2001 Graduate Workshop in Economics
Tentative Schedule
Talks will be held in the Chamisa Building (room 102).
Week 1
- Sunday, 15 July
- 1800-2030: dinner reception at John's apartment (Apt. 4, 995-
4353)
- Monday, 16 July
- 0900-0930: welcome and administrative details
- 0930-1200: introduction to computational economics (Miller/Page)
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1330: small group homework problem
- 1330-1400: computer details
- 1400-1700: work on homework
- Tuesday, 17 July
- 1000-1200: homework discussion (group presentations)
- 1200-1400: lunch, prepare individual talks
- 1400-1730: individual student talks (~10 minutes each) on
current/future work
- 1900-?: continue student talks (if needed)
- Wednesday, 18 July
- 1000: homework write-ups due (in HTML)
- 1000-1200: adaptive computation and applications--John Miller, CMU and SFI
- 1200-1330: lunch
- 1330-1500: simple models of complex systems--Scott Page, U Mich and SFI
- 1530-1700: social dynamics--John Patty, CMU
- Thursday, 19 July
- 1000-1200: emerging market structure--Alan Kirman,
G.R.E.Q.A.M., France
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1400-1600: evolution of games--Larry Blume, Cornell and SFI
- Friday, 20 July
- 1000-1200: computational mechanics and pattern discovery--Cosma
Shalizi, SFI
- 1200: linen exchange (upper commons room)
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1400-1530: SFI Conference on Poverty Traps
- 1530-1600: SFI tea
- 1600-1730: SFI seminar series
- 18:00-:
- Saturday, 21 July
- Fun in New Mexico!
(Various opportunities TBA, including pueblo tours, hot
springs, flea market, hiking, ....)
Week 2
- Sunday, 22 July
- Monday, 23 July
- 0900: two page project descriptions (and two designated
``referees'')
are due for your Friday paper
- 0900-1230: individual meetings on projects (~15 minutes each)
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1430: social networks--Duncan Watts, Columbia and SFI
- Tuesday, 24 July
- individual research
- 1900-??: group discussion
- Wednesday, 25 July
- individual research
- 1530-1700: artificial societies---Josh Epstein, Brookings and SFI
- 1900-??: group discussion
- Thursday, 26 July
- individual research
- 1630: snack time in Chamisa room
- Friday, 27 July
- 0900: paper due
- 0900-1200: paper presentations at SFI main conference room (~20
minutes each)
- 1200-1300: lunch at SFI
- 1300-1600: paper presentations at SFI main conference room (~20
minutes each)
- 1730-1800: award ceremony (meet in crop circle outside Apt. 10)
- 1830-2030: group dinner ???
- Saturday, 28 July
- 0900-1200: exit interviews
St. John's meal times (7 days a week)--subjected to change:
- 0730-0930: breakfast (Mon-Sat)
- 1145-1330: lunch (Mon-Sat)
- 1700-1830: dinner (Mon-Sun)
- 1030-1330: brunch (Sunday only---replaces breakfast and lunch
times)
Coffee Shop: