Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DESIGN, USE, AND PERFORMANCE OF PREDICTION MARKETS AT GOOGLE
Bo Cowgill, Lead Developer, Google Internal Prediction Markets
Tuesday April 24, 2007 4:00-5:30 pm
NE20, Room 336 Conference Room (3 Cambridge Center)
Abstract
Prediction markets have been in use at Google since April 2005 and are still in use today. This talk will cover experiences, evaluation, design and implementation of the markets by a lead developer.
Speaker bio
Bo Cowgill joined Google in 2003. He has worked in the company's sales, operations and statistical analysis organizations, and led the development of the company's internal prediction markets. He holds a BA in Public Policy from Stanford and is from Lexington, Kentucky.
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