University of British Columbia

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• Treating AKs before the cells become cancerous and spread to other parts of the body is crucial.
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• Philadelphia, PA, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the 2024 Class of SIAM Fellows.
• Through their various contributions, SIAM Fellows form a crucial group of individuals helping to advance the fields of applied mathematics, computational science, and data science.
• Hans De Sterck, University of Waterloo, is being recognized for contributions to scientific computing methods including multilevel and nonlinear solvers, and for exemplary scientific leadership and service to SIAM.
• Fred S. Roberts, Rutgers University, is being recognized for distinguished research in discrete mathematics, leadership of major research centers, and service to SIAM.

• His scientific contributions, many made in collaboration with cognitive psychologist Amos Tversky, transformed the disciplines of psychology and economics.
• I moved to Vancouver, Canada to study in his lab at University of British Columbia, which he shared with psychologist Ann Triesman.
• Although Danny was not yet as famous as he was to become, his genius was widely recognised.
• But Danny and Tversky showed that incorporating important psychological principles into economics could explain many puzzling observations about human nature.

Nudge psychology

• Teachers (like myself) still use these demonstrations in the classroom, so reliable are the results they reported.
• A simple example: given a choice between £100 for sure and a 50/50 chance of gaining £200, most people will take the £100.
• But given a choice between losing £100 for sure and a 50/50 chance of losing £200, people will take the 50/50 chance.
• Nudge theory is the notion that our behaviour can be successfully influenced through “soft” interventions.

The science of wellbeing

• Danny also pioneered the analysis of wellbeing.
• Our reflections about an experience are more likely to be influenced by our interpretation of them than the positive or negative feelings we have during an experience.
• That is why his research, even published many decades ago, continues to act as the basis for new ideas and debates.
• At one point during the evening Danny said that people were coming to see him to say goodbye.

Daniel Read does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• TORONTO, March 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors for the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) is pleased to announce four appointments to the board:
  Mary Condon has joined the board as a Consumer Interest Director.
• Previously, she was a board member of the Capital Markets Authority Implementation Organization, and Commissioner and board member of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), where she was also a Vice-Chair.
• All directors have a fiduciary duty to OBSI and do not advocate for or represent any outside interest while engaged in OBSI governance.
• If a consumer has a complaint against an OBSI participating bank or investment firm that they are not able to resolve with the bank or firm, OBSI will investigate at no cost to the consumer.