Presentation prizes of the 2023 EDMT doctoral program Research Day
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At the conclusion of its annual Research Day, the Doctoral Program in Management of Technology (EDMT) recognized Philipp Schneider for the best research presentation. The students Yves Rychener, Roy Sarkis, and Teng Andrea Xu tied for second place.
This year’s EDMT Research Day, held on May 11, began over lunch with a warm welcome by Prof. Thomas Weber, the EDMT director.
It was then up to the EDMT students to present their research, in two interactive sessions. Each session started with a poster slam, including brief presentations with a Q&A, after which the presenters invited the audience to their respective posters for an individual in-depth discussion. This allowed for intensive feedback from faculty and peers. Each participant was asked to score all presenters across various categories. The students with the highest average score would then receive a special recognition for the best 2023 research-day presentation.
Prof. Marc Gruber, member of the EDMT faculty and current Editor-in-Chief of the Academy of Management Journal, delivered a keynote on “Tips & Tricks for Successful Academic Publishing” sharing insights and valuable advice for those aspiring to publish their work in top journals so as to give broadest visibility to their research and maximize the chances of having a meaningful impact in their respective fields.
Special thanks go to Prof. Semyon Malamud and Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse, two EDMT faculty members, for providing valuable feedback on the students’ research presentations, as well as to Céline Cordey, the EDMT program coordinator, and Philipp Schneider, the EDMT student representative, for handling the organizational details.
PROGRAM OF THE 2023 EDMT RESEARCH DAY
Welcome & Lunch
Prof. Thomas Weber, EDMT Director
Student Presentations
- Pietro Bargagli Stoffi (ENTC)
- Yves Rychener (RAO)
- Saeed Masiha (BAN)
- Teng Andrea Xu (SFI-SM)
- Jun Han (OES)
- Gleb Kurovskiy (SFI-LL)
Featured Faculty Presentation
Prof. Marc Gruber, ENTC Chair, Editor-in-Chief of the Academy of Management Journal: “Tips & Tricks for Successful Academic Publishing”
Student Presentations
- Mengmeng Li (RAO)
- Tin Huynh (ENAC)
- Fateme Jamshidi (BAN)
- Tianshu Yang (RAO)
- Roy Sarkis (SFI-LL)
- Philipp Schneider (OES)
Before the event concluded with an aperitif in the Vortex, the recognition for best 2023 EDMT Research Day presentation was awarded to Philipp Schneider for his presentation on “Securing Payment from a Financially Distressed Buyer.”
The runners-up, who also received vouchers, were:
- Yves Rychener – End-to-End Learning for Stochastic Optimization: A Bayesian Perspective
- Roy Sarkis – Intraday GHI Forecasting Using Webcams
- Teng Andrea Xu – Deep Learning from Implied Volatility Surfaces
