Kothari Research Book

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Inacademia, Kothari was Deputy Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management (2010-15), and previously headed the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at MIT Sloan. In addition, he Co-Chaired the Board of Governors of Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, served as faculty director of the MIT-India Program, and edited the world-renowned academic publication Journal of Accounting & Economics.

In 2008-09, Kothari was global head of equity research for Barclays Global Investors (acquired by BlackRock). The actively managed equity portfolio had in excess of $100 billion in assets, and the research team was comprised of approximately 50 PhDs based in San Francisco, London, and Sydney. Kothari served as a director of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) (2015-19); currently he serves on the boards of Velan Studios and EbixCash; and he has consulted extensively on valuation and reporting, corporate governance, risk management, auditing, and management compensation.

Kothari received his BS in egineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science and his MBA (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.He earned his PhD from the University of Iowa.

S.P. Kothari, the Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance and MIT Sloan former Deputy Dean, has been appointed Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read more about his appointment here.

Brianne comes to OSU-Cascades from Portland, Ore. where she held positions as a senior research associate at the Regional Research Institute for Human Services and as an adjunct instructor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Portland State University. She holds a Ph.D. in social work and social research from Portland State University and a M.A. in human development from Washington State University. Her research and scholarship focus on understanding the experiences and trajectories of at-risk populations as well as on designing, implementing and evaluating developmentally appropriate, family systems focused interventions.

Brianne is currently working on one of the first RCTs focused on siblings in foster care. Her scholarship has been published in top interdisciplinary journals, and she is a 2014 NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS) Fellow. Brianne's career goals involve better understanding resilience-promoting factors and developing interventions that improve well-being for children, youth and families. She teaches courses in child and adolescent development, family studies, research methods, statistics and proposal writing.

Three Oxford professors attended the conference and supported the students both logistically and in their presentations: Emily McLean, Assistant Professor of Biology; Eric Solomon, Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies and English; and Daniel Walter, Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics.

"GURC is an amazing opportunity for Oxford students to showcase the work they do with their faculty mentors, and it provides a unique place to get first-hand experience presenting at a research-focused conference," Walter said. "Our students had the chance to meet and talk about research with peers and professors from across the state of Georgia. They also gained valuable experience presenting their research, either in poster or oral presentation formats."

The students came to their individual projects in a number of ways, but almost always through their connection with a faculty member. Whether it was their Discovery Seminar or simply taking an interesting course, the atmosphere of student-faculty collaboration was key to the development of each project.

"Our students are among the youngest at the conference, as the majority of other presenters are seniors at their institutions," Walter said. "Oxford students get to work with their mentors to pursue the topics they are interested in during their first two years. We give them both the freedom to explore and guidance on how to best channel their enthusiasm. Our strong showing at GURC is further evidence of Oxford's commitment to helping students get a head start on research opportunities."

Historical descriptions of tourism and popular travel writing almost exclusively focus upon Anglo-European travellers, and their encounters in non-western places. This research provides rare accounts of the adventures and experiences of non-western travellers touring post-war Britain. Specifically, it focuses on Indian tourists who, having recently gained independence from British colonial rule in 1947, felt compelled to see the country about which they had heard so much. Research will analyse travel stories, artefacts and archival material to reveal how colonialism influenced their touristic desires and itineraries, and how new postcolonial affinities forged through travel shaped post-independence relations amongst formerly colonised people and places and, between Britain and India.

A cultural geography of seafarers, Vice-Chancellors fellow, Univeristy of Melbourne (2017 - 2020)This project explores the social geography of maritime life, focusing on changing encounters between ships, seafarers and shores and the changing cultures, experiences and geographies of seafaring. Sea mobilities have always connected people, places and things and the volume of goods conveyed by sea is ever-increasing. However, the maritime transportation of goods is rapidly changing with increasing ship-size, mechanisation and containerisation. Subsequently geographies of seafaring are also transforming and producing new kinds of connectivities.

Popular representations of humanitarianism and solidarity focuses on how visual images and textual representations of refugees are produced, circulated and interpreted. It examines how they are used to disseminate ideas that vilify migrants as well as instil humanitarian ideas of care for distant strangers.

Arts-based Community Education in Fragile Contexts. This project develops a new research network of academics and practitioners from Kenya, India and South Africa focusing on arts-based education. It explores non-formal education in culture and the arts in communities living in fragile situations with a focus on digital arts, performing arts, visual arts, heritage conservation, and cultural sustainability.

2022 Decolonising Development: repatriation of stolen objects and reparations as redistributive justice, EADI Roundtable: Re-casting development studies in times of multiple crises, Kings College, University of London

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Biography:

Dr. Pratik Kothari brings over four years of experience in investment management, valuation, and consulting. Most recently, he worked at Cornerstone Research in New York, where he conducted economic and financial analysis for major financial litigations and regulatory proceedings related to market manipulation. He specializes in investments, performance evaluation, asset pricing, financial markets, and big-data analysis. He has presented his research at major academic and industry conferences, and his papers have been published in leading finance academic journals.

The fellowship, awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is considered one of the top awards for young researchers. The two-year fellowship provides $75,000 to early-career researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

The 2022 fellowship was awarded to 118 researchers from 51 institutions across the United States and Canada. Carl Rodriguez, an assistant professor of astrophysics and cosmology in the Mellon College of Science's Department of Physics, also received a fellowship.

Fang, the Leonardo Assistant Professor in the Institute for Software Research, studies the integration of machine learning with game theory to tackle real-world problems. Her work has been used by the U.S. Coast Guard to protect the Staten Island Ferry; led to the development of the Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security (PAWS), a tool that assists with antipoaching efforts; and was recently used to address food security in collaboration with the Pittsburgh-based nonprofit 412 Food Rescue.

Jim Herbsleb, director of ISR and Fang's nominator for the fellowship, said that through integrating machine learning and game theory, her work has led to a better understanding of strategic interactions in complex environments.

"Fang's work reflects a rare combination of significant theoretical advances and high-impact practical applications," Herbsleb said. "She has devoted herself to making a real-world impact by transforming theory into practice via collaborations and driving positive societal changes in diverse areas such as public safety, environmental sustainability and food security."

Kothari works broadly in the field of theoretical computer science and its interactions with allied areas such as high-dimensional probability and statistical estimation. His research develops a new approach, called the "proofs-to-algorithms" paradigm, for designing algorithms for statistical estimation problems arising in areas such as machine learning and cryptography.

"Kothari is a prolific researcher doing influential and deep work at the intersection of algorithms, statistics, machine learning and complexity theory," said Computer Science Department Professor Ryan O'Donnell, who nominated Kothari. "The 'proofs to algorithms' paradigm he is developing has greatly enriched our understanding of optimization under stochastic inputs."

(iii)Admission to Ph.D. Course in part-time/distance mode is not covered under the scheme. A scholar is not eligible for fellowship if the research is intended/pursued through open/ part-time distance education mode or part-time mode.

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