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STIET News

 U-M, WSU begin joint Ph.D. program to secure Internet -- Press Release and another Press Release with video link

 Podcast discussing the STIET research program with STIET Director Jeff MacKie-Mason and School of Information Associate Dean Tom Finholt

  STIET video showing lifesize, uncompressed fiber-optic video conference from UM Atkins room to WSU via OptIPortal

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STIET Calendar

STIET Research Seminar Series

Thursdays 4-5:30 pm
University of Michigan: Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave. (directions to building)
Wayne State University: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Seminar InformationTime and Location
Jan 10 Seminar: Neslihan Uler

Neslihan Uler

Research Fellow, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR, UM

"Behavioral Differences between Direct and Indirect Mechanisms: Evidence from First Price Auctions"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Thomas Vander WalJan 17 Seminar: Thomas Vander Wal

Thomas Vander Wal

Principal, and Senior Consultant at InfoCloud Solutions

"Coming to Terms: Understanding Folksonomy"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Jan 24 Seminar: Stephan Lauermann

Stephan Lauermann

Assistant Professor of Economics, UM

"Dynamic Matching and Bargaining Games: A General Approach"

Stephan Lauermann 1/24 seminar streaming audio file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Jan 31 Seminar: Robert Gibbons

Robert Gibbons

Sloan Distinguished Professor of Organizational Economics and Strategy, Sloan School and Department of Economics, MIT

"Decision-Making in Organizations: Pricing, Politics, (and/) or Path-dependence?"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Feb 7 Seminar: Gary Bolton

Gary Bolton

Professor of Business Economics, Pennsylvania State University

"Engineering Trust: Strategic behavior in the production of reputation information"

Gary Bolton 2/7 seminar streaming audio file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Feb 14 Seminar: Tilman Börgers

Tilman Börgers

Samuel Zell Professor of the Economics of Risk, UM

"When are Signals Complements or Substitutes?"

Tilman Borgers 2/14 seminar streaming audio file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Feb 21 Seminar: Ratna Chinnam

Ratna Chinnam

Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University

"Towards Autonomous Diagnostics and Prognostics"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall (via videoconference)
WSU: 313 State Hall

Mar 6 Seminar: Margaret Jane Radin

Margaret Jane Radin

Professor of Law, UM

"A Comment on Information Propertization and Its Legal Milieu"

Margaret Jane Radin 3/6 seminar streaming audio file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Mar 20 Seminar: Y. Richard Yang CANCELED

Y. Richard Yang

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Yale University

CANCELED "P4P: Provider Portal for P2P"

CANCELED

Mar 27 Seminar: Jeffrey MacKie-Mason

Jeffrey MacKie-Mason

Arthur W. Burks Professor of Information and Computer Science, and Professor of Economics and Public Policy

"Getting the Good Stuff In, Keeping the Bad Stuff Out: Incentives and User-contributed Content"

Jeffrey MacKie-Mason 3/27 seminar streaming audio file 

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Apr 3 Seminar: Jacob Goeree

Jacob K. Goeree

Professor of Economics, Caltech

"Hierarchical Package Bidding: A Paper & Pencil Combinatorial Auction"

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Apr 10 Seminar: Michael Ostrovsky

Michael Ostrovsky

Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford

Stability in Supply Chain Networks

4-5:30 pm
UM: 411 West Hall
WSU: 313 State Hall (via videoconference)

Apr 17 Seminar: Jasmina Arifovic CANCELED

Jasmina Arifovic

Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University, BC Canada

CANCELED "A Behavioral Model for Mechanism Design: Individual Evolutionary Learning"

CANCELED

May 1: STIET Research Workshop

Faculty and students presenting STIET research activity.

tentatively 9 am-5 pm
411 West Hall, UM (transportation may be available from WSU--contact stiet-info@umich.edu)