Past SPUR Projects
Fall 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
Fall 2024
Advanced AI Techniques for Dynamic Portfolio Management and Financial Forecasting
Faculty: Elynn Chen
Advanced LLM Programming Tasks
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
AI Aesthetics and Ethics
Faculty: Matthew Statler
AI Agents for research
Faculty: Vishal Singh
Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Digital Learning
Faculty: Christian Grewell
The effects of play and fun on team dynamics, bias/stereotyping, inequality, and work performance
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
Employee reactions to GenAI: Threat and opportunity
Faculty: Batia Wiesenfeld
Evaluating Conversational Agents
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
FinTech: Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies and DeFi
Faculty: Kose John
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Interview Entrepreneurs to learn barriers and best practices
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
New developments in blockchain technologies
Faculty: Hanna Halaburda
Platform Policies Research
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Portfolio Optimization with Conformal Prediction
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
The psychology of rivalry: How university rivalries generate school spirit
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
Regulator press releases and whistleblowing
Faculty: Sinja Leonelli
The Role of Patents in the Development of the Western World
Faculty: Petra Moser
Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean
Faculty: Maria Patterson
Tagging/Labeling and benchmarking against Foundational Models
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Trusting ChatGPT? Experiments About Trust in Generative AI
Faculty: Arun Sundararajan
Union election coverage and company industries
Faculty: Sinja Leonelli
Using Machine Learning to build a sparse Vector Error Correction Model for cointegrated asset prices
Faculty: Rohit Deo
What Banks are Hiding: Evidence from 19th Century France
Faculty: Gurpal Sran
Spring 2024
Advanced LLM Programming Tasks
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
The Art and Science of Friendship in Business
Faculty: Suzanne Welch
Building a database of scientific equipments in semiconductors
Faculty: Jungkyu Suh
Comparing Generative AI to Predictive AI
Faculty: Batia Wiesenfeld
Do Currency Unions Foster Trade? Evidence from the CFA Zone
Faculty: Abdoulaye Ndiaye
The effects of play and fun on group dynamics, bias/stereotyping, inequality, and work performance
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
The effects of spinoffs on firms' values and risks
Faculty: Yakov Amihud
Evaluating Conversational Agents
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Exploring Generative AI in Media
Faculty: Christian Grewell
FinTech: Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies and DeFi
Faculty: Kose John
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
How can Entrepreneurs increase their odds of success?
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
Identifying scientific publications of Venture Capital firms and their portfolio companies
Faculty: Jungkyu Suh
Measuring Green
Faculty: Robert Engle
Portfolio Optimization with Conformal Prediction
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
Short Tasks in Behavioral Finance
Faculty: Indira Puri
Tagging/Labeling and benchmarking against Foundational Models
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Tech Platform Policies Research
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Trusting ChatGPT: What Makes Humans Trust Generative AI
Faculty: Arun Sundararajan
Visualizing and Estimating Price Changes in Intraday Futures Trading
Faculty: Junpei Komiyama
What Banks are Hiding: Evidence from 19th Century France
Faculty: Gurpal Sran
Fall 2023
China's Evolving Financial System
Faculty: Jennifer Carpenter
Collecting Venture Capital Funding Data for Solid State Lighting (LED) Sector
Faculty: Jungkyu Suh
Digital Fashion Competitive Analysis
Faculty: Thomai Serdari
The Effects of Play and Fun on Group Dynamics, Bias/Stereotyping, Inequality, and Work Performance
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
The Effects of Spinoffs on Firms Values and Risks
Faculty: Yakov Amihud
Evaluating Conversational Agents
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Exploring Generative AI in Software Engineering
Faculty: Christian Grewell
Fintech: Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies and DeFi
Faculty: Kose John
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Global Entertainment: Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Poland
Faculty: Albert Lieberman
Immigrants Impact on Agriculture and Manufacturing in Midwest America
Faculty: Susan Stehlik
Independent Research in Time Series Financial Econometrics
Faculty: Clifford Hurvich
Large Language Models Applications in Business Contexts
Faculty: Elynn Chen
Market Share Analysis for Solid State Lighting (LED) Sector
Faculty: Jungkyu Suh
Prediction with Expert Advice Using Stock Market Data
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
Tagging/Labeling and Benchmarking Against Foundational Models
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Tech Platform Policies Research
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Trusting ChatGPT: What Makes Humans Trust Large-Language Models
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Spring 2023
Acquiring firms' stock price reaction to the completion of an acquisition
Faculty: Yakov Amihud
Colleges' Size Distribution
Faculty: Gian Luca Clementi
Data Collection on Blockchain Platforms and dApps
Faculty: Hanna Halaburda
Data-Driven Approach for Optimal Retail Location
Faculty: Jiawei Zhang
Does Analysts' Disagreement Affect Investors' Behavior?
Faculty: Ilan Guttman
The Effects of Play and Fun on Group Dynamics, Bias/Stereotyping, Inequality, and Work Performance
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
Executives' Compensation
Faculty: Gian Luca Clementi
FinTech, DeFi, and Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
Forecasting Product Life Cycle Curves
Faculty: Jiawei Zhang
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
How can Entrepreneurs Increase Their Odds of Success?
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
Independent Research in Time Series Financial Econometrics
Faculty: Clifford Hurvich
Learning in Games
Faculty: Elynn Chen
Machine Learning in Stock Markets
Faculty: Jiawei Zhang
Macroeconomics Data Analysis
Faculty: Pricila Maziero
A Meritocracy & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Pirates and Patents
Faculty: Petra Moser
Platform Policies Research
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Prediction with Expert Advice using Stock Market Data
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
Reality of Green Bonds
Faculty: Jeffrey Wurgler
Review of Macroeconomy and Public Policies in a Developing Context
Faculty: Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Social Conversational Agents Evaluation
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Tagging/Labeling/Training Tasks
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Trusting ChatGPT: What Makes Humans Trust Conversation Agents (in Finance and Beyond)
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Fall 2022
Acquiring Firms' Stock Price Reaction to the Completion of an Acquisition
Faculty: Yakov Amihud
Applied Data Science for a Healthy NYC Life
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
Big Tech, Network Effects and Market Efficiency
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
China's Evolving Financial System
Faculty: Jennifer Carpenter
Consumer Judgement and Decision Making
Faculty: Minah Jung
Data Collection on Blockchain Platforms and dApps
Faculty: Hanna Halaburda
FinTech and Empirical Research and Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
From BlockBar and StockX to TopShots and zed.run: Web3, NFTs, and Traditional Brands
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Full stack AI/ML Exploration in Python using Transformers
Faculty: Vishal Singh
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Help Conducting Interviews and Collecting Other Data about Social Media Artists
Faculty: Julianna Pillemer
How can Entrepreneurs Increase Their Odds of Success?
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
Inequality in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Insurance Challenge (Climate Change, Property/Health/Life Insurance, Accounting, etc.)
Faculty: Shan Ge
Learning in Games
Faculty: Elynn Chen
Machine Learning for Crypto and Stock Price Prediction
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
A Meritocracy & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Platform Policies Research
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Recommendation Systems for Personalized Education
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
Research Assistant for New Textbook in Luxury Marketing
Faculty: Thomai Serdari
Social Conversational Agents Evaluation
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Tagging/Labeling Tasks
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Using Natural Language Processing for Forecasting Sin and Greek Stock Ratings
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Spring 2022
Apprenticeship in Economics and Finance Research
Faculty: Shan Ge
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing - Today and Tomorrow
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
Consumer Judgment and Decision Making
Faculty: Minah Jung
Data Collection Effort for Fiscal Multipliers
Faculty: Andres Sarto
Disparities in Apartment Financing by Neighborhood
Faculty: Sam Chandan
Examining Entrepreneurial Methods and Trends in Practice
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
FinTech and Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Help with Research on Relationships, Authenticity, and Social Media
Faculty: Julianna Pillemer
The Impact of Big Tech Companies on Funding and Innovation Outcomes
Faculty: Manjiree Jog
Impact of School Admissions Process on School Integration
Faculty: Manjiree Jog
Inequality in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Insurance Challenge (Climate Change and Property Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, etc.)
Faculty: Shan Ge
Machine Learning for Crypto and Stock Price Reduction
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
A Meritocracy & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Oral History Project Social Media
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Paths to Sustainability in the Global Mining Industry
Faculty: Sinziana Dorobantu
The Performance of SPAC Stocks
Faculty: Yakov Amihud
Pirates and Patents. An Economic History of Intellectual Property and Innovation
Faculty: Petra Moser
Point of Interest (POI) Categorization
Faculty: Raveesh Mayya
Research on Economic Outcomes in Declining Communities
Faculty: Arpit Gupta
Social Conversational Agents Evaluation
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Status, Inequality, Relationships, and Fun
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
Textual Analysis of Monetary Policy Decision Making
Faculty: Toomas Laarits
What Makes an NFT Valuable? Power, Volatility and Influence in Web3 Markets
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Fall 2021
Apprenticeship in Economics and Finance Research
Faculty: Shan Ge
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing - Today and Tomorrow
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
Assessing Determinants of Entry Locations at Intersections
Faculty: Bryan Bollinger
China's Evolving Financial System
Faculty: Jennifer Carpenter
Collecting and Analyzing Information about Blockchain Applications
Faculty: Hanna Halaburda
Examining the Entrepreneurial Methods Behind Famous Entrepreneurs
Faculty: N/A
FinTech and Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
Forecasting Stock Returns With Non-Invertible ARMA Models
Faculty: Clifford Hurvich
Gender Gaps in Career Success and Predictors of Diversity Initiative Support
Faculty: Lisa Leslie
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Identify Firms that did Two-Step Spinoffs
Faculty: Yakov Amihud
Inequality in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Innovation and Expertise
Faculty: Callen Anthony
A Meritocracy & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Oral History Project Social Media
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Recommendation Systems for Personalized Education
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
Social Conversational Agents Evaluation
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Status, Inequality, Relationships, and Fun
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
Technological Emergence in Nascent Industries
Faculty: Callen Anthony
Spring 2021
Advice Seeking in Negotiations
Faculty: Dolly Chugh
Apprenticeship in Economics and Finance Research
Faculty: Shan Ge
The Behavioral Economics of Giving - How to Help Donors Make More Rational and Impactful Decisions
Faculty: Joshua Lewis
Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Pursuit of Equity in Society and the Workplace
Faculty: Geeta Menon
Collecting and Analyzing Information About Smart Contracts
Faculty: Hanna Halaburda
Debt Market
Faculty: Shan Ge
Does Currency Hedging Still Work for Global Bond Portfolios?
Faculty: Richard Levich
Emerging Innovations in Low-Carbon Energy-Related Businesses
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
Gender Gaps in Career Attainment and Diversity Policies
Faculty: Lisa Leslie
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
How Does (or Should) Corporate Activism Create Change?
Faculty: April Gu
How has COVID-19 Altered Human Movement Networks and Digital Economic Activity? Big Data Evidence
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Inequality in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Institutions for Sustained Growth in China
Faculty: Kose John
Insurance Challenge (Climate Change and Property Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, etc.)
Faculty: Shan Ge
A Meritocracy & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Oral History Project Social Media
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Social Conversational Agents Evaluation
Faculty: Joao Sedoc
Streaming Wars and Unbundling Part II
Faculty: Albert Lieberman
Waiting Lines Analytics
Faculty: Mor Armony
Fall 2020
AI in Marketing - Today and Tomorrow
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
China's Evolving Financial System
Faculty: Jennifer Carpenter
The Connected Consumer: Branding Building through Digital Assistants, Smart Watches, and IoT
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
Crypto Market Research
Faculty: Sabrina Howell
Economic Analysis using Natural Language Processing
Faculty: Thomas Philippon
FinTech Small Business Lender Research
Faculty: Sabrina Howell
FinTech Startups in China Research
Faculty: Sabrina Howell
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Help with Research on Relationships at Work
Faculty: Julianna Pillemer
How has COVID-19 Altered Human Movement Networks and Digital Economic Activity? Big Data Evidence
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Inequality in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
A Meritocracy & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Military Actions and Informed Trading
Faculty: Marti Subrahmanyam
Oral History Project Social Media
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Prediction with Expert Advice using Stock Market Data
Faculty: Zhengyuan Zhou
Quality Jobs and Worker Wellbeing Strategies in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faculty: Tensie Whelan
Replicating and Extending the AFX Index of Technical Trading Profits in FX Markets
Faculty: Richard Levich
Streaming Content: Past, Present and Future
Faculty: Albert Lieberman
Spring 2020
China's Evolving Financial System
Faculty: Jennifer Carpenter
Collecting and Analyzing Information about Blockchain Applications
Faculty: Hanna Halaburda
The Connected Consumer: Branding Building through Digital Assistants, Smart Watches and IoT
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
Contemporary Research on Fair Values of Business Development Companies
Faculty: Yiwei Dou
Data Driven Literature Review
Faculty: Vishal SIngh
Effects of Immigration and Inequality in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
Help with Research on Relationships at Work
Faculty: Julianna Pillemer
The Impact of Negative Events on Company Sustainability Ratings
Faculty: Tensie Whelan
Market Interpretation of Fed Policy Statements
Faculty: Toomas Laarits
Meritocracy, Politics, & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Military Actions and Informed Trading
Faculty: Marti Subrahmanyam
Oral History Project Social Media
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Strategies for Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk at Long Horizons
Faculty: Richard Levich
Sustainability in Finance: ESG Integration at Asset Management Firms
Faculty: Tensie Whelen
Fall 2019
AI in Marketing - Today and Tomorrow
Faculty: Sunder Narayanan
AirBnB Stakeholder Analysis
Faculty: Matthew Statler
CEO Cognition & FinTech
Faculty: J.P. Eggers
China's Evolving Financial System
Faculty: Jennifer Carpenter
Corporate Disclosures, Investor Relations, and Communications of Earnings Expectations
Faculty: N/A
Data Driven Literature Review
Faculty: Vishal Singh
Effects of Immigration and Inequality on Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Embedding Sustainability in Finance Project at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
Faculty: Tensie Whelan
Empirical Research on Cryptocurrencies
Faculty: Kose John
The Future of Medical Expert Work in the Information Age
Faculty: Batia Wiesenfeld
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
How New Technologies Affect People's Experiences and Memories
Faculty: Alixandra Barasch
The Impact of Economic Wealth on Neuropsychology
Faculty: Haran Segram
Insights Into the Board Game Market
Faculty: Elizabeth Boyle
Institutions for Sustained Growth in China
Faculty: Kose John
Insurance Challenge (Insure-tech, Insureserâ Investment Portfolio, Opioids Abuse, etc.)
Faculty: Shan Ge
Mergers & Acquisitions in the Entertainment & Media Industries
Faculty: Albert Lieberman
Oral History Project Social Media
Faculty: Paul Hardart
Ownership of Controversial Companies
Faculty: Jeffrey Wurgler
Pricing Institutional Risk in International Business Research
Faculty: Robert Salomon
Quality Jobs Research Initiative at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
Faculty: Tensie Whelan
Research Apprentices for Consumer Judgement and Decision Making Lab
Faculty: Minah Jung
Strategies for Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk: Is Time Diversification a Better Choice?
Faculty: Richard Levich
Tourism Research
Faculty: Durairaj Maheswaran
Understanding Authenticity in Professional Interactions and on Social Media
Faculty: Julianna Pillemer
Using Digital Technology to Influence Political Outcomes and Voter Turnout
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
The Value of Higher Education
Faculty: Jessy Hsieh
Venture Project (an Entrepreneurship Independent Project)
Faculty: Ashish Bhatia
Spring 2019
Central Counterparty Risk Management
Faculty: Joshua Reed
China and the US: The Race for AI and Digital Dominance
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
Deforestation in Brazil: Spatial Data Analysis
Faculty: Paul Scott
Effects of Immigration, Inequality, and Education in Science
Faculty: Petra Moser
Entertainment and Tourism in Major Cities
Faculty: Albert Lieberman
Evaluate Treasury's Regulatory Reform Reports
Faculty: Richard Berner
Fed Challenge Team
Faculty: Paul Wachtel
Finance and Economics Literature Review
Faculty: Shan Ge
Forecasting Evaluation
Faculty: Richard Berner
Forecasting Stock Returns with Non-Invertible ARMA Models
Faculty: Clifford Hurvich
Generations in the Workplace
Faculty: Michael North
How New Technologies Affect People's Experiences and Memories
Faculty: Alixandra Barasch
Innovation in Music - Studying the Re-emergence of Analog Synthesizers
Faculty: Callen Anthony
Institutional Investors
Faculty: Shan Ge
Institutions for Sustained Growth in China
Faculty: Kose John
Insurance Challenge
Faculty: Shan Ge
Law, Financial Advisors, and Financial Products
Faculty: Shan Ge
The Measurement of Law Enforcement
Faculty: Lawrence White
Meritocracy, Politics, & Inequality Lab: How Do People Get Ahead?
Faculty: Taylor Phillips
Programming and Big Data Work Related to Competition and Status Dynamics in Teams
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
The Psychology of Competition, Rivalry, and Status: Implications for Individual and Group Success
Faculty: Gavin Kilduff
Python Simulation Coding
Faculty: Joshua Reed
Quality Measures in Diagnostic Radiology: AI, Crowdsourcing, and Peer Judgement
Faculty: Natalia Levina
Research Apprentices at the Science of Giving and Appreciating Lab needed for Spring 2019
Faculty: Minah Jung
Research Assistants needed for Ongoing Projects
Faculty: Bryan Hong
Research on Consumers' Reactions to Dynamic Pricing
Faculty: Vicki Morwitz
Small Business Financing
Faculty: Simone Lenzu
System Wide Stress Testing
Faculty: Richard Berner
Using Digital Technology to Influence Political Outcomes and Voter Turnout
Faculty: Arun Sundarajan
The Value of Higher Education
Faculty: Jessy Hsieh
VIX Derivatives
Faculty: Menachem Brenner