ISOM Newsletter
March 9, 2018
Winter 2018 e-Newsletter
DEPARTMENT & FACULTY NEWS | PUBLICATIONS | CONFERENCES | DOCTORAL PROGRAM | MSIS PROGRAM | MSCM PROGRAM | SEMINAR SERIES
DEPARTMENT & FACULTY NEWS
| FACULTY NEWS | |
| MARK HILLIER was awarded the Professor of the Quarter in Winter Quarter by the Full-Time MBA Class of 2018 for his teaching of QMETH 551, Modeling with Spreadsheets. | |
| STEPHANIE LEE’s article entitled “Does Bundling Decrease the Probability of Switching Telecommunications Service Providers?” was awarded the annual prize for Best Article by a Junior Scholar in the Review of Industrial Organization. |
| USTC – UW INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INNOVATION |
| The USTC-UW Institute for Global Business and Finance Innovation continued their recruiting process for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. They invited a total of eight candidates and one visiting scholar throughout the Winter Quarter.
Yongfeng Wei, director of USTC-UW Institute, attended the 2018 American Economic Association meeting in Philadelphia, PA on January 5-7, 2018. Director Wei also traveled to San Francisco in preparation of the upcoming USTC-Silicon Valley Education Program opening ceremony. |
| KAMRAN MOINZADEH and YONG-PIN ZHOU co-taught the “Operations Management” course at USTC from March 15 – 27, 2018. Prof. Zhou also presented a seminar entitled “Store Fulfillment Strategy for an Omni-Channel Retailer” on March 14, 2018. |
PUBLICATIONS
| FACULTY PUBLICATIONS |
| DEB DEY, A. Ghoshal, and A. Lahiri. (December 2017). Drawing a Line in the Sand: Commitment Problem in Ending Software Support. MIS Quarterly, Volume 41(4), 1227-1247. |
| MARK HILLIER and Frederick Hillier. Introduction to Management Science. McGraw-Hill Education, January 2018. |
| FOAD IRAVANI, HAMED MAMANI, and R. Ahmadi. (February 2018). Supply Chain Coordination in the Presence of Gray Markets and Strategic Consumers. Production and Operations Management, Volume 26(2), 252-272. |
| MASHA SHUNKO, J. Niederhoff, and Y. Rosokha. (January 2018). Humans Are Not Machines: The Behavioral Impact of Queueing Design on Service Time. Management Science, Volume 64(1), 453-473. |
| MICHAEL WAGNER. (March-April 2018). Robust Inventory Management: An Optimal Control Approach. Operations Research, Volume 66(2), 426-447. |
| FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS |
| DEB DEY, A. Kim, and A. Lahiri. The ‘Invisible Hand’ of Piracy: An Economic Analysis of the Information-Goods Supply Chain. MIS Quarterly. |
| SORAYA FATEHI (PhD) and MICHAEL WAGNER. “Crowdfunding via Revenue-Sharing Contracts.” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. |
| FOAD IRAVANI, HAMED MAMANI, and S. Alizamir. An Analysis of Price vs. Revenue Protection: Government Subsidies in the Agriculture Industry. Management Science. |
| MASHA SHUNKO, A. Scheller-Wolf, T. Yunes, S. Tayur, S. Kekre, G. Fenu, and V. Tardiff. “Implementing a Bundling, Lane and Price Sheet Strategy for Caterpillar’s Compact Construction Equipment Division.” Production and Operations Management. |
| MASHA SHUNKO, H. Do, D. Novak, and M. Lucas. “Impact of Behavioral Factors on Performance of Multi-Server Queueing Systems.” Production and Operations Management. |
CONFERENCES | INVITED TALKS | RESEARCH
| HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES (HICSS) Waikoloa Village, HI | January 3 – 6, 2018 |
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| DEB DEY and MICHAEL WAGNER attended this year’s HICSS Conference, which provides a unique and interactive environment for researchers to exchange ideas in information, computer, and system sciences. | |
| DEB DEY |
His paper entitled “Security Circumvention: To Educate or To Enforce?” was presented by co-author, A. Lahiri. |
| 2018 EARLY-CAREER SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS WORKSHOP Atlanta, GA | March 2 – 4, 2018 |
| SHI CHEN and FOAD IRAVANI attended the workshop to learn the latest research trends in the area of sustainable operations. |
| THEORY IN ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS (TEIS) San Diego, CA | March 17 – 18, 2018 |
| DEB DEY presented his paper entitled “Circumventing Circumvention: An Economic Analysis of the Role of Education and Enforcement.” MING FAN was also in attendance. |
| CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | |
| MASHA SHUNKO |
Attended the Utah Operations Winter Conference in Snowbird, UT on February 1 – 3, 2018. |
| INVITED TALKS | |
| SHI CHEN |
Was invited to present a seminar at the University of British Columbia on February 7, 2018. His presentation was entitled “Pricing Schemes in Cloud Computing: Utilization-Based versus Reservation-Based.” |
| TED KLASTORIN |
Prof. Klastorin was invited to give a seminar at George Washington University entitled “Optimal Contracts in Decentralized Projects (or Why Boeing Paid over $5B in Penalty Fees on the B787). |
| YONG TAN |
Prof. Tan was invited to present at the 2018 Future of Work in the Digital Society Conference hosted by Arizona State University on February 22 – 24, 2018. It was a two-day event that gathers top industry practitioners and top scholars who work on the broad topic of Gig economy to present their cutting-edge research and findings and discuss the important research topics and applications. |
| RESEARCH | |
| TED KLASTORIN |
Visited his co-author in Portland, OR on Feb. 26, 2018 to work with Professor Gary Mitchell on their book “Managing Complex Projects: A Risk Management Approach” and a research paper on managing projects under a competitive threat. |
DOCTORAL PROGRAM
| GENERAL EXAMINATIONS |
| DOOSTI, SHAHRYAR Passed his general examination on Wednesday March 14, 2018. His presentation was entitled “Essays on Economics of Online Platforms.” |
| GHAHESTANI BOJD, BEHNAZ Passed her general examination on Friday February 16, 2018. Her presentation was entitled “Essays on Gamified Information Systems.” |
MSIS PROGRAM
| On January 20th, 2018, the MSIS program hosted its annual Professional Mock Interview event. The mock interviewers, who joined us from various companies such as Boeing, Expedia and Alaska Airlines, were able to provide our students with real-life, one-on-one interview experiences, as well as constructive feedback as they prepare to enter the workforce. With their areas of expertise ranging from product and IT management to software engineering, the interviewers were able to supply MSIS students with rich and diverse perspectives based on their experience. It was an exercise that our students greatly appreciated. A special thank you to all of the interviewers for their participation! | |
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| NEW STAFF | |
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Please join me in welcoming LaShonna McBride as the new Advisor and Student Services Specialist for the MSIS program. LaShonna joins us from Kois Center LLC, a continuing education facility for dentists, where she worked as a Registration and Alumni Relations Manager. She brings to Foster a background in professional student advising, alumni relations and course management. A lifelong local, LaShonna shared that she enjoys exploring Seattle parks and hikes with her dog, cooking and crafting in her spare time. She is excited to have the opportunity to work with MSIS students through their educational journeys and learn more about UW. |
MSCM PROGRAM
| 2018 is off to a strong start for the MSCM Program! Students had several great opportunities to engage with industry and expand on what they learned in the classroom. A few highlights include:
• Attending the Oracle Future Supply Chain Leaders Program As winter quarter wrapped up, several students took to the skies for a spring break abroad on the ISOM Spring Immersion – a supply chain and information systems study tour. The group traveled to the Netherlands and Spain to visit companies and learn about global business and the opportunities and challenges faced by supply chain and IS professionals. A very big thank you goes out to PACCAR, DAF Trucks, Cisco, Mango, the US Consulate General in Barcelona, AgroMapping, and SEAT (pictured below) for hosting us! |
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SEMINAR SERIES
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January 5, 2018 LEELA NAGESWARAN Carnegie Mellon University | Operations Management TITLE: Queues with Redundancy: Is Waiting in Multiple Lines Fair? |
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January 10, 2018 APOSTOLOS FILIPPAS New York University | Information Systems TITLE: Digital Reputation at Risk: Sharing Economy Platforms and New Challenges for Online Reputation System Design |
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January 12, 2018 GUANGWEN KONG University of Minnesota | Operations Management TITLE: The Promise and Paradox of Sharing Economy: Implications for Ownership, Usage and Social Welfare |
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January 12, 2018 UTTARA ANANTHAKRISHNAN Carnegie Mellon University | Information Systems TITLE: Much Ado About Streaming: Effect of Subscription based Video on Demand Platforms on Movie Sales |
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January 19, 2018 WILL MA MIT | Operations Management TITLE: Online Resource Allocation under Arbitrary Arrivals: Optimal Algorithms and Tight Competitive Ratios |
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January 19, 2018 VIBHANSHU ABHISHEK Carnegie Mellon University | Information Systems TITLE: Business Models in the Sharing Economy: Manufacturing Durable Goods in the Presence of Peer-to-Peer Rental Markets |
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January 26, 2018 CHLOE KIM GLAESER University of Pennsylvania | Operations Management TITLE: Optimal Retail Location: Empirical Methodology and Application to Practice |
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January 26, 2018 SHAN HUANG MIT | Information Systems TITLE: Social Advertising Effectiveness Across Products: A Large-Scale Field Experiment |
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February 2, 2018 QIUPING YU Indiana University | Operations Management TITLE: The Reference Effect of Delay Announcements: Models and a Field Experiment |
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February 2, 2018 CHEN JIN University of Pennsylvania | Information Systems TITLE: Impact of Bilateral Rating System on Ride-Sharing Platforms |
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February 9, 2018 MENG LIU MIT | Information Systems TITLE: Demand and Consumer Surplus in the On-Demand Economy: the Case of Ride Sharing |
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March 9, 2018 BEHNAZ GHAHESTANI BOJD (PhD) University of Washington | Information Systems TITLE: Online Weight-Loss Challenges: An Empirical Study on the Effects of Gamification in Online Weight-Loss Communities |
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