Who Gets What: The New Economics of Matching and Market Design. Guest: Dr. Alvin Roth

Posted by on Dec 25, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on Who Gets What: The New Economics of Matching and Market Design. Guest: Dr. Alvin Roth November 14, 2013. Dr. Alvin Roth, Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University and 2012 Nobel laureate in economics.  Dr. Roth discusses his work in mechanism design over the last several years.  Q&A Begins at: 1’01’14”.  
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The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini. Interviewed by Moira Gunn.

Posted by on Nov 30, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini. Interviewed by Moira Gunn. November 30, 2013. University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UCSF professors explain the scientific contributions of the 2013 Nobel prize recipients on Tech Nation.   Ludwig Chincarini, Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes.  Interviewed by Moira Gunn.
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The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Teresa Head-Gordon, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini

Posted by on Oct 26, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Teresa Head-Gordon, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini October 21, 2013. University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UCSF professors explain the scientific contributions of the 2013 Nobel prize recipients. Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Teresa Head-Gordon, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes.  Host:  Ludwig Chincarini  
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The Train Interviews. Guest: Ms. Janet Yellen

Posted by on Oct 9, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The Train Interviews. Guest: Ms. Janet Yellen Early 2000s. Janet Yellen, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley.  Former Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Chair of the White House Council of Economics Advisers under President Bill Clinton.  Nominee for Fed Chairman.  Interviewed by Kenneth Train on her experience as an economist and in the Federal...
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Sound Business: Dolby and the Cinema Experience. Guest: Mr. Ioan Allen

Posted by on Jun 13, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on Sound Business: Dolby and the Cinema Experience. Guest: Mr. Ioan Allen April 26, 2013.  Ioan Allen, Vice President of Dolby Laboratories. From the roar of TIE fighters and hum of lightsabers in Star Wars to the jingling and creaking of bridles and saddles in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, sound is something we almost take for granted in a movie with a great story. Films have long had sound: even silent films featured some kind of live, musical accompaniment....
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The Recovery Theorem and Thoughts about the Field of Finance. Guest: Dr. Stephen Ross

Posted by on Jun 2, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The Recovery Theorem and Thoughts about the Field of Finance. Guest: Dr. Stephen Ross April 23, 2013. Dr. Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Economics at MIT. Creator of the arbitrage pricing theory, agency theory, and co-creator of the binomial option pricing model. Dr. Ross discusses his new theory of recovery which he believes can obtain the market’s implied prediction of future stock prices. He also answers questions about the future of finance and what he...
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