<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><div id="gmail-:a2s" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:a2o" class="gmail-Am gmail-aiL gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:262px" aria-controls=":lfi" aria-expanded="false"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>When:</b>    </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">    Monday, January 29th at <b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">10am CT</b><b> </b></font></font><br></font></div></div><div><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font color="#000000"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="georgia, serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><br></span></b></font></font></font></p><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Where:       </b>Talk will be given <font style="font-weight:bold"><u>live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font>at</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">                       TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                       5th Floor, Room 530<b> </b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b style="letter-spacing:0.2px">Virtually:</b><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">  via Panopto </span>(<a href="https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=926fbdcb-a6e5-407d-bc67-b0ae010ae5e6" target="_blank">livestream</a><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">)</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b>         Jessica Hullman, Northwestern University</font></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><div><p style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><b>Title:</b>   </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal">Hypothesizing about effects in experiment design and interpretation</span></font></p><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Abstract:  </b>Learning from data, such as the results of controlled experiments, requires one to reason about the likelihood of many competing explanations. However, people are boundedly rational agents who often engage in pattern-finding at the expense of recognizing uncertainty or considering potential sources of heterogeneity and variation in the effects they seek to discover. I will discuss graphical and theoretical tools we have developed to support analysts in hypothesizing and interpreting experimental effects. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">First, motivated by the heavy reliance on average treatment effects in data-driven science, I will present Causal Quartets, sets of plots that depict possible patterns of variation compatible with an average treatment effect at the level of individual units.  Second, I will discuss how a rational agent framework can be used to better design and interpret results of controlled human decision-making experiments, such as are increasingly used to understand the impacts of data displays and AI assistance.</font></div></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Bio: </b>Jessica Hullman is Ginni Rometty Associate Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University. Her research addresses challenges and limitations that arise when people draw inductive inferences from data. Her work has contributed multiple visualization and interaction techniques for improving reasoning under uncertainty from data-driven interfaces, as well as theoretical frameworks for understanding the role of visualization in statistical workflow. Jessica's work has been awarded best paper awards at top visualization and HCI venues, a Microsoft Faculty award, and NSF CAREER, Medium, and Small awards as PI, among others.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Host: <a href="mailto:emilydiana@ttic.edu">Emily Diana </a></b></font></div></div></div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#3d85c6">Brandie Jones </font></b><div><div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><b><i>Executive </i></b></font><b style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><i>Administrative Assistant</i></b></div></div><div><font color="#3d85c6">Toyota Technological Institute</font></div><div><font color="#3d85c6">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></div><div><font color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></div></div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>