan: Atkins Room, 1202 School of Information North, 1075 Beal Ave. (directions to building)
Wayne State University: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)
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| Sept. 13 Seminar: R. Preston McAfee |
R. Preston McAfee VP and Research Fellow, Yahoo! Inc. and Professor of Business Economics and Management, California Institute of Technology "Firms, Queues, and Coffee Breaks: A Flow Model of Corporate Activity with Delays"
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411 West Hall |
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Sept. 20 Seminar: Rahul Sami |
Rahul Sami Assistant Professor of Information, UM
"The Influence Limiter: Provably Manipulation-Resistant Recommender Systems"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Sept. 27 Seminar: Yiling Chen |
Yiling Chen Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research "Bluffing and Strategic Reticence in Prediction Markets"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Oct. 4 Seminar: Robert Reynolds |
Robert Reynolds Professor of Computer Science at Wayne State University and Adjunct Associate Research Scientist with the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor "The Role of Culture in the Emergence of Decision-Making Roles: An Example Using Cultural Algorithms"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
| Oct. 11 Seminar: Arun Sundararajan |
Arun Sundararajan Associate Professor of Business, New York University "Network Seeding with Local Network Effects"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Oct. 18 Seminar: Luis von Ahn |
Luis von Ahn Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University "Human Computation"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Oct. 25 Seminar: Peter Cramton |
Peter Cramton Professor of Economics, University of Maryland "Spectrum Auction Design"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Nov. 1 Seminar: Michael Wellman |
Michael Wellman Professor and Associate Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, UM "Solving Games: What, How, and What For?"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
| Nov. 8: STIET Research Workshop |
Faculty and students presenting STIET research activity. Fall 2007 STIET Research Workshop page shows speaker pictures, talk titles and talk slides. |
Community Room, 3210 Adamany Library, 5155 Gullen Mall, WSU (transportation will be available from UM--contact stiet-info@umich.edu) |
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Nov. 15 Seminar: Amy Cohn |
Amy Cohn Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, UM "Truckload Procurement Auctions: Demonstrating An Implicit Bidding Mechanism"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Nov. 29 Seminar: Mark McCabe |
Mark McCabe Visiting Associate Professor, School of Information and Lecturer, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, UM "Online Access to (Old?) Knowledge: Impacts on Scientific Communication"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Dec 6 Seminar: Yan Chen |
Yan Chen Associate Professor of Information, UM "Knowledge Market Design: A Field Experiment at Google Answers"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
