CityU HK MS Seminar

Dr. Zhi CHEN and Dr. Simon TRIMBORN are the current seminar co-organizers
Ms. Wen BAI and Mr. Yizhi SONG are the current seminar student helpers.

Semester A 2020/21

 

• Li Guo, Fudan University

• Topic : TBD

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Yi Chen, Northwestern University

• Topic: A Primal-Dual Approach to Constrained Markov Decision Processes

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 954 1000 0741 Password: 446613)

 

• Yini Gao, Singapore Management University

• Topic: Optimizing Initial Screening for Cancer Detection with Information Avoidance: A Data-Driven Bayesian Persuasion Framework

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Hanlin Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology

• Topic : Dimensioning On-Demand Vehicle Sharing Systems

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Xiangyin Kong, University of Science and Technology of China

• Topic : Robust Contract Designs: Linear Contracts and Moral Hazard

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

• Alberto Rossi, Georgetown University

• Topic :Selecting Mutual Funds From the Stocks They Hold: a Machine Learning Approach

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Qinshen Tang, Nanyang Technological Univeristy

• Topic: Vehicle Repositioning under Uncertainty

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

• Luyi Yang, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

• Topic: To Brush or Not to Brush: Product Rankings, Consumer Search and Fake Orders

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Weijun Xie, Virginia Tech

• Topic : Multi-Product Newsvendor Problem with Customer-driven Demand Substitution

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Abis Simona, Columbia Business School

• Topic : Text-Based Mutual Fund Peer Groups

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Weicheng Wang, Princeton University

• Topic : Semiparametric and Robust Factor Analysis

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 95499036398 )

 

• Yizhe Zhu, UCSD

• Topic: Deterministic tensor completion with hypergraph expanders

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

 

• Hu Bin, UT Dallas

• Topic : Courteous or Crude? Managing User Conduct to Improve On-Demand Service Platform Performance

• (Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5015 8350 Password: 445068)

Semester B 2019/20

• Ruoxuan XIONG

• Large Dimensional Latent Factor Modeling with Missing Observations and Applications to Causal Inference

• Peggy LI, The University of Edinburgh

• Big Data Analytics in Multiple Market Segments: Modelling Consumer Behavior in China

• Jingyu HE, University of Chicago

• Stochastic tree ensembles for regularized nonlinear regression

• Simon TRIMORN, National University of Singapore

• TriSNAR: A 3-layer Sparse Estimator for Large-Scale Network AutoRegressive Models

Semester A 2019/20

• Yi Ding, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Factor Modeling for Volatility

• Xi Chen, New York University

• Robust Machine Learning for Operations

• Sergei Savin, University of Pennsylvania

• Investing in Performance: Information and Merit-Based Incentives in K-12 Education

• Gad ALLON, University of Pennsylvania

• Topic TBA

• Hanlin Li, CityU MS

• An ELDP method for polynomial integer programs

• Hanlin Li, CityU MS

• A logarithmic method for nonlinear integer programs

• Local Ph.D. student seminar session One

• Speaker 1: Linggang QI

• Managing Quality of Care in Competitive Healthcare Markets: A Rational Expectations Equilibrium Approach

• 2 slots vacant

• Ye LU, University of Science and Technology of China

• Robust Price-setting Newsvendor Problem

• Yan LIU, Tianjin University

• An Analysis of ''Buy X, Get One Free'' Reward Programs

Semester B 2018/19

• Ruomeng CUI, Emory University

• Value of High-Quality Logistics: Evidence from a Clash Between SF Express and Alibaba

• Ming HU, University of Toronto

• From the Classics to New Tunes: A Neoclassical View on Sharing Economy and Innovative Marketplaces

• Yunchuan LIU, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Return Policies in Distribution Channels

• Local Ph.D. student seminar session

• Speaker: Yang YANG

• Infertility Patients Scheduling Redesigning Problem

• Local Ph.D. student seminar session

• Speaker 1: Wenhao LI

• Who is Next: Dynamic Patient Prioritization in an Emergency Department

• Speaker 2: Xin HE

• Robust Measures of Earnings Surprises

• Zhenzhen ZHANG, National University of Singapore

• Robust Data-Driven Vehicle Routing with Time Windows

• Jianfu WANG, Nanyang Technological University

• Line-Sitting Service in a Queue

• Hui ZHAO, Pennsylvania State University

• Inducing Compliance with Post-Market Studies for Drugs under FDA’s Accelerated Approval Pathway

• Anqi ZHAO, McKinsey & Company

• Randomization-based finite population inference from split-plot design

• Tomohiro ANDO , Melborne Business School

• Large scale panel logistic regressions with unobserved heterogeneity

• Emre Demikaya, University of Southern California

• RANK: Large-Scale Inference with Graphical Nonlinear Knockoffs

• Zhixin ZHOU, Baidu

• Non-Asymptotic Cherno Lower Bound and Its Application to Community Detection in Stochastic Block Model

• Long FENG, Yale University

• Sorted Concave Penalized Regression

• Oscar Hernan MADRID PADILLA, U.C. Berkeley

• Sequential nonparametric tests for a change in distribution: an application to detecting radiological anomalies

• Zhi CHEN, Imperial College London

• Data-Driven Robust Decision-Making

• Zhe Jeffrey LIU, Columbia University

• Generalized Single and Dual Sourcing Models in Inventory Management

• Venus Hiu Ling LO, Cornell University

• Omnichannel Assortment Optimization under the Multinomial Logit Model with a Features Tree

• Chengzhang LI, Purdue University

• Implementing Environmental and Social Responsibility Programs in Supply Networks through Multi-Unit Bilateral Negotiation

Semester A 2018/19

• Distributed Ledgers and Operations: What Operations Management Researchers Should Know about Blockchain Technology

• Inventory Management Under Financial Constraints

• Adoption of Electric Vehicles in Car Sharing Market

• The Endemic Population-Trust and Supply Chain Networks

• Driving Precision Health Care through Heterogeneous Outcome Analysis

• Factor Models for Asset Returns Based on Transformed Factors

• Blockchain Data Analytics: Building Predictive Machine Learning Models with Topological Data Features

• Real-Time Bayesian Learning and Bond Return Predictability

• Managing Services with Dependent Service Valuations and Service Times

• Specialist Response Policies to Reduce Waiting Times in Emergency Departments

• Robust Moral Hazard and Information Availability

• Penalized multiple inflated values selection method with application to SAFER data

• The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Networks

• Information Inaccuracy: User-Generated Information Sharing in a Queue

• Empirical Asset Pricing via Machine Learning

• Nonparametric Learning and Optimization with Covariates

• Internal Governance and Workplace Safety