Validating Generative AI-Based Social Sciences
Friday, Feb. 20
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Frances Searle Building, Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (Room 1-122), 2240 Campus Drive
Generative AI is reshaping how we study human behavior, but are we validating what we simulate? This event brings together researchers from social computing, design, and computational social science to tackle the questions at the heart of generative social science. As large language models (LLMs) increasingly generate social and behavioral data, we’ll explore what kinds of tests, methods, and systems are needed to ensure these simulations are credible, replicable, and truly useful.
With preprints and products emerging faster than the research community can connect, this event offers a timely space for interdisciplinary dialogue. This event will spark collaboration across disconnected teams and help shape the future of ethical, rigorous generative AI research.
Organizers
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Yingdan Lu
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Aaron Shaw
Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Guest Speakers
Angelina Wang
Assistant Professor, Cornell Tech and Department of Information Science, Cornell University
David Broska
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Stanford University
Serina Chang
Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Computational Precision Health, UC Berkeley
Kristina Gilgorić
Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Patryk Perkowski
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Yeshiva University
Austin van Loon
Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
John Horton
Chrysler Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
Michael Spadafore
Director, Marketing Analytics, Ford Motor Company
Austin Koslowski
Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate, Knowledge Lab, University of Chicago
Jonne Kamphorst
Assistant Professor in Political Science and Quantitative Social Science Methods, Sciences Po
Schedule
| Time | Activity | Speakers |
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| 9 - 9:30 a.m. | Opening / Welcome |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Lightning Talks and Q&A |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Lightning Talks and Q&A |
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| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 3 p.m. | Lightning Talks and Q&A |
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| 3 - 3:30 p.m. | Group Discussion and Breakout Topic Refinement |
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| 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Group Discussions | |
| 4:30 - 5 p.m. | Report-Out and Wrap Up |