Category: Events

Shifting the traditional model of analysing downloaded electronic health records to the novel open-source analytics OpenSAFELY platform

Speaker: Angel Wong PhD, OpenSafely, a project of the Oxford Data Lab (UK) Abstract Much electronic health record clinical research involves a traditional model of running analyses on large datasets extracted from data providers to a local machine which may carry data security risk. Other limitations of this model are lack of research transparency and out-of-date data.

The (Un)known-(Un)knowns of COVID-19 Transmission – An Engineer’s Perspective

Speaker: Rajat Mittal, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. Member of the VinUniversity Academic Advisory Board. Wednesday, Sept 15, 2021, 8 pm Hanoi time Abstract: COVID-19 spread across the world with a speed and intensity that laid bare the limits in our understanding of the transmission pathways of such respiratory diseases. After much

Designing services and experiences for enhanced customer value: The role of peak pleasure/pain sequence, anticipation, and surprise

Speaker:  Rohit Verma, PhD, Provost, Professor, College of Business and Management (Joint research with Prof. Mike Dixon, Utah State University and Prof. Liana Victorino, University of Victoria) The most salient or “peak” encounter (either pleasure or pain) often defines customers’ perceived value (or utility) of a service or an experience. Past research suggests that the

Time series classification methods

Speaker: Do Danh Cuong, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science Abstract: Time series is involving many aspects of our lives hence it is very important and challenging problem to classify them. Many algorithms have been proposed. This talk discuss on some of the most popular conventional methods and comparing with the recent popularity

Risk, Uncertainty, and the Uncertainty Mindset

Speaker: Vaughn Tan, Ph.D, Assistant Professor at University College London’s School of Management, in the Strategy and Entrepreneurship group. Vaughn received his PhD in Organizational Behaviour from Harvard University Abstract: “Risk” and “uncertainty” are usually conflated—but they are fundamentally different and have different implications for management research and practice. In particular, treating uncertain situations as

Hotel’s strategic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and potential research collaboration

Speaker: Dung Le (Jenny), Assistant Professor, College of Business and Management, VinUniversity The Covid-19 pandemic has long-lasting impacts that require the hotel sector to revise, innovate and transform their businesses. However, the literature related to this area remains vastly under-developed. Based on 219 articles collected from global news media and an integrated crisis management framework,

Privacy Protection for Autonomous Vehicles

Speaker: Kok-Seng Wong, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science Topic:  In the awakening of cutting-edge technology, companies such as Apple, Waymo, and Tesla are racing to launch the industry’s first fully autonomous car. Besides the technical challenges (safeness and infrastructure), privacy and data protection have attracted the autonomous vehicle industry and researchers’ attention.