DRO/Deming Workshop on Experimentation for Decision-Making

The Decision, Risk and Operations Division and the Deming Center for Operational Innovation and Excellence at Columbia Business School invites to the inaugural Workshop on Experimentation for Decision-Making.

This workshop aims to create a high-impact forum for academic–industry collaboration centered on experimentation for decision-making, with a primary focus on the Operations community while remaining open to adjacent fields. The workshop will follow a one-day intimate, interactive format that prioritizes deep engagement and meaningful dialogue.

The workshop's core goal is to foster meaningful knowledge exchange between academic researchers and industry practitioners. Academic participants will gain direct exposure to pressing real-world operational challenges faced by firms, public organizations, and NGOs, while industry practitioners will engage with cutting-edge research and explore potential solutions emerging from the academic community. This bidirectional exchange aims to build collaborative relationships that extend well beyond the event itself, bridging the gap between theoretical advances and practical implementation.

Confirmed plenary speakers: Ron Berman (Wharton), Nathan Kallus (Cornell), Chetan Sharma (Founder and CEO, Eppo).

We call for papers from academics and practitioners working in this space, including methodological, empirical, and applied work. Submissions may range from technically oriented contributions to practice-driven studies grounded in real-world implementation. We are particularly interested in case studies from practitioners that highlight open problems in experimentation that would benefit from academic research. Papers will be considered for both talks and poster presentations. Accepted papers will need to be presented in-person at the conference on May 1st.

For those attending, there will be a $150 conference registration fee to help cover costs of the conference. This fee will be waived for all graduate students.

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