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Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 3:00pm to 4:00pm HKT

Venue: ERB513, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Title: When AI Meets OM

Speaker: Prof. Ming Hu, University of Toronto

 

 

Abstract:

This talk presents three streams of research on the growing role of AI models in operations management. First, I unpack the architecture and logic of large language models, examining how the pretraining and fine-tuning paradigm can inspire new methods for large-scale optimization in data-scarce environments. Second, I discuss stylized models of LLMs and their economic and operational implications. Third, I turn to the design and deployment of AI agents, with a particular focus on agentic buying agents.

 

 

Biography:

Ming Hu is the University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Business Operations and Analytics, a professor of operations management at the Rotman School of Management, and an Amazon Scholar.

 

 

 

Everyone is welcome to attend the talk!

 

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