[Professor Interview] Professor Anthony Kim: Oracle, Amazon... Be open-minded inside and outside the classroom
- SKKGSB
- Hit12109
- 2022-12-16
Professor Anthony Kim, who joined SKK GSB this fall as a Decision Sciences professor, discusses his background, life before his academic career, and school experiences.
- Please introduce yourself briefly.
My name is Anthony Kim. I teach Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions and Statistics for Analytics at SKK GSB. My research interests are online advertising, revenue management, game theory and online decision making. Before coming to SKK GSB, I worked in the U.S. tech industry for some time. I was an applied scientist at Amazon in the New York office. Before Amazon, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the Decision, Risk, and Operations Division of Columbia Business School, following my Ph.D. at Stanford University. I also have worked as a software engineer at Oracle before pursuing my Ph.D.
- What made you decide to go into teaching?
I decided to go into teaching because I want to teach MBA students and help them grow to become future business leaders in global organizations. In SKK GSB’s world-class MBA programs, I have wonderful opportunities to interact with and teach students from different countries. The fact that I can support these MBA students in their growth process motivates me.
- How do you enjoy teaching at SKK GSB so far?
I enjoy teaching at SKK GSB. I teach Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions and Statistics for Analytics, covering fundamental concepts people use when working with large data sets to understand and make business decisions. I have learned and used these concepts in various settings over the years. These are essential concepts, and it is an excellent opportunity for me to teach the concepts and skills to students.
- Please briefly talk about your research focus and recent paper publication.
As a graduate student and a postdoctoral researcher, I worked on research problems in online advertising, revenue management, game theory and online decision making. I'm interested in these areas. More specifically, I have worked on ad campaign budget management strategies, which are different ways to help advertisers efficiently manage their daily ad campaign budgets. There are several different ways and I have studied their various characteristics such as revenue and incentive properties. I have also researched advertisement contracts, informationally robust mechanisms, and vehicle routing problems related to ride and delivery services.
- Do you have any advice for students in your class?
My advice for students in my class would be to be open-minded inside and outside the classroom. Of course, that's easier said than done, but there are many great ideas out there, and it takes time to digest them, appreciate them, and see their value. It is important to stay open-minded and recognize learning opportunities at unexpected times. You should also actively seek opportunities to learn. That can involve taking risks, but it's important to test the boundary of your comfort zone.
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