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STIET News

 In the News: Recent STIET PhD Eytan Bakshy's paper "The Role of Social Networks in Information Diffusion" is getting a lot of attention -- see Tech Crunch and Slate.

 News Note: WSU STIET faculty member, Robert Reynolds, STIET fellow Leonard Kinniard-Heether, and REU student Tracy Liu won first place in the IEEE Super Mario Competition and best student paper prize at the 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence in Barcelona, Spain.

 Press Release -- World Wide Research Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities, edited by William H. Dutton and Paul W. Jeffreys includes contributions by STIET faculty member, Steve Jackson, and STIET fellow, Cory Knobel.

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STIET Research Seminar Series

Thursdays 4-5:30 pm
University of Michigan: 3100 North Quad (Ehrlicher Room), School of Information, 105 South State St. (directions to building)
Wayne State University: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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Jan. 19 Seminar: Eva Tardos

Eva Tardos

Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University

"Welfare and Revenue in Ad Auctions"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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Jan. 26 Seminar: Daniel Silverman

Daniel Silverman

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

"Who Is (More) Rational?"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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Feb. 2 Seminar: Cliff Lampe

Cliff Lampe

Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan

"Perceptions of Facebook's Value as an Information Source"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Tilman Borgers
Feb. 9 Seminar: Tilman Borgers

Tilman Borgers

Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

"Some Remarks on the Design of Voting Rules"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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Feb. 16 Seminar: John Wooders

John Wooders

Distinguished Research Professor, University of Technology Sydney

"Blind Stealing: Experience and Expertise in a Mixed-Strategy Poker Experiment"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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Feb. 23 Seminar: Uri Gneezy

Uri Gneezy

Arthur Brody Endowed Chair in Behavioral Economics, Professor of Economics & Strategy, UC San Diego

"Incentives and Behavior Change"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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March 8 Seminar: Joan Feigenbaum

Joan Feigenbaum

Professor of Computer Science, Yale University

"An Economic Analysis of User-Privacy Options in Ad-Supported Services"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

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March 22 Seminar: Ronald S. Burt

Ronald S. Burt

Professor of Sociology and Strategy, University of Chicago Booth

"Network-Related Personality and the Agency Question"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Daniel Grosu
March 29 Seminar: Daniel Grosu

Daniel Grosu

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Wayne State University

"Title: TBD"

4:00-5:30 pm
WSU: 313 State Hall
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St. (via videoconference)

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April 5 Seminar: Mihaela van der Schaar

Mihaela van der Schaar

Professor of Computer Science, UCLA

"Title: TBD"

4:00-5:30 pm
WSU: 313 State Hall (bus leaves North Quad at 3 pm to WSU--contact stiet-info@umich.edu to reserve seat)
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St. (via videoconference)

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April 12 Seminar: Nicolas Lambert

Nicolas Lambert

Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University

"Elicitation and Evaluation of Statistical Forecasts"

4:00-5:30 pm
UM: 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)