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January 23, 2024

How to "Improve" Prediction Using Behavior Modification: Talk at Indian School of Business

Seminar talk on How to “Improve” Prediction Using Behavior Modification at Indian School of Business on Jan 26, 2024, 11:00-12:00.


February 15, 2023

Webinar: Forks Over Knives: Predictive Inconsistency in Criminal Justice Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools

Webinar presenting our 2022 JRSS paper Forks Over Knives: Predictive Inconsistency in Criminal Justice Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools at Data Science and Statistics Webinar (DaSSWeb), Department of Economics at University of Porto.

See here for abstract and further details.


February 7, 2023

How to “Improve” Prediction Using Behavior Modification: Talk at Tel Aviv University

Seminar talk on How to “Improve” Prediction Using Behavior Modification at Tel Aviv University's Coller School of Management on Feb 7, 2023. See here for abstract and more details.


April 19, 2022

Just published in Nature Machine Intelligence: Barriers to academic data science research

Our paper Barriers to academic data science research in the new realm of algorithmic behaviour modification by digital platforms (with Travis Greene and David Martens) just came out in Nature Machine Intelligence

Behavioural big data and algorithmic behaviour modification technologies controlled by commercial platforms have become difficult for academic researchers to access. Our Perspective paper describes barriers to academic research on such data and algorithms, and makes a case for enhancing platform access and transparency.

 


March 7, 2022

How to "improve" prediction -- talk at Nova SBE (Lisbon)

On Friday, March 11, I'll be delivering an on-ground talk on How to "Improve" Prediction Using Behavior Modification at Nova School of Business & Economics in Lisbon, Portugal. This is part of the Nova SBE Data Science Seminar series.

Details:
March 11th | 2:00 p.m - 3:30 p.m
Room D-105

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