<div dir="ltr">Hi All<div><br></div><div>Myself, Erik Brynjolfsson and Sandy Pentland are very excited to announce that the first <u><i>Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE) @ MIT</i></u> will take place this October 10-11, 2014 at the Sloan School of Management!</div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Details of the event can be found at: </span><a href="http://www.codecon.net/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">www.codecon.net</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">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. </font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Invited Speakers Include:</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div>
Eric Anderson, Kellogg</div><div>Alessandro Aquisti, CMU </div><div>Susan Athey, Stanford</div><div>Esther Duflo, MIT</div><div>Eric Horvitz, Microsoft </div><div>Jeremy Howard, Kaggle </div><div>Ron Kohavi, Microsoft </div>
<div>Karim Lakhani, Harvard </div><div>John Langford, Microsoft </div><div>David Lazer, Northeastern</div><div>Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard </div><div>Claudia Perlich, Distillery</div><div>David Reiley, Google </div><div>
Hal Varian, Google </div><div>Dan Wagner, Civis</div><div>Duncan Watts, Microsoft</div><div><br></div><div><div>Participants will be selected based on submissions of 3-page extended abstracts. <u>Please submit an extended abstract of no more than 3 pages to Susan Young (<a href="mailto:info@codecon.net">info@codecon.net</a>) by August 15th</u>.</div>
<div><br></div><div><u>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</u>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Authors of accepted abstracts will be <u>notified by September 1st</u> and will be expected to submit a <u>final version</u> in Microsoft Word format not to exceed 5 pages, including references and figures, <u>by September 12th</u>. 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.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><u>Key Dates</u>:</div><div><br></div><div><div>Workshop: October 10-11, 2014<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Abstract Submission Deadline: August 15, 2014</div><div>Notification to Authors: September 1, 2014<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
<div>Final Abstract Submission: September 12, 2014</div><div>Early Registration Deadline: September 19, 2014<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Onsite Registration: October 10, 2014</div></div></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Please submit your best work on Digital Experiments Soon!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Warm regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
Sinan</p><div><div dir="ltr"><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Sinan Aral</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">
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