talks & workshops
Workshops
An all-day workshop for 50+ faculty and students introducing core machine learning concepts from the perspective of those trained in causal inference. Includes a hands-on exercise.
Two-hour long workshop for Harris students that focuses on translating skills in Python and R into work in MATLAB. Participants leave the session with a viable code sample in MATLAB suitable to share with employers.
Talks
Presenting our research to leaders in the field of macroeconomic uncertainty.
Invited guest lecture for USTC Economics students on using machine learning tools in Python.
Presentation and tutorial on using the Apache Spark distributed computing system with big data for social science researchers.
Presentation to Urban researchers on how and why to use the GitHub version control in their research.
Presentation to Urban researchers on how and why to use the Python programming language in their research.
Presentation and discussion on early dissertation results, focused on news-based uncertainty at sub-national levels.
Presentation of an agent based model in Python based on the game theory work of Avner Greif.
Panels
Organized and hosted two-part panel discussion bringing current quantitative-focused students together with three recent Harris alums and three senior managers that hire graduates to discuss the transition. Participants came from the Cook County Asessor's Office, UChicago Medicine, Redfin, the Brookings Institution, University of Michigan Youth Policy Lab, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Participants for this year came from the Center on American Progress, RTI International, Uber, Urban Institiute, Mathematica, and UChicago Crime Lab.
Participants for this year came from the University of British Columbia, Center for the Economics of Human Development, Mathematica, Urban Institute, Westat Insight, and TrueRoll.
Participants for this year came from the UChicago Crime Lab, Beneficial State Foundation, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, World Bank, Urban Institute, and Booz Allen Hamilton.