Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University Information Systems Research Seminar Series: 2001-2002 The Information Systems Research Seminar is typically held on Thursday afternoons, from 4:15 to 5:45 in room 5-80 at the Kaufman Managment Education Center. The seminar is co-sponsored by the Information Systems group of the Department of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, and CeDER: the Center for Digital Economy Research. The seminar features a mix of researchers and faculty members from NYU and other leading universities/research institutions. The talk is followed by a CeDER-sponsored reception between 6:00 and 7:00, where the discussion continues. If you'd like to participate in the seminar, get details about current or past talks, or join the announcement mailing list, contact Julia Mills. Current semester's schedule

Schedule for Spring 2002 (final) Date Speaker Topic (brief) Time and Place Thursday, January 31st F. Javier Lerch Carnegie-Mellon University Learning and Cognitive Modeling in Dynamic Real-Time Decision Making abstract   4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-85 Monday, February 4th Pei-Yu (Sharon) Chen* University of Pennsylvania Measuring Switching Costs and Their Determinants in Internet-Based Business abstract - paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 3-80 Thursday, February 7th (Joint IS-OM) Korhan Gurkan* Stanford University Information Technology, Innovation and Market Structure abstract - note time and room change 10:30 - 11:50 a.m. KMC 4-120 Monday, February 11th Nils Fonstad* Massachussetts Institute of Technology The Roles of Technology in Improvising abstract - paper 4:30 - 5:50 p.m. KMC 3-80 Wednesday, February 20th Carsten Osterlund* Massachussetts Institute of Technology Boundary Objects and the Politics of Coordination and Knowledge Sharing abstract - paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, March 21st Paul Kantor Rutgers University Price Discrimination at Slashdot Speeds abstract 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, April 4th Sandra Slaughter Carnegie-Mellon University Quality Improvement and IT Infrastructure Costs in Software Product Development abstract - paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, April 11th Timothy Van Zandt INSEAD and Yale University Structure and Scale of Real-Time Hierarchical Resource Allocation abstract - paper - companion paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, April 18th Natalia Levina New York University A Complementarities Theory View on the Value Proposition in IT Outsourcing abstract - background paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, April 25th Vasilis Vassalos New York University XML Processing and User Interface Generation abstract - paper - companion paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, May 2nd Bing Jing New York University Network Externality, Product Differentiation and Social Welfare abstract - background paper 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Thursday, May 9th (Joint IS-OM) Eitan Zemel New York University Supply Chain Coordination: Auctioning Supply Options abstract 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. KMC 5-80 Friday, May 31st (Joint IS-OM) Gerard Cachon University of Pennsylvania TBA TBA