eBay, Google, Yahoo! Join ‘Hurdles to eBusiness Conference’
October 9, 2007
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ —
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070425/CARNEGIELOGO ) WHAT: “Hurdles to eBusiness” conference features researchers from three of the most influential companies in on-line commerce. Sponsored by Carnegie Bosch Institute for Applied Studies in International Management at the Tepper School of Business. WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT WHERE: McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213-3890 WHO: 9:45 a.m. – Neel Sundaresan, senior director and head of Research Labs at eBay, “Community Computing: Tackling the Finding Challenge by its Long Tail” 10:45 a.m. – Kourosh Gharachorloo, traffic quality team, Google, “Click Fraud – Anecdotes from the Frontline” 12 p.m. – Prabhakar Raghavan, head of Yahoo! Research, “The Web Economy and Its Relevance to the Intersection of Computer Science Economics” WHY: eBusiness is a disruptive force in commerce but faces significant hurdles if it is to continue growing. The conference unites business leaders and technology researchers to discuss how problems might be solved. NOTE: The conference will be webcast: mms://wms.andrew.cmu.edu/pushit01 PC users require the Windows Media 9 player or higher to view the webcast. Mac users need the flip4mac Quicktime update. CONTACT: Scott Addison or Geof Becker (212) 220-4444 / (412) 268-3486 scott.addison@gabbe.com / gbecker@andrew.cmu.edu
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Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon
CONTACT: Scott Addison, +1-212-220-4444, scott.addison@gabbe.com; orGeof Becker, +1-412-268-3486, gbecker@andrew.cmu.edu, both of Tepper School ofBusiness at Carnegie Mellon
Web site: http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/