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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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Jan 15 Seminar: Alessandro Acquisti |
Alessandro Acquisti Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University "The Best of Strangers: Behavioral economics, Malleable privacy valuations, and Context-dependent willingness to divulge personal information"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Jan 22 Seminar: Michael Wellman |
Michael Wellman Professor and Associate Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, UM "Stronger CDA Strategies through Empirical Game-Theoretic Analysis and Reinforcement Learning"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Jan 29 Seminar: Richard Hirth |
Richard Hirth Professor, Department of Health Management and Department of Internal Medicine, UM "Provider Monitoring and Pay-for-Performance When Multiple Providers Affect Outcomes: An Application to Renal Dialysis"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Feb 5 Seminar: Daniel Grosu |
Daniel Grosu Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wayne State University "Parallel Computation of Nash Equilibria in Bimatrix Games"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Feb 12 Seminar: Dirk Bergemann |
Dirk Bergemann Professor of Economics, Yale University
"Robust Mechanism Design and Implementation: A Selective Survey"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Mar 5 Seminar: Nicolas Christin |
Nicolas Christin Associate Director and Faculty, Information Networking Institute and Systems Scientist, CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University "Secure or insure? A game theoretic analysis of information security games"
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4-5:30 |
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Mar 12 Seminar: Mark McCabe |
Mark McCabe Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Information, UM "Taller Profiles and/or Longer Tails?: Measuring the Impact of Online Access on Scientific Communication"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
| Mar 26 Seminar: Rica Gonen |
Rica Gonen Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research "Characterizing Truthful Market Design"
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UM: 1202 SI North, 1075 Beal Ave |
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Apr 2 Seminar: Jasmina Arifovic |
Jasmina Arifovic Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University, BC Canada "Individual Evolutionary Learning, Other-regarding Preferences, and the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Apr 9 Seminar: George Akerlof |
George Akerlof Koshland Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics "Animal Spirits and the Economy"
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4-5:30 pm |
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Apr 16 Seminar: John Kagel |
John Kagel Professor of Economics, Ohio State Univ "Learning in Signaling Games: Recent Experimental Results"
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4-5:30 pm |
| May 7: STIET Research Workshop |
Faculty and students presenting STIET research activity. |
tentatively 9 am-4 pm |
