Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule

Currently we are in the planning stages for 2007-2008 school year and will post information as we receive it.

Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars are from 10:30 am-12:00 pm in Balmer Hall, Room 209. Contact for all seminars is Kim Birkmeyer, disom@u.washington.edu

For the past year's seminar speakers and their abstracts, as well as future planned seminars, click on quarter: Spring 07, Autumn 07, Winter 08, Autumn 08

For a comprehensive list of the past year's seminar speakers by name, click here

Friday, April 4, 2008
Speaker: Xuanming Su, University of California - Berkeley
Paper Title: "Bounded Rationality in Newsvendor Models"
*abstract

Friday, April 25, 2008
Speaker: Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Boston University
Paper Title: "Innovation, Openness & Platform Control"
*abstract

Friday, May 2, 2008
Speaker: Anindya Ghose, New York University
Paper Title: "An Empirical Analysis of Search Engine Advertising"
*abstract

Friday, May 16, 2008
Speaker: Shaosong Ou, University of Washington
Paper Title: "Understanding the Cognitive Elaboration-Learning Relationship on Internet Discussion Forums"
*abstract

Friday, May 23, 2008
Speaker: Kartik Hosanagar, University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
Paper Title: "Blockbuster Culture's Next Rise or Fall: The Impact of Recommender Systems on Sales Diversity"
*abstract

Friday, May 30, 2008
Speaker: Sanjeev Dewan, University of California-Irvine
Paper Title: "Risk and Return of Information Techonology Investment"
*abstract

Friday, June 6, 2008
Speaker: Brian Dos Santos, University of Louisville
Paper Title: "Is IT Really Becoming a Commodity?"
*abstract

Please take a look at other related seminars being offered at UW in 2007-2008:Information School

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