[gov3009-l] Applied Statistics Workshop: "Empirical Social Science at Disney Research" on Wednesday, Nov. 2

Dear all, Please join us for the Applied Statistics Workshop (Gov 3009) this Wednesday, November 2 from 12.00 - 1.30 pm in CGIS Knafel Room 354. Amber Brown, Senior Research Scientist at Disney Research, and Joe Marks, Vice President and Fellow of Disney Research, will give a talk entitled "Empirical Social Science at Disney Research". As always, a light lunch will be provided. The abstract for the presentation is: *At Disney Research we mostly work on technologies that are relevant to our various businesses: computer graphics, computer vision, robotics, human-computer interaction, materials, displays, etc. But we also have projects in the social sciences, with a heavy emphasis on rigorous empirical testing. We will describe four recent projects:* - *Novel pay-what-you-want pricing mechanisms.* - *Load balancing of park guests via pushed incentives on mobile devices. * - *Guest participation in environmental programs.* - *Introduction of a cinema culture to the developing world.* An up-to-date schedule for the workshop is available at http://www.iq.harvard.edu/events/node/1208. Best, Konstantin -- Konstantin Kashin Ph.D. Student in Government Harvard University Mobile: 978-844-0538 E-mail: kkashin(a)fas.harvard.edu Site: http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~kkashin/