{"id":263406,"date":"2016-07-22T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T20:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=263406"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:59:53","slug":"digital-economics-conference","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/event\/digital-economics-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Economics Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Registration:<\/strong> by invite only<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft New York<br \/>\n11 Times Square<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10036<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upon Arrival:\u00a0<\/strong>Please arrive early to get through security.\u00a0Visitors will check in via the Microsoft Welcome Center on the ground floor.\u00a0All visitors must show a government-issued photo ID each day to obtain a pass for the elevator turnstiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact us:<\/strong> If you have any questions regarding this event please send email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:DigitalEcon2016@microsoft.com\">DigitalEcon2016@microsoft.com<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-263412\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Economics Conference\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-1024x942.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference.jpg 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Digital Economics is an annual day-and-a-half long conference hosted by Microsoft Research. This year\u2019s theme was machine learning and economics, and we invited both internal and external experts to discuss the theory and practice of using machine learning to analyze large and novel economic data sets.\u00a0 The conference was held at our offices in New York City, on September 9-10, 2016. Continental breakfast and lunch was served, as well as coffee as appropriate to timing on both days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hospitality Notice for University and Government Employees:<\/strong> Microsoft Research provided hospitality at this event. Please consult with your institution to determine whether you can accept meals and other hospitality under your institution&#8217;s ethics rules and any other laws that might apply.<\/p>\n<h2>Organizing committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Athey, Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>Greg Lewis, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Workshop speakers<\/h2>\n<p>Confirmed speakers and discussants include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Athey, Stanford\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Alex Belloni,\u00a0Duke University<\/li>\n<li>Dan Bjorkegren, Brown University<\/li>\n<li>David Blei, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Xiaohong Chen, Yale\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Dean Eckles,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Matt Harding, University of California\u2013Irvine<\/li>\n<li>Shawndra Hill,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Greg Lewis,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Markus Mobius,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Nikhil Naik,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Denis Nekipelov, University of Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Serena Ng, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Emily Oster, Brown University<\/li>\n<li>Gautam Rao, Harvard\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Justin Rao,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Amit Sharma,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>David Sontag, New York University<\/li>\n<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Friday,\u00a0September 9<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:00-8:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakfast and welcome<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:30-10:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Keynote:\u00a0Causal Inference in Machine Learning<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Athey, Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>Alex Belloni, Duke University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Xiaohong Chen, Yale\u00a0University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:00-10:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coffee<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:30-12:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 1:\u00a0New Approaches to Causal Inference<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Greg Lewis, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Denis Nekipelov, University of Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Amit Sharma, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>David Sontag, New York University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00-1:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:00-3:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 2:\u00a0Understanding Demand<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>David Blei, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Matt Harding, University of California\u2013Irvine<\/li>\n<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:00-3:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coffee<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30-5:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 3:\u00a0Learning from Phone and Image Data<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Bjorkegren, Brown\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Nikil Naik,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Gautam Rao, Harvard\u00a0University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Saturday,\u00a0September 10<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:00-8:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakfast<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:30-10:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Keynote:\u00a0Machine Learning for Economic Policy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Serena Ng, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Emily Oster, Brown\u00a0University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:00-10:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coffee<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:30-12:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 4:\u00a0Media and Advertising<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Shawndra Hill, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Markus Mobius, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Justin Rao, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Dean Eckles,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">12:30<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Close<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Economics is an annual day-and-a-half long conference hosted by Microsoft Research. This year\u2019s theme was machine learning and economics, held at the Microsoft Research offices in New York City, on September 9-10, 2016. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2016-09-09","msr_enddate":"2016-09-10","msr_location":"New York, NY, USA","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":true,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13548],"msr-region":[197900],"msr-event-type":[197944],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-263406","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-economics","msr-region-north-america","msr-event-type-hosted-by-microsoft","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Digital Economics Conference\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"About\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Registration:<\/strong> by invite only<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft New York<br \/>\n11 Times Square<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10036<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upon Arrival:\u00a0<\/strong>Please arrive early to get through security.\u00a0Visitors will check in via the Microsoft Welcome Center on the ground floor.\u00a0All visitors must show a government-issued photo ID each day to obtain a pass for the elevator turnstiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact us:<\/strong> If you have any questions regarding this event please send email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:DigitalEcon2016@microsoft.com\">DigitalEcon2016@microsoft.com<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-263412\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Economics Conference\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference-1024x942.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital_Economics_Conference.jpg 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Digital Economics is an annual day-and-a-half long conference hosted by Microsoft Research. This year\u2019s theme was machine learning and economics, and we invited both internal and external experts to discuss the theory and practice of using machine learning to analyze large and novel economic data sets.\u00a0 The conference was held at our offices in New York City, on September 9-10, 2016. Continental breakfast and lunch was served, as well as coffee as appropriate to timing on both days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hospitality Notice for University and Government Employees:<\/strong> Microsoft Research provided hospitality at this event. Please consult with your institution to determine whether you can accept meals and other hospitality under your institution&#8217;s ethics rules and any other laws that might apply.<\/p>\n<h2>Organizing committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Athey, Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>Greg Lewis, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Workshop speakers<\/h2>\n<p>Confirmed speakers and discussants include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Athey, Stanford\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Alex Belloni,\u00a0Duke University<\/li>\n<li>Dan Bjorkegren, Brown University<\/li>\n<li>David Blei, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Xiaohong Chen, Yale\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Dean Eckles,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Matt Harding, University of California\u2013Irvine<\/li>\n<li>Shawndra Hill,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Greg Lewis,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Markus Mobius,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Nikhil Naik,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Denis Nekipelov, University of Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Serena Ng, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Emily Oster, Brown University<\/li>\n<li>Gautam Rao, Harvard\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Justin Rao,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Amit Sharma,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>David Sontag, New York University<\/li>\n<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Agenda\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h2>Friday,\u00a0September 9<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:00-8:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakfast and welcome<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:30-10:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Keynote:\u00a0Causal Inference in Machine Learning<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Athey, Stanford University<\/li>\n<li>Alex Belloni, Duke University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Xiaohong Chen, Yale\u00a0University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:00-10:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coffee<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:30-12:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 1:\u00a0New Approaches to Causal Inference<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Greg Lewis, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Denis Nekipelov, University of Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Amit Sharma, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>David Sontag, New York University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00-1:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">1:00-3:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 2:\u00a0Understanding Demand<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>David Blei, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Matt Harding, University of California\u2013Irvine<\/li>\n<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:00-3:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coffee<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">3:30-5:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 3:\u00a0Learning from Phone and Image Data<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Bjorkegren, Brown\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Nikil Naik,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Gautam Rao, Harvard\u00a0University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Saturday,\u00a0September 10<\/h2>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:00-8:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Breakfast<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">8:30-10:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Keynote:\u00a0Machine Learning for Economic Policy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>Serena Ng, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussant:<\/strong> Emily Oster, Brown\u00a0University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:00-10:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coffee<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\">\n<td class=\"td-1-3\">\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:30-12:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Session 4:\u00a0Media and Advertising<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Shawndra Hill, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<li>Markus Mobius, 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This year\u2019s theme was machine learning and economics, and we invited both internal and external experts to discuss the theory and practice of using machine learning to analyze large and novel economic data sets.\u00a0 The conference was held at our offices in New York City, on September 9-10, 2016. Continental breakfast and lunch was served, as well as coffee as appropriate to timing on both days.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hospitality Notice for University and Government Employees:<\/strong> Microsoft Research provided hospitality at this event. Please consult with your institution to determine whether you can accept meals and other hospitality under your institution's ethics rules and any other laws that might apply.\r\n<h2>Organizing committee<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Susan Athey, Stanford University<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Greg Lewis, Microsoft Research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Matt Taddy, Microsoft Research<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Workshop speakers<\/h2>\r\nConfirmed speakers and discussants include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Susan Athey, Stanford\u00a0University<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Alex Belloni,\u00a0Duke University<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dan Bjorkegren, Brown University<\/li>\r\n \t<li>David Blei, Columbia\u00a0University<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Xiaohong Chen, Yale\u00a0University<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dean Eckles,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Matt Harding, University of California\u2013Irvine<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Shawndra Hill,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Greg Lewis,\u00a0Microsoft Research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Markus 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