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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| Seminar Information | Time and Location | ||
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Sept. 11 Seminar: Alvin Roth |
Alvin Roth Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Harvard Univ "Incentive Issues In Some Recent Market Designs"
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4-5:30 pm |
| Sept. 18 Seminar: Mary Rigdon |
Mary Rigdon Assistant Research Scientist, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR, UM "Trust and Reciprocity in 2-node and 3-node Networks"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Sept. 25 Seminar: Y. Richard Yang |
Y. Richard Yang Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Yale University
"P4P: Provider Portal for Network Applications"
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4-5:30 |
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Oct. 2 Seminar: Jason Hartline |
Jason Hartline Assistant Professor, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University "Bayesian Foundations of Prior-free Optimal Mechanism Design"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Oct. 9 Seminar: Rakesh Vohra |
Rakesh Vohra John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University "Auctions with Budget Constrained Bidders"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Oct. 16 Seminar: Nicole Immorlica |
Nicole Immorlica Assistant Professor in the Economics group of the EECS department, Northwestern University "The Role of Compatibility in Technology Diffusion on Social Networks"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Oct. 23 Seminar: Lada Adamic |
Lada Adamic Assistant Professor, School of Information, UM "Expertise Sharing Dynamics in Online Forums"
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4-5:30 pm |
| Nov. 6: STIET Research Workshop |
Faculty and students presenting STIET research activity. Fall 2008 STIET Research Workshop page shows speaker pictures and talk titles. |
4-8:30 pm |
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Nov 13 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 "Survival of the Fastest: Using Cultural Algorithms to Optimize the Design of a Controller for a 3D Racing Game"
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4-5:30 pm |
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CANCELED: Nov. 20 Seminar John Kagel |
John Kagel Professor of Economics, Ohio State Univ "Learning in Signaling Games: Recent Experimental Results"
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CANCELED |
