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ORC IAP Seminar 2016
Analytics in Operations Research
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.
10:00am - 11:00am: Analytics for Improved Cancer Screening and Treatment
John Silberholz - Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management
11:00am - 12:00pm: Statistical Inference in Social Networks
Dean Eckles - Assistant Professor in the MIT Sloan School of Management - Marketing Group
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Understanding Chef Watson Users
Jae-wook Ahn - Data Scientist at IBM Watson Life, TJ Watson Research Center
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Marketplace Optimization at Uber
Jon Peterson - Senior Data Scientist at Uber