Talk: Adversarial Risk Analysis

Of interest in particular, due to the adversarial element.   Risk analysis does not often enough consider the intelligent nature of agents that create risk.   Competitors for example, and now even intelligent agents in the form of assistants or other machine driven systems.

The OBAIS department at the Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, invites you to attend the Lindner Research Excellence Seminar and Professional Development Discussion:

Research Seminar:
Date and time: Friday, April 6, 2018, 10:30AM-12:00PM 
Location: Lindner Hall 218
Speaker: Dr. David Banks, Duke University
Title: Adversarial Risk Analysis

Abstract: Adversarial Risk Analysis (ARA) is a Bayesian alternative to classical game theory. Rooted in decision theory, one builds a model for the decision-making of one's opponent, placing subjective distributions over all unknown quantities. Then one chooses the action that maximizes expected utility. This approach aligns with some perspectives in modern behavioral economics, and enables principled analysis of novel problems, such as a multiparty auction in which there is no common knowledge and different bidders have different opinion about each other.

This presentation is based on:
Rios Insua, D., Rios, J., Banks, D. L., “Adversarial Risk Analysis,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2009.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1198/jasa.2009.0155
Banks, D. L., Rios, J., Rios Insua, D., “Adversarial Risk Analysis,” Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2015, ISBN 9781498712392.

https://www.crcpress.com/Adversarial-Risk-Analysis/Banks-Aliaga-Insua/p/book/9781498712392

Best wishes,
Yichen Qin,  Assistant Professor
Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems
Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Website: http://business.uc.edu/academics/departments/obais/faculty/qinyn.html
Email: qinyn@ucmail.uc.edu

Inferring Emotion and Cognitive Changes

The OBAIS department at the Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, invites you to attend a research seminar:

Date and time: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018, 11:00AM-12:00PM

Location: Lindner Hall 608
Speaker: Prof. Joe Valacich, Eller Professor in MIS, University of Arizona

Title: Inferring Emotion and Cognitive Changes through Human-Computer Interaction Devices: From Basic Research to Communalization
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Best wishes,

Yichen Qin, Assistant Professor
Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems
Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Website: http://business.uc.edu/academics/departments/obais/faculty/qinyn.html
Email: qinyn@ucmail.uc.edu

Unexpected Delight in Service Design

Upcoming Talk

The OBAIS Department at the Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, invites you to attend the following research seminar.

DATE & TIME: Friday, December 5, 2014, 1:30 PM  
LOCATION: UC Carl H. Lindner Hall, Room 219

SPEAKER: Dr. Rohit Verma, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
TOPIC: Surprise! How Unexpected Delight Influences Sequence Effects in Service Bundles

Full Abstract and Speaker Background.

Uday S. Rao, Associate Professor
Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS)
Email: raous@ucmail.uc.edu Ph: 513 556 7138, Fax: 513 556 5499

Turning Numbers into Knowledge

Long time collaborator and colleague Jeff Camm at the University of Cincinnati is featured in this recent Lindner College of Business article.  I have been on the OBAIS board for several years.

" ... UC business analytics professor turns numbers into knowledge.

Most people don’t like listening to other people’s problems. Jeff Camm, professor and head of the Department of Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems (OBAIS) in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, is an exception to the rule.

Problems are his forte. Specifically when it comes to gathering and analyzing data in pursuit of solving real-world business dilemmas... " 

Revenue Management with Negotiation

University of Cincinnati's research seminars organized by the  Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS) department at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business.   Please reply to uday.rao@uc.edu    

The OBAIS department invites you to attend the following research seminar:
Date & Time: Friday, March 29, 2013, 1 PM in Lindner Hall Room 108
Speaker: Dr. Annabelle Feng, Purdue University
Talk: Revenue Management with Negotiation

Upcoming Free Seminars

I intend to attend these:

 ... University of Cincinnati's research seminars organized by the Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS) department at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business. Please reply to uday.rao@uc.edu to get more information about these talks ...

The OBAIS department invites you to attend the following two research seminars on Tuesday March 5, and Friday March 8 morning. 

Date & Time: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 10:30 AM in Lin 608 (Carl H. Lindner hall, sixth floor)
Speaker: Dr. George Polak, Wright State University
Talk: A Generalized Minimax Portfolio Optimization Model

Date & Time: Friday, March 8, 2013, 10 AM in Lin 108 (Carl H. Lindner hall, first floor)
Speaker: Dr. Detmar Straub, Georgia State University
Talk: Native Theories in Information Systems .... 

UC in Top 20 of Big Data Analytics Schools

Via Jeff Camm Dean at the OBAIS program of the University of Cincinnati who reports that   " ... our MS Business Analytics program is listed in Information Week as one of the "top 20 programs to fill the big data talent gap". .... "  Here's the article link.   Congratulations to all.  I have been involved with their faculty for years, an impressive group  I am on  the UC OBAIS technology board.  Below are the logos of all of the schools mentioned, in alphabetical order:

Upcoming OBAIS Seminars

Upcoming at the University of Cincinnati:

The OBAIS department invites you to attend the following four seminars in January, all of which will be in Lin 217 from 1:30 - 2:30 PM on either Wednesday or Friday.

Talk title, abstract, and speaker bio. is available ....  FYI, these seminar announcements will not be posted on the OBAIS seminar website. Further information (e.g., papers) may be obtained by contacting Professor Yan Yu (yuyu@ucmail.uc.edu). Feel free to email this invitation to other interested people. Thanks.

Jan. 9 (Wednesday), 1:30 PM, Lin 217
Speaker: Dr. (Mr.) Hao Wang (Ph.D. Duke; currently tenure-track assistant prof. at Univ. of South Carolina)
Topic: Bayesian models, methods and algorithms for large-scale covariance matrix inference

Jan. 11 (Friday), 1:30 PM, Lin 217
Speaker: Ms. Minjing Tao (Ph.D. candidate, Wisconsin-Madison)
Topic: Large Volatility Matrix Estimation Based on High-Frequency Financial Data

Jan. 16 (Wednesday), 1:30 PM, Lin 217
Speaker: Dr. (Ms.) Yun Bai (Ph.D. Michigan; currently at Fifth-Third Bank)
Topic: Joint composite estimating functions in spatiotemporal models

Jan. 18 (Friday), 1:30 PM, Lin 217
Speaker: Mr. Yichen Qin (Ph.D. candidate, Johns Hopkins)
Topic: Maximum Lq-Likelihood Estimation via the Expectation Maximization Algorithm: A Robust Estimation of Mixture Models

Best wishes for 2013! - Uday
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Uday S. Rao
Associate Professor
Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS)
Room 528, Carl H. Lindner College of Business
2925 Campus Green Drive, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0130
Email: raous@ucmail.uc.edu
Ph: 513 556 7138, Fax: 513 556 5499

Supply Chain Executives Talk

You are invited to attend the next OBAIS seminar scheduled on Friday, April 6, 1:30 PM in Lin 111, by Prof. Vinod Singhal from Georgia Institute of Technology, on an empirical investigation of firm performance and appointments of Supply Chain Operations Management Executives.
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Title: Empirical Investigation on the Appointments of Supply Chain and Operations Management Executives
Speaker: Professor Vinod Singhal, Brady Family Professor of Operations Management, College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date - Time - Location: Friday, April 6, 2012 – 1:30 PM – 111 Carl H. Lindner Hall, LCoB, University of Cincinnati
Abstract and Bio info is provided in the attached pdf flyer, and posted here.  Plus upcoming seminars.