Name of Speaker Kwok-Hao Lee Schedule  17 Apr 2026, 10am – 11.30am  (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue  HSS 3-1 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/-DSUpgQWTeqmXSIHbsTGyA Title Two-Sided Markets Shaped By Platform-Guided Search Abstract  We investigate concerns that vertically integrated platforms like Amazon steer demand towards their own offers via algorithmic prominence, potentially harming consumers. On Amazon, for each […]

Name of Speaker Yanwei Jia Schedule  24 Apr 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/QpOphmoURVCrbzjftZht4g Title When to Quit a Venture: Normative Theory and Structural Identification of Decoupled Belief and Decision Abstract  Understanding how agents learn and make decisions under uncertainty is a fundamental question in many fields, with […]

Name of Speaker Diwakar Gupta Schedule  20 May 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/Wne_hIgXQ-qf4uJZ1Frn5Q Title The Impact of List Diving on Post-Transplant Outcomes Abstract  Transplant programs often turn down deceased-donor kidney offers for their top-ranked potential transplant recipients (PTRs) and utilize them for lower-ranked PTRs. This practice is […]

Name of Speaker George Shanthikumar Schedule  22 May 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/nhLjyspHTpuCwf5OfrR7rg Title Full Space (FS) Relative Valuations, Risk Measures and Valuations of Risky Prospects Abstract  This paper proposes a unified mathematical infrastructure for the valuation of risky prospects:the Full-Space (FS) Relative Valuation framework. This framework generalizes […]

Name of Speaker Jiheng Zhang Schedule  4 Jun 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/wv9WK1alQ6SrTblAvPtglw Title AI for OR and OR for AI Abstract  This talk explores the interplay between Operations Research (OR) and Large Language Models (LLMs) through two complementary research directions. In the first part, we study […]

ame of Speaker Zi Yang Kang Schedule  6 Aug 2026, 10am – 11.30am  (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue  BIZ1 0204 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/fs48EzhDRsWzBkChYW84dg Title Topping Up and Optimal Redistribution (joint with Mitchell Watt) Abstract  This paper studies how topping up—allowing recipients of in-kind transfers to supplement subsidized consumption in a private market—affects optimal redistribution.  Consumers […]