Each day will be split between morning and afternoon sessions. Morning sessions will involve lectures and discussion led by the organizers covering methodology, foundational topics from behavioral economics and psychology, and OM applications.
Afternoon sessions will be more focused more on small groups to brainstorm and develop research ideas, practicums (e.g., applying ideas to actual research activity), and roundtables (more informal discussions). Discussion will focus on the distinctive aspects and challenges of these topics for a behavioral researcher.
We are still finalizing the schedule for BOMSI 2027, but a tentative schedule (based on the previous offering) is below:
8:30-9:00 - Breakfast
9:00-10:20 - Session 1
10:20-11:00 - Break and Office Hours
11:00-12:20 - Session 2
12:20-1:20 - Lunch
1:20-3:00 - Session 3
3:00-3:20 - Snack Break and Office Hours
3:20-5:00 - Session 4
5:00 - Wrap-up
DAY 1
Session 1: Behavioral Research in OM
Session 2: Newsvendor & Inventory Decisions
Session 3: Creating and Killing Ideas
Session 4: Developing a Research Agenda
Evening Social Event
DAY 2
Session 1: Individual Judgment & Decision Making 1
Session 2: Individual Judgment & Decision Making 2
Session 3: Developing and Formalizing Lab Experiments
Session 4: Field Experiments and Experimental Econometrics
DAY 3
Session 1: Queuing and Service Operations
Session 2: Behavioral Modeling
Session 3: Working with Organizations
Session 4: Building a Research Community
DAY 4
Session 1: AI in Operations
Session 2: Social Preferences
Session 3: Presenting Your Ideas
Session 4: BOM and the Job Market
Evening Social Event
DAY 5
Session 1: Strategic Behavior & Supply Chains
Student Presentations
Session 2: Writing and Publishing BOM Papers
BOMSI Capstone