Build Multiplayer Experiments with Empirica
In this tutorial, we introduce one of the Sage Concept Grant winners, Empirica. Empirica enables you to design and conduct synchronous experiments with groups of human participants in a virtual lab setting. The software is open-source and extensible.
Watching the recording below, you will learn how to install and run Empirica, modify interfaces, and adapt server-side logic. You will also learn about Empirica’s purpose and structure, its capabilities through a real-world case study, and some tips on building your first multi-player experiment.
How to create multiplayer, interactive, online experiments with Empirica.
About Empirica
Empirica is a free, open-source, virtual lab platform for developing and conducting synchronous and interactive human-participant experiments.
About the Speakers
Mohammed Alsobay is a PhD candidate in the Information Technology group at MIT Sloan. His research focuses on the design and analysis of systems in which humans and algorithmic agents interact, with the goal of achieving collective outcomes that exceed what is achievable by either type of agent on its own..
James Houghton is a postdoctoral researcher with the University of Pennsylvania’s Computational Social Science Lab, where he uses high-throughput online experiments to study small-group deliberation.
Additional Resources
The project demo used during the tutorial.
Install Empirica following the instructions here. Windows users must install the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" (WSL 2) to run the installation script, but MacOS and Linux users can run the script in their terminal directly.
Join over 200 members on the Empirica Slack channel using this invitation! You can use the #sage-webinar-2023 channel to discuss the webinar, and we'll aim to provide support for those running through the tutorial at their own pace afterward.
