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DTSTAMP:20261007T154047
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Anytime-Valid Confidence Sequences: Stopping Experiments Early with Netflix
DESCRIPTION:Randomized experiments have become the standard method for companies to evaluate the performance of new products or services. Beyond aiding managerial decision-making\, experiments mitigate risk by limiting the proportion of customers exposed to innovations. Since many experiments are conducted sequentially over time\, an emerging strategy to further de-risk the process is to allow managers to ``peek'' at the results as new data become available and stop the test if the results are statistically significant. The class of statistical methods that allow managers to peek and still provide valid inference are often called anytime-valid since they maintain proper uniform type-1 error guarantees. In this paper\, we extend existing anytime-valid approaches to accommodate the more complex yet standard settings in time series\, switchback\, and panel experiments. To achieve this\, we leverage the design-based approach to focus on assumption-light and managerial relevant finite-sample estimates defined on the study participants as a direct measure of the risks incurred by companies. As a special case\, our (asymptotic) results also provide a robust method for achieving always-valid inference in A/B tests. We further provide a variance reduction technique incorporating modeling assumptions and covariates. Finally\, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach through a simulation study and three real-world applications from Netflix. Our results show that using our confidence sequence\, harmful experiments could be stopped after only observing a handful of units\; for instance\, our method would have stopped a 30\,000 person Netflix experiment after the first 100 people.
UID:153096-21915074@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153096
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Aem Featured,Graduate And Professional Students,Lecture,seminar,symposium,Talk
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20260701T112608
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T113000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #96-Author Conversation with Amy E. Hughes\, \"An Actor's Tale: Theater\, Culture\, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States\"
DESCRIPTION:Historian and author of \"An Actor's Tale: Theater\, Culture\, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States\,\" Amy E. Hughes introduces us to playwright and actor Harry Watkins for an alternative history of nineteenth-century theater.\n\nHughes asks uncomfortable questions about the existence\, predominance\, and erasure of White male mediocrity in U.S. culture\, both in the past and present. When historians focus only on performers and plays with artistic \"merit\,\" what communities\, perspectives\, and cultural trends remain invisible? Join us to think through these and other questions.\n\nThis episode is sponsored by Christina and Robbi Karas.\n\nThe Clements Bookworm is a free monthly webinar series featuring guests discussing topics in American history.
UID:149189-21905947@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149189
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,book discussion,Book Talk,Books,Clements Bookworm,Discussion,Event,libraries,Library,Literature,Podcast,Talk,Virtual,William L Clements
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260916T102711
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T110000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\; stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.
UID:150691-21909922@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150691
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,International,Language,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB
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DTSTAMP:20261015T192114
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T110000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mechanical Engineering Homecoming 2026
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Homecoming with Mechanical Engineering! Join us for a day of festivities on Friday\, October 16.Please visit our event and accessibility document for more details about the day's schedule and activities.
UID:149983-21907762@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149983
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
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DTSTAMP:20260914T165019
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T170000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Pictured Rocks Fall Break
DESCRIPTION:Pictured Rocks Fall Break is a five-day expedition from October 16–20\, 2026.  to one of Michigan's most breathtaking landscapes during the peak of fall color.\n\nThroughout the long weekend\, you'll hike through colorful autumn forests\, discover hidden coves\, and take in sweeping views from cliffs rising nearly 200 feet above the crystal-clear waters of Lake Superior. Register by October 6\, 2026 to secure your spot! Cost: $755\n\nThis expedition offers two ways to experience Pictured Rocks. Approximately 8–10 participants will backpack a section of the lakeshore trail\, carrying everything needed for several days in the backcountry while camping at remote sites. \n\nThe remaining participants will establish a comfortable tent basecamp\, explore the region through day hikes and scenic destinations\, and support the backpacking team with transportation and logistics. \n\nThe program takes place October 16–20\, 2026. Participants will spend four nights tent camping throughout Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore before returning to the Adventure Leadership Resource Center located on Central Campus during the evening on Tuesday\, October 20.\nThe program includes transportation\, meals during the expedition\, campsite reservations\, all group camping equipment\, and the opportunity to borrow personal camping gear — including a backpack\, sleeping bag\, sleeping pad\, and headlamp — at no additional cost. Personal clothing and toiletries are not included.
UID:152142-21913134@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152142
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Leadership,Nature,outdoor adventures,Outdoors,recreation,Well-being,Wellness
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20261015T192115
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Coaching Cirlces!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director (or leader) around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for no more than one coaching circle a semester. Space is very limited\, register today!
UID:152716-21914416@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152716
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan Union, Welker Room (first floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260917T123032
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261016T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Teach for Democracy: Deliberative Pedagogy in Practice
DESCRIPTION:How can instructors across the disciplines support the public mission of higher education? Join us for a conversation exploring deliberative pedagogy\, a teaching approach designed to prepare and motivate students to collaborate across differences on the pressing issues facing our democracy. Drawing on cases from Deliberative Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement (2017)—co-edited by recent Promoting Democracy Teaching Series speaker Dr. Nicholas Longo—we will consider practical strategies for designing learning experiences that help students navigate complex challenges through dialogue\, deliberation\, and equitable decision-making. \n\nThis session is part of the Promoting Democracy Teaching Series\, co-sponsored by CRLT and Ginsberg Center with support from UM’s Democracy & Civic Empowerment Initiative.\n\nOpen to UM faculty\, graduate students/GSIs\, and post-docs. If you are UM staff with instructional responsibilities who would like to register\, please reach out to teachdemocracy@umich.edu \n\nREGISTER: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/111891
UID:149790-21907187@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149790
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Teaching,Workshop
LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
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