Davood Wadi, PhD
Courses
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BUSI 654
Applications of AI in Business
Hands-on course covering LLMs, prompt engineering, deep learning for NLP and computer vision, and how to evaluate AI tools for real business problems.
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Consumer Behavior
Human and AI-Mediated Consumer Choice
Why people buy, use, and discard products, and the role of AI agents in consumer choice. Perception, learning and memory, motivation, attitudes, decision-making, heuristics, and delegation to AI agents.
CMPT 641
Digital Transformation
Covers how organizations adopt new technologies, manage the transition, and measure outcomes. Platform business models, data-driven decisions, and adoption frameworks.
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Introduction to Marketing
Creating Value for Customers and Their AI Agents
The fundamental concepts, theories, and practices of modern marketing, from the marketing process and STP to the four Ps, and how artificial intelligence and the AI agents that shop on consumers' behalf are changing each of them.
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Marketing Research & Analytics
Evidence for Decisions in Human and AI-Mediated Markets
Examines the design and conduct of marketing research in support of managerial decision-making. Topics include research design, measurement, sampling, experimentation, and multivariate and predictive analysis, with artificial intelligence treated both as an instrument of research and as an object of research, including the evaluation of AI models and the AI agents that shop on consumers' behalf.
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Responsible AI & Algorithmic Governance
Ethics, Auditing, and Regulation in Human and Agent-Mediated Markets
Examines how organizations audit, govern, and deploy artificial intelligence responsibly in market settings. Topics include algorithmic fairness, cultural bias, behavioral auditing, explainability, data privacy, dark patterns, fiduciary duty in AI agents, and global regulation.