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Monday, November 20, 2017 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Management Sciences Seminar | Yigal Gerchak: "Partnership Profit Sharing"

In creating a new partnership (“syndicate”), what division of uncertain future profit should the parties select? We consider partnerships with no substantial initial investment and no moral hazard. Parties may differ in risk attitudes and beliefs. The common approach is bargaining. We take a different approach: One party proposes to the other a contract, similarly to the principal-agent approach.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Management Sciences Seminar | Andrew Brown: "Trust & Automation"

Developing trust with my clients and co-workers has been central to my career success since completing my MASc degree. I claim that automating my analytics contributed a surprising amount to developing trust in my work by making it repeatable, audit-able and alterable. In this talk, I’ll speak about those three features of automated analytics and their link to trust in the context of project examples, both successes and failures.

Take advantage of this on-campus opportunity to learn, network and foster research partnerships with technology innovators, leading researchers, government experts and entrepreneurs. Panel presentations will explore the implications of disruptive emerging technologies within the existing energy distribution network and the role of adaptive new policies and regulations. Delve into alternative approaches to financing small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) and consider what determines success or failure in a new business model.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:00 am - Wednesday, December 6, 2017 12:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

ExpecTAtions Teaching Assistant Workshop

ExpecTAtions is a two-day workshop that prepares Waterloo Engineering students to undertake a teaching assistantship. To serve as a TA, you are required to complete the ExpecTAtions workshop. After full attendance and successful completion of all required activities you will receive a certificate noting your achievement.

Screening for diseases is an important, and extensively used, public health tool; early detection can improve clinical outcomes and/or reduce the spread of infectious diseases, especially for diseases that have slow to develop and/or initially non-specific symptoms (e.g., AIDS, Zika, hepatitis). A major challenge in public health screening is to design screening policies that are capable of accurately classifying subjects in a large population with limited resources and imperfect tests.

Management Sciences professor Sibel Alumur Alev was recently awarded the Charles ReVelle Rising Star award at the 2017 INFORMS annual meeting in Houston, Texas.

The prestigious Rising Star award is awarded every two years to a person "who has made significant contribution to location analysis research and displays the potential to continue to do so."  Professor Alumur Alev was recognized for her research excellence in hub network design, reverse logistics, and supply chain network design.

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Comprehensive Exam - Remziye Kitapli

Major Field

Applied Operations Research

Proposal Title

Chemotherapy Treatment Models Incorporating Tumour Growth and Stochastic Cancer Staging

Examining Committee

Erenay, Fatih Management Sciences
He, Qi-Ming Management Sciences
Mahmoudzadeh, Houra Management Sciences
Elkamel, Ali Chemical Engineering