I'm a data scientist and effective altruist. I hold a Masters in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, where I was advised by Benjamin Jantzen and Shaddi Hasan. I'm currently at the Forecasting Research Institute. Formerly I worked at nLine, Inc., a startup that measures power quality and reliability at outlets in homes, businesses and healthcare facilities around the world, seeking to improve the reach and resilience of energy infrastructure. Before that I worked at the MITRE Corporation, doing test & evaluation for crowdsourced intelligence projects.

Cairn sculpture by Stewart Hickman

Conference Papers

Miles, S.B., Hickman, M., Flaspohler, G., Bariya, M., Mughuma, J., Kammen, D. (2023). Beyond Access: Measuring Power Quality Issues at 27 Healthcare Facilities in the DRC. IEW '23. (paper) (slides)
Hickman, M.G., Pasad, V., Sanghavi, H., Thebault-Spieker, J., Lee, S.W. (2021). Understanding Wikipedia practices through Hindi, Urdu, and English takes on an evolving regional conflict. CSCW '21. DOI:10.1145/3449108 (paper)
Klugman, N., Adkins, J., Paszkiewicz, E., Hickman, M.G., Podolsky, M., Taneja, J., Dutta, P. (2021). Watching the grid: Utility-independent measurements of electricity reliability in Accra, Ghana. IPSN '21. DOI:10.1145/3412382.3458276 (paper)

Journal Articles

Kinney, N., Hickman, M., Anandakrishnan, R., Garner, H.R. (2020). Crossing complexity of space-filling curves reveals entanglement of S-phase DNA. PloS One. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0238322 (paper)

Other Publications

Josh Rosenberg, Ezra Karger, Avital Morris, Molly Hickman, Rose Hadshar, Zachary Jacobrs, Philip Tetlock (2024). Roots of Disagreement on AI Risk: Exploring the Potential and Pitfalls of Adversarial Collaboration. Forecasting Research Institute, March 2024. (available here)
Molly Hickman. How Not To Predict The Future. Issue 5 of Asterisk Magazine, March 2024. (online)
Molly Hickman. Poor power quality is a bottleneck to global health and development. EA Forum, February 2024. (EA Forum)
Ezra Karger, Josh Rosenberg, Zachary Jacobs, Molly Hickman, Rose Hadshar, Kayla Gamin, Taylor Smith, Bridget Williams, Tegan McCaslin, Philip E. Tetlock (2023). Forecasting Existential Risks: Evidence from a Long-Run Forecasting Tournament. Forecasting Research Institute, June 2023. (available here)
Bariya, M., Hickman, M., Flaspohler, G. (2023). From Measurement to KPIs: Estimating SAIDI at nLine. (nLine blog)
Roberts, P., Misra, S., et al. (2020). CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Group: Technology, Policy, and the Public Sector in the COVID-19 Environment. Research Agenda-Setting Paper. (download)