Name of Speaker Vinayak Deshpande Schedule 6 Nov 2025, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue BIZ1 0304 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/MBGAcVExSZ2vrzd3MnrERg Title Data driven research for better Operations decisions Abstract The explosion in availability of data has enabled organizations to collect wealth of information for their business operations. In this talk, I will share […]
Name of Speaker Guillaume Roels Schedule 14 Nov 2025, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue HSS 4-1 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/SWlclpbGT6eV8q9w_dkijA Title You, Me, or We? Co-Productive Principal-Agent Dynamics Abstract Problem Definition: Projects are often initiated by a single person - a principal - who then decides whether to execute it on their own (Single […]
Name of Speaker Seungki Min Schedule 30 Jan 2026, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue BIZ1 0302 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/psLI6qAmQPyKNZ3DOtqRvw Title An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Nonstationary Bandit Learning Abstract In many real-world bandit learning problems, the underlying environment evolves over time, requiring decision-makers to continually acquire information and adapt their action selection accordingly. […]
Name of Speaker Francis de Véricourt Schedule 6 Feb 2026, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue HSS 4-2 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/KcwXsVRZSI2rLe4DvkXNFQ Title Beyond the Black Box: Unraveling the Role of Explainability in Human-AI Collaboration Abstract Explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) models have been proposed to mitigate overreliance and underreliance on AI, which reduce the […]
Name of Speaker Lu Jiaqi Schedule 13 Feb 2026, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue BIZ1 0302 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/FGZiBt3mT9CHxWWr-w6t5Q Title Bandit Allocational Instability Abstract About the Speaker Jiaqi Lu is an assistant professor in the School of Data Science and the School of Management and Economics (joint appointment) at the Chinese University of Hong […]
Name of Speaker Georgina Hal Schedule 27 Feb 2026, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue BIZ1 0302 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/MSVeTEDGTSGxi0TGgyLmNg Title Sum of Squares Submodularity Abstract We introduce the notion of t-sum of squares (sos) submodularity, which is a hierarchy, indexed by t, of sufficient algebraic conditions for certifying submodularity of set functions. We show […]