Name of Speaker Qin Hanzhang Schedule 19 January 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue   I4-01-03 Seminar Room Link to Register   https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpce-orz8rEtZcddjRXnFf3EACPJSUMiAt Title  Lower Sample Complexity of Reinforcement Learning for Structured MDPs: Evidence from Inventory Control Abstract I will discuss the important open problems of 1) What is the sample complexity (i.e., how may number of […]

  Name of Speaker Zhan Ruohan Schedule 26 January 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue   I4-01-03 Link to Register  https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdeirrD8uGdK8Z3tiW6Can4XywK0kVD4C Title  Estimation and Inference under Recommender Interference Abstract In digital platforms, recommender systems (RecSys) are essential for aligning content with viewer preferences. This work considers the evaluation of RecSys updates, referred to as "treatments", by […]

  Name of Speaker Canberk Ucel Schedule 2 February 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue I4-01-03 Seminar Room Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcuivqDMjGdS7y3CPbCx_Y701qvieVxVJ Title The Value of Advice: Evidence from Thousands of Smallholder Farms in the Philippines Abstract Increasing the productivity of Philippine coconut farms that are well below world standards could improve the livelihoods of 3.4 […]

  Name of Speaker Kai Hoberg Schedule 16 February 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue I4-01-03 Seminar Room Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuceusrjouE9P7Pu7BAYbWh7quOmNJ-xcw Title Using (inaccurate) data to drive better supply chain decision making Abstract More and more data is available to improve supply chain decision making but it needs to be carefully applied considering human limitations. Against this […]

Name of Speaker Mohamed Mostagir Schedule 26 February 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1- 0203 Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrc--gqj4uE9WGbEbpRoBVA4DGCZes88wN Title A Theory of Ghosting Abstract Ghosting is a phenomenon where communication between two parties abruptly stops after one side becomes deliberately unresponsive. This occurs in a variety of settings, but the term entered the mainstream […]

Name of Speaker Kimon Drakopoulos Schedule 8 March 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1- 0206 Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scuyqrT4vGtDnHl1AToXlPUExri0y7Suq Title Blockchain Mediated Persuasion Abstract An ex-post informed Sender wishes to persuade a rational Bayesian Receiver to take a desired action, as in the classic Bayesian Persuasion model studied by Kamenica and Gentzkow (2011). However, we […]