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Is communicating via Skype or other video media equivalent to a face-to-face meeting? We have known for some time that after interacting face-to-face, people can predict the cooperative behaviour of strangers with better-than-chance accuracy. But is this ability affected when communications are mediated by video technology? This study reports four laboratory experiments examining how different communication conditions affect cooperation prediction efficacy.
We compare two models of a multi-server queueing system with state-dependent service rates and return probabilities. In both models, upon completing service, customers are delayed prior to possibly returning to service. In one model, the determination of whether a customer will return occurs immediately upon service completion, at the beginning of the delay. In the other, that determination is made at the end of the delay, capturing the idea that it takes time for the customer’s condition and needs to evolve or assess, before it becomes known whether a return to service is needed.
In this talk, we discuss a discrete-time model where the underlying asset price is subject to stochastic volatility and liquidity for optimal trade execution. This model is an extension of Almgren and Chriss' model. Instead of the mean-variance criterion, we consider the mean-quadratic criterion for choosing the optimal strategy through applications of Markov decision processes. We carry out a numerical analysis by Monte Carlo simulation and provide detailed comparison results under various risk aversion criteria.
Come watch the finalists of the 3MT faculty-based heats present their research in the 3MT university-wide final competition.
Speaker: Prof. Mohamed Bakr
Title: Effective Teaching of Engineering Courses Using Flipped Classrooms
Date: 25 February, 2020
Time: 3pm
Location: EIT-3142
Invited By: Omar Ramahi
The Conrad School is hosting a lunch hour Speakers' Series as part of the annual Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 global awareness and celebration. Please join us to hear 30-45-minute presentations covering entrepreneurship topics.
The Conrad School is hosting a Speakers' Series as part of the annual Women Entrepreneurship Week 2020 global awareness and celebration.
Join us virtually on any of the following dates and times:
Tuesday, November 24th, between 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Thursday, November 26th, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Friday, November 27th, between 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Canada changed forever on December 6, 1989 when 14 young women were murdered in a gender-based act of violence at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. 