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2020
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Strategy,
Information, Technology, Economics, and Society (SITES) (formerly: Competitive
Strategy, Economics, and IS, in existence since 1988) at the 53rd HICSS, January 7-10, 2020.
2019
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“Dynamic
Learning in Markets: Pricing, Advertising, and Information Acquisition,” 52nd Hawaii International
Conference on System Sciences (HICSS),
Grand Wailea, Maui, HI, January 8-11, 2019.
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Co-Chair, 21st International Conference on
Electronic Commerce (ICEC),
Busan, South Korea, July 3-4, 2019.
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Strategy,
Information, Technology, Economics, and Society (SITES) (formerly: Competitive
Strategy, Economics, and IS, in existence since 1988) at the 52nd HICSS, January 8-11, 2019.
2018
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“Intertemporal
Fairness and the Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources,” 11th Triennial Conference of the Association of Asia-Pacific
Operational Research Societies (APORS),
Kathmandu, Nepal, August 6-9, 2018.
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“Is there new
Economics in the Sharing Economy? Insights from Models and Data,” Keynote Address, 20th International Conference on Electronic Commerce
(ICEC), Tianjin, China, July 6-7,
2018.
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“The Advent of
the Sharing Culture and its Effect on Product Pricing,” 20th International Conference on Cultural Economics,
Melbourne, Australia, June 26-29, 2018.
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“Implicit
Collusion in Multi-Principal Multi-Agent Contracts,” Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES), Sogang University, Seoul, South
Korea, June 21-23, 2018.
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“Intertemporal
Fairness and the Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources,” INFORMS International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, June 18-20, 2018
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“Design and
Efficiency in Multi-Principal Multi-Agent Contract Games,” 14th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare,
Seoul, South Korea, June 14-17, 2018.
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“Strategic
Durability with Sharing Markets,” Inaugural
Baltic Economics Conference & 7th
Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research, Vilnius, Lithuania, June
11-12, 2018.
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“Advances in
Model-Based Understanding of the Sharing Economy,” Invited Seminar, Institute of Information Management, University
St. Gallen, March 15, 2018.
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“Implicit
Collusion in Multi-Principal Multi-Agent Contracts,” Symposium on Imperfect Forms of Collusion, Stellenbosch Institute
for Advanced Studies (STIAS), Cape Town, South Africa, January 13-14, 2018.
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“The Dynamics
of Asset Sharing and Private Use,” 51st
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Waikoloa Village, HI, January 3-6, 2018.
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Strategy,
Information, Technology, Economics, and Society (SITES) (formerly: Competitive
Strategy, Economics, and IS, in existence since 1988) at the 51st HICSS, January 3-6, 2018.
2017
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“Strategic
Durability with Sharing Markets,” Latin
American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
November 9-11, 2017.
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October 2017: Maryam Razeghian obtained
her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Weber with a dissertation on “The
Economics of Sharing Markets;” the jury included Semyon Malamud (EPFL; jury
president), David Myatt (LBS), Armin Schmutzler
(Univ. of Zurich), and Daniel Kuhn (EPFL).
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“Strategic
Interdependent Security Systems,” 70th
European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Lisbon, Portugal, August
21-25, 2017.
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“Optimal
Switching Between Cash-Flow Streams,” 21st
Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) ,
Quebec, Canada, July 17-21, 2017.
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“The Optimal
Length of a Break,” 10th
Procrastination Research Conference, July 13-14, 2017, Chicago, IL.
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“Dynamic
Credit-Collections Optimization,” INFORMS
Applied Probability Society (APS) Conference 2017, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL, July 10-12, 2017.
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“Quantifying
Commitment in Nash Equilibria,” 13th
European Meeting on Game Theory (SING13),
Paris, France, July 5-7, 2017; 11th
International Conference on Game Theory and Management (GTM), GSOM Saint Petersburg State
University, Russia, June 28-30, 2017.
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“Selling vs.
Renting with Sharing,” 4th
International Workshop on the Sharing Economy (IWSE), Lund, Sweden, June 15-16, 2017.
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“Strategic
Interdependent Security Systems,” China
Meeting of the Econometric Society, Wuhan, China, June 9-11, 2017.
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“The Effect of
Sharing Markets on Product Durability,” Asian
Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES),
June 3-5, Hong Kong, China.
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“Grid
Connection of Shared Electric Vehicles,” 2nd
HAEE Energy Conference, May 18-20, 2017, Athens, Greece.
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“Controlling
and Pricing Shareability,” 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS), Waikoloa Village, HI,
January 4-7, 2017. Nominated for the Best
Research Paper Award.
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Strategy,
Information, Technology, Economics, and Society (SITES) (formerly: Competitive
Strategy, Economics, and IS, in existence since 1988) at the 50th HICSS, January 4-7, 2017.
2016
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“Dynamic Credit-Collections
Optimization,” 29th
Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia, December
14-16, 2016.
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“Optimal Multiattribute Screening,” System Analysis and Control: International Conference in Memory of Arkady Kryazhimskiy, Co-organized
by the Steklov Mathematical Institute Moscow, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Ural Federal
University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, October 3-8, 2016, plenary talk.
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“Multiattribute Pricing,” 5th International Conference on Continuous Optimization
(ICCOPT 2016), Tokyo, Japan, August 6-11, 2016.
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“To Share or
Not to Share: Adjustment Dynamics in a Sharing Economy,” 2016 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES), Kruger
National Park, South Africa, July 26-28, 2016;
2016 Asian Meeting of the Econometric
Society (AMES), Kyoto, Japan, August 11-13; 31st Annual Congress of the European Economic Association
(EEA-ESEM), Geneva, August 22-26, 2016.
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“Global
Optimization on an Interval,” 14th
Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (EUROPT 2016), Warsaw,
Poland, July 1-2, 2016; Mathematical
Optimization Down Under (MODU 2016), Melbourne, Australia, July 18-22,
2016.
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“Advances in
the Theory of Sharing: A Dynamic Approach,” 7th Workshop on Theory in Economics of Information Systems (TEIS),
Guanacaste, Costa Rica, March 18-21, 2016.
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“Dynamic
Information Acquisition,” 12th
International Conference on Operations Research (ICOR), Havana, Cuba, March
8-11, 2016.
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“Optimal Retail
in a Sharing Economy,” 49th
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Koloa, Kauai,
HI, January 5-8, 2016.
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Society,
Information, Technology, and Economics (SITE) (formerly: Competitive Strategy, Economics, and IS,
in existence since 1988) at the 49th HICSS,
January 5-8, 2016.
2015
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“Dynamic
Valuation of Delinquent Credit-Card Accounts,” 28th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference,
Sydney, Australia, December 16-18, 2015.
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“A Robust
Resolution of Newcomb’s Paradox,” INFORMS
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, 2015.
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“Multiattribute Pricing,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
1-4, 2015.
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“The Optimal
Timing of Medical Tests,” 10th
Triennial Conference of the Association of Asia-Pacific Operational Research
Societies (APORS 2015), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 2-6, 2015; INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
PA, November 1-4, 2015.
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“Optimal
Dynamic Information Acquisition with Application to Emissions Control,” 10th Triennial Conference of the
Association of Asia-Pacific Operational Research Societies (APORS 2015),
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 2-6, 2015.
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Co-chair, Control
Theory Stream, Joint International
Conference by the Swiss Operations Research Society (SVOR), the German Operations Research Society (GOR),
and the Austrian Operations Research Society (ÖGOR), Vienna, Austria,
September 1-4, 2015.
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Summer Academy on Economic Growth and
Governance of Natural Resources (MSA 2015), Moscow State University, July/August 2015.
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Mini-Conference
(joint w/ C.C. von Weizsäcker and H. Heinrichs) on the Collaborative Economy, organized by the Fondation Suisse, Maison
Heinrich Heine, Cité Internationale
Universitaire de Paris, March 31, 2015.
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Society,
Information, Technology, and Economics (SITE) (formerly: Competitive Strategy, Economics, and IS,
in existence since 1988) at the 48th HICSS,
January 5-8, 2015.
2014
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“Intertemporal
Fairness and the Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources,” INFORMS Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, November 9-12, 2014.
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“Optimal
Commitment,” Eighth International
Conference on Game Theory and Management (GTM),
St. Petersburg University, Russia, June 25-27, 2014, and at 3rd Workshop At the Boundaries
of Dynamic Games, Control, and Viability, Saint-Nicolas la Chapelle, France, June 19-21, 2014.
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“Dynamic
Information Acquisition in LQG Control Problems,” 20th
Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies
(IFORS), Barcelona, Spain, June 13-18, 2014.
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Coordination (joint w/ Prof. Manuel Heitor) of the Technology,
Management and Policy Graduate Consortium 2014 and the 2014 IRGC Risk Governance Research Workshop at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST),
June 23—25, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal. <Call for Abstracts>
<Poster>.
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Member of Expert
Group on Optimization of Product
Lifetime, Po 12.3777, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Bern,
Switzerland, 2013-14.
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“Collaborative
Housing and the Intermediation of Moral Hazard,” 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS), Waikoloa Village, HI, January 6-9, 2014. Nominated for the Best Research Paper Award.
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Co-chair, Minitrack on Information
Economics, Competition, Regulation, Law and Society at the 47th HICSS, January 6-9, 2014; Co-editor,
Special Issue on selected papers of HICSS minitrack, Journal of Management Information Systems.
2012/13
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Co-organizer (with Prof. R.
Fahlenbrach) of Workshop on “Decision Making under Uncertainty: Behavioural
Aspects,” EPFL, November 22, 2013, as part of the CRAG-IRGC Symposium <Workshop
Poster>.
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Organizing committee of the CRAG-IRGC Symposium,
Lausanne, November 20-22, 2013, jointly organized with
the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC).
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Chair of
Session on “OR/MS in
Economics” at 2013
Informs Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October
6, 2013.
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June
2013: Naveed Chehrazi obtained PhD with
dissertation on “Identification and Optimization of Stochastic Systems.” He is
now Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the McCombs School
of Business of the University of Texas at Austin.
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June 2013: Lauren Cipriano (co-advised by Margaret Brandeau, Stanford University) obtained PhD with
dissertation
on “Optimal Information Collection in Dynamic Health Policy.” She is now Assistant
Professor of Management Science at the Ivey Business School of the
University of Western Ontario in Canada.
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Member of Scientific Committee of the Center of Risk
Analysis and Governance (CRAG).
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Presentation of
“Information Acquisition in Dynamic Health Policy” at the 2013
INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Chicago, IL, June
25, 2013.
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Research Collaboration with
Novartis on “A Model-Based Analysis of Production
Processes for Transition to Lean Manufacturing,” Nyon, 2012-2013.
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Keynote address on
"New Connections and Open Problems in Operations Research" at the 10th Joint Operations
Research Days, June
28- 29, 2012, Neuchâtel,
Switzerland
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Plenary address on
"Sustainable Supply Chains: Green Logistics" at Liechtenstein Congress on Sustainable Development
and Responsible Investment, May
2-4, 2012, Liechtenstein