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 […]
Name of Speaker Peng Sun Schedule 11 Mar 2026, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue BIZ2 0511 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/8WAQ86W5TMW5MZzaiDBNiQ Title Optimal Push, Pull, and Failure Funding for Global Health Abstract Malaria and tuberculosis each cause over half a million deaths annually, yet commercial incentives to develop treatments for these and other diseases […]
Name of Speaker Robert Shumsky Schedule 18 Mar 2026, 10am – 11.30am (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue BIZ2 0511 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/fjT0SX_zQPCBsBv0ciBjsw Title Use it or Slowly Lose it: Expertise Atrophy with Organizational AI Usage Abstract As organizations adopt generative AI, its use can improve productivity but reliance can lead to atrophy of worker knowledge […]
Name of Speaker Ignacio Rios Schedule 20 Mar 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/-QjsYdlrQXyy-bdAfa6zlg Title Designing Effective Fundraising Campaigns: The Role of Incentives and Solicitation Mechanisms Abstract Charitable donations are a vital source of funding for nonprofit organizations, enabling them to carry out their mission of addressing […]
Name of Speaker Yael Grushka-Cockayne Schedule 27 Mar 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/51hGI1hiRe-T473GjiQA1w Title Decision-making with Ordinal Ratings Abstract Experts often provide judgments on an ordinal scale, which are easy to generate and are intuitive. Ordinal ratings, however, are not trivial to aggregate across multiple experts, as […]