Amine Anoun, Arthur Flajolet, Zach Saunders
| Jan/27 | Wed | 10:00AM-03:00PM | E25-111 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None
The OR Center participates in MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) by offering informational seminars focusing on the OR Center and on current research and the practice of OR.
Date: Wednesday, January 27th
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm
Place: E25-111
Description: There is little doubt that "Analytics" is becoming a major part of Operations Research, gaining a lot of interest in the research community as well as in a variety of industries. This year, the MIT Operations Research Center will welcome speakers from various fields to talk about the role and impact of Analytics in improving decision making. Four speakers, from both industry and academic settings, will present their work and experience on topics ranging from marketing to sharing economy.
Schedule:
9:30am - 10:00am - Intro and Continental Breakfast
10:00am - 11:00am - John Silberholz - Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management
11:00am - 12:00pm - Dean Eckles - Assistant Professor in the MIT Sloan School of Management - Marketing Groupy
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break (lunch will not be provided)
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Jae-wook Ahn - Data Scientist at IBM Watson Life, TJ Watson Research Center
2:00pm - 3:00pm - Jon Petersen - Senior Data Scientist at Uber
More details at http://www.mit.edu/~orc/seminars/iap.html
Sponsor(s): Operations Research Center
Contact: Zachary Saunders, ZACHARYS@MIT.EDU