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 […]
Name of Speaker Park Sinchaisri Schedule 10 Apr 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/oo0ElW4xSIu9BcdsAyKQ2A Title Algorithmic Advice, Human Compliance, and Learning Abstract Problem definition:Organizations increasingly deploy algorithmic tools to support complex operational decisions,raising a practical design question: how should these tools be built when designers care not […]
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 […]