People Unless stated otherwise, all seminars are at 3:30 in room 3108 Etcheverry Hall.

SPRING 2005

DateSpeaker Title
Jan 28 Speaker: Hanoch Levy, School of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv Abstract: How Fair Is Your Queue?
Feb 7 Speaker: Kyle Lin, Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School Abstract: Optimal Transmission Power Management for a Wireless Transmitter
Feb 14 Speaker: Ikhlaq Sidhu Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Subject: Engineering Entrepreneurship Education and Programs
Feb 21 President's Day No seminar
Feb 28 Speaker: Michael Fu, University of Maryland (College Park) Abstract: Stochastic Gradient Estimation
March 14 Speaker: J. Michael Harrison, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Abstract: Pointwise Stationary Fluid Models for Stochastic Processing Networks
March 21 Spring Break No seminar
March 28 Speaker: Ushio Sumita, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Abstract: Optimal Threshold Analysis of Segmentation Methods for Identifying Target Customers
April 11 Speaker: Ilan Kremer (GSB, Stanford University) Abstract: Online Algorithms and Option Pricing
April 18 Speaker: Volker Schmidt, University of Ulm Abstract: Fitting and Simulation of Models for Telecommunication Access Networks
April 25 Speaker: Lisa Goldberg, MSCI Barra, Inc. Abstract: A TOP DOWN APPROACH TO MULTI-NAME CREDIT
May 1 Speaker: Adam Paul Arkin, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley Subject: Diversity and Control in Biological Regulatory Networks: How bacteria and viruses survive in an uncertain environment
May 9 Speaker: Fugee Tsung, Dept. of Industrial Eng & Eng Mgt HK Univ. of Science & Technology Abstract: Recent Advances in Statistical Quality Control
May 11 Speaker: Oktay Gunluk, Math. Sciences, IBM Research Abstract: Valid inequalities for (mixed) integer programs