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Thought Leaders: Tippie Seminar Series

  • 1.  Thought Leaders: Tippie Seminar Series

    Posted 01-21-2021 10:59
    Dear Colleagues,

    Please join our upcoming virtual *Thought Leaders: Tippie Seminar Series* hosted by the Department of Business Analytics at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business. Our website (https://tippie.uiowa.edu/faculty-research/thought-leaders) contains full info and registration links. In addition, the list of distinguished speakers and direct registration links are provided at the bottom of this message.

    Feel free to share this invitation with your network of colleagues and students. We look forward to seeing you there!

    Best regards,
    Sam Burer
    University of Iowa

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    The *Thought Leaders: Tippie Seminar Series* brings together the brightest minds in business research to present their discoveries to the larger academic community. In the following sessions, leading-edge researchers from the field of Business Analytics will speak on some of the most critical issues in the field. You won't want to miss your chance to hear their insights firsthand.

    Our lineup of speakers includes:

    Dr. Xi Chen, New York University
    Robust Online Learning and Its Applications to Assortment Optimization
    Friday, February 12, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (CST)
    https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZIgCEiwGRqWm-RGC77mj2g

    Dr. Rong Chen, Rutgers University
    New Approaches to Statistical Learning of Modern Time Series
    Friday, February 19, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (CST)
    https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NApk2O6hR024s_vzqm2Maw

    Dr. Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute
    Abstraction and Analogy in Natural and Artificial Intelligence
    Friday, February 26, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (CST)
    https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XGCnJQ4gT5KNrnAhE-dZew

    Dr. Özlem Ergun, Northeastern University
    Optimizing Post-Disruption Response Operations to Improve Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Systems
    Friday, March 5, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (CST)
    https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_45gyCgclSBODaYKyzEILdw

    Dr. Galit Shmueli, National Tsing Hua University
    "Improving" Prediction of Human Behavior Using Behavior Modification
    Thursday, March 11, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (CST)
    https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0VY5nOFuRJiBnaYSnqW-Hg

    Dr. Andrea Lodi, Polytechnique Montréal
    On the Interplay Between Machine Learning and Discrete Optimization
    Friday, March 19, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (CST)
    https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U7cUEgPHSCGZ3oVO3P2z7w

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    Sam Burer
    Department of Business Analytics
    University of Iowa
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