1999 Graduate Workshop in Economics
Tentative Schedule
Talks will be held in the New Upper Commons Building (room 102).
Week 1
- Sunday, 20 June
- 1800-2030: dinner reception at John's apartment (Apt. 4, 995-4353)
- Monday, 21 June
- 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, 22 June
- 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, 23 June
- 1000: homework write-ups due (in HTML)
- 1000-1200: adaptive computation--Nigel Snoad, Australian National University.
- 1200-1330: lunch
- 1330-1500: application talk--John Miller (GAs in auctions, games, and organizations)
- 1530-1700: complexity and difficulty--Scott Page
- Thursday, 24 June
- 1000-1200: dynamics of financial markets: Doyne Farmer, Prediction Co.
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1500:
evolution--Jim Crutchfield, SFI
- 1500-1630: adaptive networks--Norman Johnson, LANL
- Friday, 25 June
- 1000-1200:
computational political systems--Scott deMarchi, Duke
- 1200: linen exchange (upper commons room)
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1500: Swarm--Alex Lancaster
- 1500-1600: SFI tea
- 1600-1730: SFI seminar series
- Saturday, 26 June
- Fun in New Mexico!
(Various opportunities TBA, including pueblo tours, hot
springs, flea market, hiking, ....)
Week 2
- Sunday, 27 June
- Monday, 28 June
- 1000: two page project descriptions (and two designated ``referees'')
are due for your Friday paper
- 1000-1200: Monte Carlo methods in statistical physics--Mark Newman
- 1200-1300: lunch
- 1300-1800: individual meetings (~15 minutes each)
- Tuesday, 29 June
- individual research
- 1600-1800: swarming conflict---Lars Erik Cederman
- Wednesday, 30 June
- individual research
- 1900-??: group discussion
- Thursday, 1 July
- individual research
- 1815: dinner, Cowgirl Hall of Fame, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Friday, 2 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, 3 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)