Welcome to the 2nd Smith DOIT Doctoral Consortium! We are thrilled to host a diverse group of Ph.D. students to exchange ideas and hone presentation skills in a supportive, peer-led environment!

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March 15th, 2024 (9 am to 6 pm)

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Agenda

March 15th

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Student Presentation 1

The Paradox of Objectification: How Employee Objectification Impacts Valued Voice Outcomes

Presenter: Yasha Spriha (OBHR)

Discussant: Zoey He (OBHR)

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Keynote Speaker 1 - Prof. Max Biggs

Convex Surrogate Loss Functions for Contextual Pricing with Transaction Data

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Keynote Speaker 2 - Prof. Yuan Guo

A Customer Choice Model of Impulse Buying in Social Commerce

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch Break

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Student Flash Talks 1-4

Sung Hyun Kown (DOIT-IS): Catching the Viewer's Eye: Examining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in the Live Streaming Market
Gujie Li (DOIT-IS): How Do Human Mental Health Care Providers React to Their Automated Counterparts? A Study of an Online Counseling Forum
Tin Nguyen (CS): Towards Conceptualization of “Fair Explanation”: Impact of Asian Hate Speech Explanations on Content Moderators
Eunseong Jang (DOIT-OMMS): Positive and Unlabeled Learning for Inference of Unobserved Connections in Colombian Cocaine Supply Chains

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Keynote Speaker 3 - Prof. Yuexing Li

Data-driven Clustering and Feature-based Retail Electricity Pricing with Smart Meters

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Ice Cream Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM