The Ross School of Business, Technology & Operations Department sponsors a weekly seminar series in which a guest speaker presents their research.

Omar Besbes is the Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business at Columbia University, where he is a member of the Decision, Risk & Operations division in the Graduate School of Business. He is also a member of the Data Science Institute, and the research director of the Deming Center.

His primary research interests are in the area of data-driven decision-making with a focus on applications in e-commerce, pricing and revenue management, online advertising, operations management and general service systems..

Topic: Data-driven decisions: how big should your data really be?