Hi All
Myself, Erik Brynjolfsson and Sandy Pentland are very
excited to announce that the first Conference on
Digital Experimentation (CODE) @ MIT 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.
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