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IDSS Retail Conference 2018
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center
The retail sector is undergoing fundamental changes as a result of data analytics and computer science. The IDSS Retail Conference 2018 will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss a variety of topics addressing “Data Driven Disruption” in the Retail Sector.
Find out more »Alan Frieze
Carnegie Melon University
MIT Statistics and Data Science Center host guest lecturers from around the world in this weekly seminar.
Find out more »Christos Papadimitriou
Christos Papadimitriou (Columbia University)
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LIDS Seminar Series Speaker: Christos Papadimitriou Affiliation: Columbia University ____________________________________ The LIDS Seminar Series features distinguished speakers who provide an overview of a research area, as well as exciting recent progress in that area. Intended for a broad audience, seminar topics span the areas of communications, computation, control, learning, networks, probability and statistics, optimization, and signal processing.
Find out more »SES PhD Admissions Webinar
Ali Jadbabaie (MIT)
online
Learn about admission to the Social and Engineering Systems Doctoral Program. Webinars are led by a member of the IDSS faculty, who introduces the program and answers your questions. Please register in advance.
Find out more »Sumit Mukherjee
Columbia University
MIT Statistics and Data Science Center host guest lecturers from around the world in this weekly seminar.
Find out more »The Regression Discontinuity Design: Methods and Applications
Rocio Titiunik (University of Michigan)
E18-304
Abstract: The Regression Discontinuity (RD) design is one of the most widely used non-experimental strategies for the study of treatment effects in the social, behavioral, biomedical, and statistical sciences. In this design, units are assigned a score and a treatment is offered if the value of that score exceeds a known threshold---and withheld otherwise. In this talk, I will discuss the assumptions under which the RD design can be used to learn about treatment effects, and how to make valid…
Find out more »Zongming Ma
University of Pennsylvania
MIT Statistics and Data Science Center host guest lecturers from around the world in this weekly seminar.
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Abbas El Gamal (Stanford University)
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LIDS Seminar Series Speaker: Abbas El Gamal Affiliation: Stanford University ____________________________________ The LIDS Seminar Series features distinguished speakers who provide an overview of a research area, as well as exciting recent progress in that area. Intended for a broad audience, seminar topics span the areas of communications, computation, control, learning, networks, probability and statistics, optimization, and signal processing.
Find out more »Lucas Janson
Harvard University
E18-304
MIT Statistics and Data Science Center host guest lecturers from around the world in this weekly seminar.
Find out more »Benjamin Hobbs
Benjamin Hobbs (Johns Hopkins University)
32-155
LIDS Seminar Series Speaker: Benjamin Hobbs Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University ____________________________________ The LIDS Seminar Series features distinguished speakers who provide an overview of a research area, as well as exciting recent progress in that area. Intended for a broad audience, seminar topics span the areas of communications, computation, control, learning, networks, probability and statistics, optimization, and signal processing.
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