BOR Summer School Program

Last updated 12.5.2016, 15:20.


DAILY SCHEDULE
Lectures
AM1 09.00-10.30
Coffee break
AM2 11.00-12.30
Lunch 12.30-13.30
PM1 13.30-15.00
Coffee break
PM3 15.30-16.15
PM4 16.15-17.00
PM5 17.00-17.45

Sunday May 15, 2016 Arrival to Helsinki
Airport to Helsinki info is here. Hop off at Hesperian puisto.

Helsinki City sightseeing on foot and by tram. Small groups guided by Finnish doctoral students will leave Töölön Towers at different times in the afternoon. Please sign up here.

Travel cards will be given to you at 7 pm at Töölö Towers if you did not participate in the sightseeing.

Monday, May 16: PROBLEM STRUCTURING DAY
Bus from Töölö Towers to Aalto University info is here.

Room M1. Interactive guide to help you find the room: Link.
09.00 - 09.30 Raimo P. Hämäläinen Welcome
09.30 - 10.30 L. Alberto Franco: What is Behavioural Operational Research
Prereads for the lectures of L. Alberto Franco
Walk to room U9(U271)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 L. Alberto Franco: Problem structuring interventions: content and process
12:30 - 13.30 Lunch. Campus restaurants map here.
13.30 - 15.30 L. Alberto Franco: Workshop: Group problem structuring
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 - 16.15 L. Alberto Franco: Workshop: Group problem structuring
16.15 - 17.00 L. Alberto Franco: Workshop: Group problem structuring
17.00 - 18.00 Research pitches by Aseguel Engin, Mariia Kozlova, Andrei Matveenko, Alice Aubert, Alex Kharlamov.
Walk to Lounge, 5th floor, BIZ School
18.15 - Get together at Aalto University premises. Drinks and snacks available.

Tuesday, May 17: DECISION DAY
Room M1
09.00 - 10.30 Jeffrey Keisler: Modelling principles in Decision Analysis
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break & Poster session
11.00 - 12.30 Gilberto Montibeller: Behavioural and cognitive biases in decision and risk analysis
12:30 - 13.30 Lunch. Campus restaurants map here.
13.30 - 15.00 Gilberto Montibeller: Behavioural and cognitive biases in decision and risk analysis
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break & Poster session
15.30 - 16.15 Jyrki Wallenius: Behavioural issues in multicriteria optimization
Walk to room U351
16.15 - 17.15 Tuomas Lahtinen: Workshop - An experiment in decision making
17.30 - 18.30 The First International BOR Mölkky Tournament in Otaniemi. Drinks and snacks available. Mölkky practice in advance is allowed and encouraged. The winners will be awarded. Tournament bracket, instructions and rules here.

Wednesday, May 18: MIND AND BRAIN DAY
Room M1
09.00 - 10.30 Konstantinos Katsikopoulos: Heuristics in human behaviour and decision-making
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Konstantinos Katsikopoulos: Heuristics in human behaviour and decision-making
12:30 - 13.30 Lunch. Campus restaurants map here.
13.30 - 15.00 Esa Saarinen: Systems Intelligence
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 - 16.30 Lauri Parkkonen: The brain basis of social interaction: methods, paradigms and results
16.45 - 18.20 Visit to the Aalto Neuroimaging center

Thursday , May 19: FUTURES DAY
Room M1
09.00 - 10.30 Paul Goodwin: Behavioural issues in forecasting
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Paul Goodwin: Behavioural issues in forecasting
12:30 - 13.30 Lunch. Campus restaurants map here.
13.30 - 14.15 Ahti Salo: Foresight and horizon scanning
14.15 - 15.00 Ilkka Leppänen: Experimental games and economics (slides)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 - 16.30 Panel: Want to become a BOR scholar?
                      Future research and collaboration opportunities in BOR
16.30 - 17.45 Research pitches by Hilya Arini, Sara Hasani, Irene Pluchinotta, Katharina Burger, Giovanna Fancello, Valentina Ferretti.

Friday, May 20: SIMULATION DAY
Room M1
09.00 - 09.45 Tuomas Lahtinen: How to design and analyze experiments
09.45 - 10.30 Tuomas Lahtinen: Path dependence. Preread material.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11.00 - 11.45 Stewart Robinson: Introduction to simulation methods. Slides.
Prereads for the lectures of Stewart Robinson.
11.45 - 12.30 Stewart Robinson: Modeling behaviour in simulation. Slides.
12:30 - 13.30 Lunch. Campus restaurants map here.
Walk to room U351
13.30 - 15.00 Stewart Robinson: Workshop: Simulation
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
Walk to room U9(U271)
15.30 - 17.30 Stewart Robinson: Workshop: Beer game
17.30 - 18.00 Participants and lecturers: Interactive synthesis session
                      Student reflections, Questions and answers, BOR research plans

Saturday, May 21: OUTING DAY (Cruise starts at 13:00)

Afternoon lunch cruising in the Helsinki archipelago on board Doris II. We will get onboard the cruise at 13.00. The boat will be next to Lyypekinlaituri (link). Please do not miss the boat.

In the forenoon before we take the boat you can stroll leisurely towards the market place and nibble food from the offerings of the Restaurant Day.

Hop off the boat at the old fortress island of Suomenlinna at 16.30 or continue with Doris II back to Helsinki. Cannon sheltered drinks on the banks with a sea view, followed by free roaming around the island. Return to city on your own on the public ferry using your bus pass.

End of the Summer School
tori
Helsinki Market Square
doris
Lunch Buffet at Doris II

Sunday, May 22
Check out of accommodation