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February 25 – 27, 2026<\/h2>\n

In its eighth installment,\u00a0the Current Innovations in Probability-Based Household Internet Panel Research (CIPHER) Conference<\/strong> expanded its scope to include artificial intelligence (AI) as a new area of focus.<\/p>\n

Presentations<\/span><\/h3>\n

The program, including the agenda and speaker bios can be found here<\/a>. PDF versions and recordings of presentations will be posted on this page<\/a> as and when available.<\/p>\n

Keynotes<\/span><\/h3>\n

On Thursday 26 February, Trent D. Buskirk<\/strong>, Professor and Provost Fellow-Data Science and Professor Biostatistics at the School of Data Science and Joint School of Public Health at Old Dominion University, presented a keynote address titled:<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Not Leave Probability Panels to Chance: Why AI Matters for Their Future<\/strong>
\nDesigning Smarter, More Resilient Probability Panels for the AI Era<\/em><\/p>\n

On Friday 27 February, Ben Gurga<\/strong>, Acting Executive Director of Analytics, U.S. Social Security Administration, presented a keynote on Virtual Assistants at Social Security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Scientific Committee<\/span><\/h3>\n

Arie Kapteyn, Tania Gutsche, Livia Montana, Marco Angrisani, and Francisco Perez-Arce (USC Center for Economic and Social Research); and Jan Karem H\u00f6hne (DZHW, Leibniz University Hannover).<\/p>\n

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Sponsorship<\/span><\/h3>\n

CIPHER is supported by funding from the Social Security Administration and the National Institute on Aging under grant U01AG077280.<\/p>\n

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For questions, please email Tarra Kohli (tkohli@usc.edu<\/a>; d-cipher@usc.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":10677,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10578","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCIPHER 2026 - Center for Economic and Social Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"USC CESR CIPHER 2026 - In its eighth installment, the Current Innovations in Probability-Based Household Internet Panel Research (CIPHER) Conference expands its scope to include artificial intelligence (AI) as a new area of focus. 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