An empirical study of energy consumption with a mixture pricing mechanism
12:00-13:30
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2019-06-12
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Venue:Room 236, School of Economics, Yuquan CampusSpeaker: Tong Wang, Lecturer in Business Economics and Director, Marketing & Business AnalysisAbstract:We particularly try to provide an exploratory and tentative analysis on how an economic agent chooses the level of monthly total electricity consumption under the existence of a unique pricing system. Using a rich and unique panel data of citizen’s electricity consumption in Hangzhou, China, we structurally model the electricity con- sumption behavior under the existence of a mixture of two following pricing systems: 1. Increasing block pricing (IBP), for which the marginal price will gradually increase with the total consumption level. 2. Time-of-use pricing system, which refers to the calculation of electricity price in different time periods, and the electricity price is more expensive during peak hours (day) and during valley hours (night). The estimation of such a demand model of electricity consumption allows us to evaluate the impact of counterfactual energy policies. In particular, the specific policies that we seek to evaluate are the changes in the blocks and marginal prices, as recently proposed by the government. Specifically, we aim to estimate the impact of the new proposals that may be introduced and their effect on choices of households during different seasons.
We particularly try to provide an exploratory and tentative analysis on how an economic agent chooses the level of monthly total electricity consumption under the existence of a unique pricing system.
tong Wang
2019-06-14 10:07:44
Yuquan Campus
Introduction to graduate study at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
14:00
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2019-06-12
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Venue: Room 102, Academic Building 7, Yuquan CampusSpeaker: Junling Wang, Associate Chair (Research), School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Junling Wang, Associate Chair (Research), School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Junling Wang
2019-06-14 10:03:27
Yuquan Campus
Endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis and inflammation
16:00-17:00
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2019-06-11
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Venue: Room 234, College of Life SciencesSpeaker: Dr. Jun Yu, Temple UniversityChair, Education Committee, Center for Metabolic Diseases ResearchChair, Metabolic Disease Research Forum, Center for Metabolic Diseases ResearchAssociate Professor, PhysiologyAssociate Professor, Center for Metabolic Diseases Research
Dr. Jun Yu, Chair, Education Committee, Center for Metabolic Diseases Research, Temple University
Jun Yu
2019-06-14 16:06:09
Zijingang Campus
Disrupting Unwanted Habits in Online Gambling Through Information Technology
08:50-10:20
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2019-06-10
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Venue: Room 1417, Library and Information Building C, Zijingang CampusAbstract:The instant access to gambling anytime, anywhere, has made online gambling highly habitual. As a result, some online gamblers choose to volitionally enable the website-provided disruptive IT features to control their gambling routines. The objective of this study is to examine the role of these features in regulating online gambling behavior. Drawing on theories of habitual automaticity and habit disruption, we theorize the efficacy and mechanism of disruptive features while taking into account heterogeneity in individual regularity and game type. We tested the model using data collected over 10 years from 3,526 users of a gambling website. First, we found that individuals’ repetitive gambling patterns weakened as the duration of exposure to disruptive features increased. Second, the behavior of more regular gamblers was more resistant to the disruptive features. Third, disruptive features were less effective on sports games compared with casino games. Overall, the present study contributes to the IS literature by clarifying how simple IT features may disrupt unwanted and difficult-to-break online gambling habits. Our findings are also likely to apply to broader areas of online services in which the application in question is integrated into everyday life and the system can offer a disruptive mechanism.Speaker:Xiao Ma is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics in the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He holds a Ph.D. in Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Xiao’s research focuses on the problems of online gambling behavior and proper interventions, behavior analytics in online labor and knowledge communities, emerging phenomena & theory development in Information Systems, methodological issues in management research, etc. His latest research interests include healthcare analytics, and using natural experiments to reveal managerial implications of digital system design change. Mostly recently, Xiao has also expanded his research focus into the areas of artificial intelligence and deep-learning algorithms, exploring how business research can leverage the advanced computational methods. His research has appeared in premier information systems journals, including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
Xiao Ma is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics in the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.
Xiao Ma
2019-06-14 15:56:57
Zijingang Campus
Sensitivity and reproducibility of onco-panel sequencing across multiple laboratories and technologies
09:00-10:30
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2019-06-10
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Venue: Room 351, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Joshua Xu, Branch Chief for Research-to-Review, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, FDA/NCTR
Dr. Joshua Xu, Branch Chief for Research-to-Review, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, FDA/NCTR
Joshua Xu
2019-06-14 10:20:57
Zijingang Campus
Histopathology as a bridge to precision oncology
16:00
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2019-06-10
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Venue: Room 205, Administrative Building, School of MedicineSpeaker: Dr. Dejun Shen, associate surgical pathologist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Dejun Shen, associate surgical pathologist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Dejun Shen
2019-06-11 14:50:49
School of Medicine
Cholangiocytes under stress - Mechanistic and therapeutic insights into pediatric and adult biliary disease
16:00-17:00
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2019-05-30
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Venue: Room 245, College of Life Sciences, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Prof. Michael Pack, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Prof. Michael Pack, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Pack
2019-06-10 16:17:05
Zijingang Campus
Application of advanced technologies in assessing listening skills: Eye tracking and brain imaging
14:00-16:00
Talk & Lecture
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2019-05-27
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Venue: Room 201, No. 5 East Teaching Building, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Vahid Aryadoust, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Vahid Aryadoust, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Vahid Aryadoust
2019-06-04 15:50:46
Zijingang Campus
Ultrastructural analysis of early ciliary structures using correlative super-resolution and 3D electron microscopies
14:00-15:00
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2019-05-27
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Venue: Room 705. Administrative Building, School of Medicine, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Quanlong Lu, research fellow, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (USA)
Quanlong Lu, research fellow, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (USA)
Quanlong Lu
2019-06-03 14:30:05
School of Medicine