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2nd Uber Science Symposium

Behavioral Science Track



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May 
3rd 
2019
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Thank you!

A big thank you to our fantastic speakers, attendees, and organizers for their contributions to the success of the Behavioral Science track.

ABOUT

OBJECTIVES

Hosted by Uber's Applied Behavioral Science team, the Behavioral Science track of the 2nd Uber Science Symposium brings together practitioners and researchers in the behavioral, social, and cognitive sciences to facilitate the sharing of information and best practices, foster discussion, and form bridges between research communities.


PROGRAM

The program features plenary talks, a data blitz, and a keynote address from recognized leaders in behavioral science theory, methods, and application.

 

Refreshments, lunch, and a closing reception are included, along with plenty of time for socializing.

DATES AND DEADLINES

Symposium registration closes on April 12, 2019. 

Follow the RSVP link for the registration form.


Abstract submission for the Behavioral Science track data blitz is now closed. Notification of abstract decisions will be sent on April 5, 2019.



THREE SYMPOSIUM TRACKS

The 2nd Uber Science Symposium is comprised of three parallel tracks: [1] Behavioral Science, [2] Programming Systems and Tools, and [3] Bayesian Optimization.

 

Each track contains a full-day program of talks from well-known practitioners and scientists in that field. Participants are free to move between the tracks or stay in a single track for the full day.


SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

Charlotte Blank


Chief behavioral officer

maritz

Jeremy Manning

assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences

dartmouth

Susan Athey


Professor of economics

stanford

Neil Lewis, Jr.

Assistant professor of communication and social behavior

cornell

Hal Hershfield

Associate Professor of Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology

UCLA

Lada Adamic


Director of Computational Social Science

Facebook

Elizabeth Dunn


Professor of psychology

University of British Columbia

Candice Hogan


Head of applied behavioral science

Uber

Wendy De La Rosa


co-founder

common cents lab

Julian Runge


 

mobile Apps

data scientist


Melanie Brucks


Assistant professor of marketing

columbia

Namika Sagara


President,
The Behavioral Science Center

Ipsos

Bradley Voytek

Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Data Science

UC san diego

data blitz

In addition to full-length talks and a special keynote address, the program includes a dynamic lineup of 5 minute data blitz talks on empirical, theoretical, methodological, and applied behavioral science topics.

 

Abstract submission for the data blitz is now closed. Abstract decision notifications were sent on April 5, 2019.

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8:30 AM

Breakfast and Check-In


9:00 AM

Joint Opening

ZOUBIN GHAHRAMANI, Chief Scientist, Uber

9:30 AM

Session One

CANDICE HOGAN 
Behavioral Science at Scale

MELANIE BRUCKS
Technology-Mediated Innovation

JEREMY MANNING 
A Geometric Approach to Characterizing our Experiences and How We Remember Them

WENDY DE LA ROSA
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Financial Well-being

11:00 AM

Coffee Break


11:30 AM

Session Two

LADA ADAMIC

The Structure and Evolution of College Networks


JULIAN RUNGE

Personalizing In-app Subscriptions Using Pricing Theory, Offline Evaluation, and Bandit Methods


ELIZABETH DUNN

Harnessing Technology to Increase Social Connection & Well-Being

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Session Three

CHARLOTTE BLANK

Are Firms Loss Averse? Pre-payments, Bonus Claw-backs, and Sales Performance in the Auto Industry

 

HAL HERSHFIELD

Adding the Self into Choice Architecture

 

NEIL LEWIS, JR

Dynamic Identity Processes and their Implications for Motivating Attitude and Behavior Change

 

NAMIKA SAGARA

Leveraging Behavioral Science to Generate Deeper Insights to Inform and Activate Marketing Strategy

3:00 PM

Coffee Break

 

3:30 PM

Fireside Chat

BRADLEY VOYTEK 

In conversation with Laura Libby

4:15 PM

Session Four

SUSAN ATHEY

Machine Learning and Causal Inference

 

DATA BLITZ

     STEVE WENDEL  From Behavioral Experiments to Computational Behavioral Science

     AMY WINECOFF  A Psychologically-Informed Methodology for Modeling and Evaluating Users’ Similarity Judgments

     PORUZ KHAMBATTA  Using Artificial Intelligence to Examine First Impressions

     Y. ANDRE WANG  Ideas about Liking Predict Situation Selection at a Distance

     IAIN HARLOW  Marshmallows and Smartphones: Effective Learning in the Real World

5:15 PM

Closing

Joshua Morris 

5:30 PM

Reception


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