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Dr. Pascal Paschos, Computational Scientist at the University of Chicago Jul 30, 2020

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Open Science Grid, Distributed Computing, Midscale collaborations, South Pole Telescope, ENZO: Adaptive mesh code for Astrophysics, Hydrodynamic simulations, and Fraud Detection.

Dr. Pascal Paschos is a computational scientist at the University of Chicago and an instructor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Chicago State University. Previously he was in academic research at UC California San Diego on Computational cosmology, he moved to Chicago where he worked in High-Performance Computing at Northwestern University. Later, he joined the Maniac Lab at the University of Chicago where he is involved in accelerating computational research using advanced cyberinfrastructure for several international high energy physics experiments and serves as the Open Science Grid area coordinator for midscale collaborations.

Prof. Christophe Faugère, Professor of Finance at the Kedge Business School, France Jul 29, 2020

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Asset pricing methodology confusion, Required Yield Theory (RYT), Connectalism, Mindfulness, and Compassion in Finance

Prof. Christophe Faugère is a professor of finance at the Kedge Business School in France. He is the co-inventor of the “Required Yield Theory”, a financial theory that provides more robust insights into the valuation of broad market indexes such as S&P 500 and gold. He has published articles in leading American academic journals, such as The Journal of Portfolio Management and Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments.

Prof. Orly Sade, Chair in Business Administration and Associate Professor of Finance, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jul 28, 2020

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Personal finance decisions, AI-based behavioral finance interventions, Robo-advising, Framing advisory fees, Funding biases and crowdfunding

Prof. Orly Sade is the Chair in Business Administration and an Associate Professor of Finance at the Department of Finance, School of Business Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a member of the scientific board of the experimental finance society. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Stern School of Business, NYU, and has been a visiting Associate Professor at additional leading universities around the world (NYU Shanghai and IE Madrid and NES, Moscow). She has received letters of recognition for excellent teaching, and her research has been published in leading international academic journals and has been presented at leading academic conferences. Professor Orly Sade served as director of the BA program at The Hebrew University and received the Abe Gray awards from the President of the Hebrew University. She has been awarded several research grants, including multiple grants from the Israel Science Foundation.

Prof Amiyatosh Purnanandam, Professor of finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Jul 27, 2020

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Mortgage securitization, Measuring Bank Risk, Taxpayer returns from Bailouts, Dividends during a pandemic, and the principal-agent problem in structuring contracts with banks for bailouts.

Prof Amiyatosh Purnanandam is professor finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and the chair of the finance area. His research focuses on corporate finance, banking, and financial crisis. He has closely studied topics such as the effects of banking crises on the real economy, the role played by securitization during the subprime mortgage crisis and the economics of government bailout of the financial sector.

Prof. William Baker, Professor and Journalist-in-Residence at Fordham University in NY. Jul 25, 2020

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Demystifying the Business of Performing Arts, "Sacred," the movie, Learning from Germany on public media, and Organizations for people that succeed.

Prof. William Baker is a Professor and Journalist-in-Residence at Fordham University in NY. He is also a Professor of media & entertainment at IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, and President Emeritus of WNET-Thirteen, New York’s public television station. Prof. Baker is the recipient of seven Emmy Awards, two Columbia DuPont Journalism Awards, and honored in 2016 by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for his work in the performing arts.

Prof Brian Wandell, Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging at Stanford University. Jul 24, 2020

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Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging, Human Connectome Project for disordered emotional states, Imaging systems for oral cancer screening, and Better camera designs for convolutional neural networks using synthetic images

Prof Brian A. Wandell is a professor at the Psychology Department of Stanford University. He is also a member of Electrical Engineering, Ophthalmology, and the Graduate School of Education. He is the founding Director of Stanford’s Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging and he founded the Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering Program. Prof. Wandell’s research centers on imaging science and technology, spanning neuroscience measurements of the visual cortex and reading development to simulation and design of imaging systems.

Dr. Rouben Indjikian, adjunct professor of energy, and international economics at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland. Jul 23, 2020

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History of oil prices and possible future paths

Dr. Rouben Indjikian, an adjunct professor of energy, commodities, trade finance, digital economy, and international economics at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Indjikian had a distinguished career of nearly 30 years at UNCTAD (The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ) where, as an economist and manager, he was in charge of analysis, policy advice, and technical assistance in the areas of international trade, finance, e-commerce, and commodities.

Prof. Fernando Muzzio, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University Jul 22, 2020

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Supply chain risk in pharmaceutical manufacturing and the advantages of continuous manufacturing

Prof. Fernando Muzzio is a Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University and the Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center in Structured Organic Particulate Systems. Prof. Muzzio has authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and numerous book chapters and patents. He is one of the founding co-chairs of the International Institute for Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Prof. Dale Rogers, Professor of Business at Arizona State University Jul 21, 2020

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Logistics Manager's Index as a leading indicator of economic activity, Supply Chain Financing, and Effects of COVID on the global supply chain

Prof. Dale Rogers is a Professor of Business at Arizona State University. He is also the Director of the Frontier Economies Logistics Lab and the Co-Director of the Internet edge Supply Chain Lab at ASU. Dale is a leading researcher in the fields of reverse logistics, sustainable supply chain management, supply chain finance, and secondary markets.

Prof. Azra Raza, Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University Jul 20, 2020

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Cancer - why have we failed, and how can we get better? The quest to find and destroy the first cell to minimize human strife.

Prof. Azra Raza is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome) Center at Columbia University. She is a practicing oncologist seeing 30-40 cancer patients weekly. She worked with President Clinton designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology and with Vice President Joe Biden for the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Her latest book, THE FIRST CELL: And the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last was published in October 2019.

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