ICDM 2018 Workshop on Data Mining for eLearning Personalization We are excited to co-organize a workshop at ICDM 2018 on applications of data mining for education! The ICDM 2018 Workshop on Data Mining for eLearning Personalization will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) on November 17, 2018 in Singapore. The workshop will bring…

Best of Both Worlds, Part 3: ML for Instrument Selection — This post was co-authored with Duncan Gilchrist and is Part 3 of our “Best of Both Worlds: An Applied Intro to ML For Causal Inference” series (Part 1 here, Part 2 here). Sample code, along with basic simulation results, is available on GitHub. We’re grateful to Evan Magnusson for his…

Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 — This post was co-authored with Duncan Gilchrist and is Part 1 of our “Best of Both Worlds: An Applied Intro to ML for Causal Inference” series (Part 2 here). We’re grateful to Evan Magnusson for his strong thought-partnership and excellent insights throughout. Over the last couple years, we’ve been excited…

How female instructors can help close the gender gap in STEM Coauthored with Vinod Bakthavachalam, Data Scientist at Coursera Coursera was founded on the belief that education can help anyone, anywhere improve their career and life outcomes. We strive to enable global, inclusive access to high-quality education — especially for those who have historically been underrepresented in university classrooms. …

Sourcing, hiring, and growing female talent Here at Coursera, we are proud to have a data science team that is nearly half female. The problems we’re tackling demand creative approaches and, as the literature consistently shows, diversity unlocks innovation. Yet only 16% of technical roles at major tech companies are held by women. …

Lightning Talks @ Coursera Join us January 18 for the Women Who Code Silicon Valley Data Science 2017 kick-off! Lightning talks on Data Products, A/B Testing, Career, & more by Data Science women at Coursera. RSVP here.

Here are slides from today’s Causal Inference in Tech workshop at the Open Data Science Conference. Thanks to all who participated!

Evidence from three field experiments Most workers in the U.S. find their jobs through friends and relatives, and companies are more likely to hire applicants who have been referred. …

Tools for optimal price setting — This article was co-authored with Duncan Gilchrist. Sample code, along with basic simulation results, is available on GitHub. You have a product and you’re selling it. So the price is right. Or is it? In this post, we work through price setting — what to optimize for, how to learn…