Just a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for the
Conference on Digital Experimentation at MIT is August 15!Â
We have already received a significant number of submissions
and space is limited, so please submit your best work on
digital experiments to
info@codecon.net as soon as
possible (and latest by August 15)! We have a great line up
coming together and we hope to see you there!
Myself,
Erik Brynjolfsson and Sandy Pentland are very excited to
announce that the first Conference on Digital
Experimentation (CODE) @ MITÂ will take place
this October 10-11, 2014 at the Sloan School of
Management!
The
ability to rapidly deploy micro-level randomized
experiments at population scale is, in our view, one of
the most significant innovations in modern social science.
When appropriately theorized and rigorously applied,
randomized experiments are the gold standard of causal
inference and a cornerstone of effective policy. But the
scale and complexity of these experiments also create
scientific and statistical challenges for design and
inference.Â
The
purpose of the Conference on Digital Experimentation at
MIT (CODE) is to bring together leading researchers
conducting and analyzing large scale randomized
experiments in digitally mediated social and economic
environments, in various scientific disciplines including
economics, computer science and sociology, in order to lay
the foundation for ongoing relationships and to build a
lasting multidisciplinary research community.
We
have assembled an amazing group of invited speakers from
both industry and academia who have been thinking about
and leading the way in the realm of digital
experimentation.
Invited
Speakers Include:
Eric Anderson, Kellogg
Alessandro Aquisti, CMUÂ
Susan Athey, Stanford
Esther Duflo, MIT
Eric Horvitz, MicrosoftÂ
Jeremy Howard, KaggleÂ
Ron Kohavi, MicrosoftÂ
Karim Lakhani, HarvardÂ
John Langford, MicrosoftÂ
David Lazer, Northeastern
Sendhil Mullainathan, HarvardÂ
Claudia Perlich, Distillery
David Reiley, GoogleÂ
Hal Varian, GoogleÂ
Dan Wagner, Civis
Duncan Watts, Microsoft
Participants will be selected based on submissions of
3-page extended abstracts.Â
Please submit an extended
abstract of no more than 3 pages to Susan Young (info@codecon.net)
by August 15th.
Abstracts will be evaluated as they are submitted
and evaluation will continue until the program is
filled. Space is limited, so interested researchers
should submit their abstracts as soon as possible.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by
September 1st and will be expected to submit a final
version in Microsoft Word format not to exceed 5
pages, including references and figures, by
September 12th. Accepted abstracts will be
distributed as informal working notes. Members of the
press may attend the event and be present during
presentations, so please take this into account when
choosing the work you submit.
Key Dates:
Workshop: October 10-11, 2014
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 15, 2014
Notification to Authors: September 1, 2014
Final Abstract Submission: September 12, 2014
Early Registration Deadline: September 19, 2014
Onsite Registration: October 10, 2014
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Please
submit your best work on Digital Experiments Soon!
Warm
regards
Sinan