In the Analytics and Operations Seminar series, we welcome speakers from other universities to share their research findings with us to create a community of engagement and discussion. All research staff and PhD students are welcome to attend. Forthcoming seminars (which are held in the Business School unless stated otherwise) are below:
David Bergman, University of Connecticut, US
Title: Log-Optimal Portfolio Construction for Binary Options with Combinatorial Constraints
Date/Time: Wednesday 10 September, 11.15-12.30
In person LG19B, Imperial Business School or via Zoom*
Shi Chen, University of Washington, US
Title: Supply Chain Coordination under Unknown Demand Distribution: Online Learning and Contracting
Date/Time: Wednesday 17 September, 11.15-12.30
In person LG19a, Imperial Business School or via Zoom*
Ilan Lobel, New York University, US
Title: TBC
Date/Time: Tuesday 14 October, 14.00-15.15
In person LG19b, Imperial Business School or via Zoom*
Ozan Candogan, Chicago Booth, US
Title: TBC
Date/Time: Wednesday 11 October, 11.15-12.30
In person LT3, Business School or via Zoom*
Zeynep Aksin, Koc University, Turkey
Title: TBC
Date/Time: Wednesday 12 November, 11.15-12.30
In person LT3, Business School or via Zoom*
*Please contact bs.amo@imperial.ac.uk for Zoom link
Fikri Karaesmen, Koç University
Data-driven lot sizing with random yield
19 February 2025
Yiangos Papanastasiou, Rice University
Designing Pandora's Box: Product Rankings and Marketplace Participation
26 February 2025
Bar Light, National University of Singapore
Algorithmic Competition in Digital Marketplaces: Individual and Market Guarantees
26 February 2025
Rene Caldentey, Chicago Booth
Controlling Inventory and Information in Supply Chains
12 March 2025
Andrea Lodi, Cornell Tech
Machine Learning for Combinatorial Optimization and its Implications to Dynamic Routing
19 March 2025
Mirko Kremer, Frankfurt School
When Delegating AI-Assisted Decisions Drives AI Over-reliance
26 March 2025
Ningyuan Chen, University of Toronto
Decision-focused Adjustments for the Predict-then-optimize Framework with Applications in Pricing
10 April 2025
Carri Chan, Columbia Business School
Mitigating Service Incompletion via Sunk Costs: A Queueing Approach
16 April 2025
Jun Li, University of Michigan
Childcare Deserts Impede Scientists' Career Development
1 May 2025
Lily Xu, University of Oxford
Decision-focused Adjustments for the Predict-then-optimize Framework with Applications in Pricing
14 May 2025
Senthil Veeraraghavan, Wharton
Bayesian Learning and Abandonment in Queues
21 May 2025
Tingliang Huang, The University of Tennessee
Is Turing Transformation Happening? A Study with a New Measure of Occupational AI Exposure
18 June 2025