15.567  The Economics of Information: Strategy, Structure and Pricing

Please Bring Laptops to Class for Course Evaluation

Please bring your laptops to class - we will be reserving time at the end of today's session to complete the course evaluation.

Thanks.

Announced on 16 October 2014  12:44  p.m. by Susan Young

Reminder: Tonight 6:00-7:30: CODE Fireside Panel on "Experimentation and Ethical Practice"

Students in 15.567 are invite to join us tonight, Friday, October 10th from 6:00-7:30 PM in Wong Auditorium, Building E51 for a Fireside Panel on "Experimentation and Ethical Practice" as part of the MIT Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE@MIT).
The era of “big data” and large-scale experimentation promises dramatic advances in social science and our understanding of human behavior. But, as with any revolution in science, new measurement techniques and analytic practices require new thinking about the ethical practice of science and research. As recent debates about the Facebook “Emotional Contagion” studies have revealed, there are wide-ranging and strongly held beliefs about the precise nature of the ethical standards that should be applied to experimental research in the digital age. During the panel, we will engage with five respected thought leaders in a public dialogue about the future of the scientific method in the digital age.
http://codecon.net/fireside-panel/
The panel will be moderated by Sinan Aral, the David Austin Professor of Management and Associate Professor of IT and Marketing at the MIT Sloan School, and will include:
Esther Dyson, chair of EDventure Holdings;
Leslie Meltzer Henry, professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics;
Michelle Meyer, professor at the Union Graduate College–Icahn School of Medicine;
Duncan Watts, principle research scientist at Microsoft; and
Jonathan Zittrain, professor at Harvard Law School and cofounder and faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Announced on 10 October 2014  3:18  p.m. by Erik Brynjolfsson

October 10 6:00-7:30: CODE Fireside Panel on "Experimentation and Ethical Practice" - E51

Please join us on Friday, October 10th from 6:00-7:30 PM in Wong Auditorium, Building E51 for a Fireside Panel on "Experimentation and Ethical Practice" as part of the MIT Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE@MIT).

The era of “big data” and large-scale experimentation promises dramatic advances in social science and our understanding of human behavior. But, as with any revolution in science, new measurement techniques and analytic practices require new thinking about the ethical practice of science and research. As recent debates about the Facebook “Emotional Contagion” studies have revealed, there are wide-ranging and strongly held beliefs about the precise nature of the ethical standards that should be applied to experimental research in the digital age. During the panel, we will engage with five respected thought leaders in a public dialogue about the future of the scientific method in the digital age.

http://codecon.net/fireside-panel/

The panel will be moderated by Sinan Aral, the David Austin Professor of Management and Associate Professor of IT and Marketing at the MIT Sloan School, and will include:

Esther Dyson, chair of EDventure Holdings;

Leslie Meltzer Henry, professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics;

Michelle Meyer, professor at the Union Graduate College–Icahn School of Medicine;

Duncan Watts, principle research scientist at Microsoft; and

Jonathan Zittrain, professor at Harvard Law School and cofounder and faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Announced on 07 October 2014  2:37  p.m. by Susan Young

Debate Tomorrow (An Update)

We just had a discussion about your debate slides. We like them so much that we’ve changed our minds - we will use the slides during the debate tomorrow. Hopefully, this means that you won’t need a cheat sheet, but feel free to prepare one if you still believe it will help.

Again, we will flip a coin to decide who speaks on each side, so please be prepare to speak on both sides of the topic. See you in class tomorrow, and good luck!

Regards,
Erik, Parul and Noel

Announced on 06 October 2014  9:06  p.m. by Noel Dominic Sequeira

Debate Tomorrow

Thanks everyone for your debate slides. It was evident that every one put in a lot of research and effort into their slides. We will announce the two teams who will debate in class, at the beginning of the lecture tomorrow. Please be prepared to speak on both sides of the topic, since we will flip a coin to decide who speaks on each side.

Also, slides/presentation will not be used during the debate, so please be prepared to make your points without them. You can however carry a cheat sheet/ paper notes if that would be helpful to remember your points.

Good luck! We are excited for tomorrow's class!

Announced on 06 October 2014  7:24  p.m. by Parul Batra