1995 Graduate Workshop in Computational Economics
Workshop Schedule
Week 1
- Sunday, 18 June
- 1830-2030: reception at John and Scott's apartment (apt. 4)
- Monday, 19 June
- 0900-0930: welcome and administrative details
- 0930-1200: introduction to computational economics
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1330: homework problem...applause, applause.
- 1330-1400: computer details
- 1400-1700: work on homework
- Tuesday, 20 June
- 1000-1200: homework discussion
- 1200-1400: lunch, prepare talks
- 1400-1730: student talks (~10 minutes each) on current/future work
- 1900-?: continue student talks (if needed)
- Wednesday, 21 June
- 1000-1200: introduction to genetic algorithms--Melanie Mitchell
- 1200-1330: lunch
- 1330-1500: introduction to simulated annealing--Scott Page (Covers)
- 1500-1700: application talk--John Miller (GAs in auctions, games, and organizations)
- Thursday, 22 June
- 1000-1200: random field theory--Steven Durlauf
- 1200-1400: lunch
- 1400-1600: nk models--Stuart Kauffman
- 1900-2100: application talk--Ann Bell (Dynamically Interdependent Preferences)
- Friday, 23 June
- 1000: homework write-ups due
- 1000-1200: artificial life--Chris Langton
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1430: application talk--Steve McCarroll (Sugarscape)
- 1500-1600: visit to SFI
- 1600-1730: SFI talk by Joe Traub, ``Beating Monte Carlo for
Calculating Financial Derivatives''
- Saturday, 24 June
- 0730-1300: archaeological expedition to Galisteo Basin lead by Jonathan Haas,
director, Field Museum, Chicago (optional)
- 1300-1700: San Juan Pueblo, Feast day dances (optional)
Week 2
- Sunday, 25 June
- Monday, 26 June
- 0900: two page project descriptions (and two designated ``referees'')
are due for your Friday paper
- 1000-1200: cellular automata and economic modeling--Steve Durlauf
- 1200-1400: lunch
- 1400-?: individual meetings (~10 minutes each)
- 1900-2100: application talk--Adaptive Search in Spatial Models
- Tuesday, 27 June
- 1000-1200: research talk--Political Economy
- 1200-1400: lunch
- 1400-1600: research talk--Adaptive Search
- 2100-2400: Santa Fe Opera, Marriage of Figaro (optional)
- Wednesday, 28 June
- 1000-1200: discussion of papers in complexity and computational economics
- Location
- Game Theory
- Theory of the Firm
- 1200-1400: lunch
- afternoon: individual research
- 1900-?: group research meeting
- Thursday, 29 June
- individual research
- 1600: happy hour at John and Scott's
- Friday, 30 June
- 0900: paper due
- 1000-1200: paper presentations at SFI main conference room (~30 minutes each)
- 1200-1300: lunch at SFI
- 1300-1600: paper presentations at SFI main conference room (~30 minutes each)
- 1700: award ceremony, and perhaps even more fun
- Saturday, 1 July
- 0900-1400: exit interviews
St. John's meal times (7 days a week):
- 0715-0915: breakfast
- 1130-1330: lunch
- 1645-1815: dinner