I saw this recently presented by Sharad Goel. It took me a second to understand fully, but I then realized it’s actually really intuitive and valuable. My favorite kind of research!

Our paper 'The Measure and Mismeasure of Fairness' — long in draft form — is now out in JMLR! We show common error rate measures are often misleading indicators of algorithmic bias, and argue it's better to evaluate algorithms by looking at their effects. 5harad.com/papers/fair-ml…

Full circle moment when I hosted my ⁦Evanston Township High School⁩ (and Unity Nursery School) classmate ⁦Astro Teller⁩ of ⁦The Team at X⁩ at Harvard Business School. Great to discuss moonshots and the importance of being willing to share bad ideas.

My new article is out! In it I explain how to reduce the odds of your data science projects failing by carefully considering 5 steps: selection, development, evaluation, adoption, and management!

I’m on the academic job market! I’ll have a PhD from Stanford University CS in 2024. My research develops ML + network science methods to tackle complex societal challenges, from pandemics to polarization to supply chains. See my website + research statement for details! Highlights below:

📢Stanford MS&E is hiring!📢 We're seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor to help us push the frontiers of Management Science & Engineering, broadly defined. Review begins Nov 3, apps due Dec 15. Happy to answer questions! Please spread the word! msande.stanford.edu/get-involved/s…

Great Opportunity! If you are interested in some of the data science area I work in (e.g., causal inference, fairness, model validation, anomaly detection, GenAI, etc.) and are applying, let me know.

Register now to participate in a research study and compete in the Datathon@LISH. Build data science skills and earn prizes and recognition! Learn more and sign up here: sites.google.com/view/datathona… Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard

Our new working paper investigating the effects of GPT-4 on consultants, through experiments with Boston Consulting Group. Worth a read if you’re interested in how Generative AI may continue to have nuanced impacts on firm and individual productivity.

The Research Presentation as Storytelling: A two-day workshop

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So true!

In a new paper, Josh Grossman, Sabina Tomkins, Lindsay Page and I show that Asian American applicants to selective colleges were less likely to be admitted than similarly qualified white students — in large part due to legacy preferences and geography. 🧵 nber.org/papers/w31527

Exploring the realms of #AI and human creativity in solving complex problems: Our study reveals that while human ideas exhibit greater novelty, #GPT4 delivers superior environmental and financial value. The key takeaway? An integrative human-AI approach could be the future of…

Best poster award

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Researchers and practitioners across disciplines are working to design equitable algorithms — but it's not always clear how to do that.

In a new Nature Computational Science paper, Alex Chohlas-Wood, Madison Coots, Julian Nyarko and I lay out a path forward. We hope it's useful!

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Registration is now open for the 4th annual Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS) this year at Harvard Business School on August 2nd and 3rd:

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Kudos to Reviewer #3, who closed w/ this:
'Praise for the authors:
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