Subject: Chicago-Argonne ICE 2007 Announcement
From: Kenneth L. Judd (judd@hoover.stanford.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2007 - 11:34:27 EDT
Colleagues,
Please pass on to any students of yours who may be interested.
I am using multiple mailing lists. I apologize for the inconvenience if you
receive multiple copies.
Thanks,
Ken
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The Chicago-Argonne Institute on Computational Economics - 2007
The Economic Research Center at the University of Chicago in conjunction
with the Argonne National Laboratory announces the 2007 Institute on
Computational Economics (ICE07). ICE07 will be a nine-day summer program
for young scholars interested in applying computational methods to
economics, and will be held at the University of Chicago from July 30 --
August 9, 2007.
ICE07 introduces three new features to the ICE workshop approach:
First, participants will work on group projects and present them.
Second, various software companies and universities who distribute
the current state-of-the-art computational software -- AMPL, Knitro,
Filter, PATH, SNOPT -- have agreed to give ICE07 participants free licenses
for their products.
Third, tutorial speakers have agreed to schedule "office hours"
where individual participants can discuss computational dimensions of their
research.
The aim of ICE07 is to create a collaborative community of computational
scientists and economists by training young scholars (advanced graduate
students and post-doctoral students) in state-of-the-art numerical methods
and computer technology, and their application to economic modeling and
analysis.
Summer institute activities in the first week will include formal tutorials
on a range of topics - numerical optimization, dynamic programming,
solution methods for dynamic economic models, and computationally intensive
methods in statistics - followed by workshops that familiarize participants
with computer software applied to economic models. The tutorial sessions
are presented by a mix of computational scientists and economists - Ken
Judd, Sven Leyffer, Todd Munson, Peter Rossi, and Che-Lin Su.
ICE07 participants will also be organized into small groups that will
undertake computational projects using the methods presented in the
tutorials. Participants can either choose from a list of problems
formulated by the organizers or formulate their own computational projects.
The second week will focus on seminar presentations by individuals applying
state-of-the-art numerical methods to economics problems, and to ICE07
participants' presentations of group project results.
Graduate students and post-doctoral students from all universities,
including those in Europe and Asia, are encouraged to apply to the
Institute. All applications will be considered equally; neither the
citizenship of an applicant nor his current place of study will be a
consideration in our acceptance decisions.
There will be no fee for participating in ICE07. We will provide housing
for participants at no charge. Participants are responsible for
transportation costs and for most of their meals.
For more information on topics, speakers, and application procedures, see
http://ice.uchicago.edu/.
NOTE: The application DEADLINE is April 13, 2007.
E-mail inquiries should be directed to Jennifer Pachon ( jsb2 (at) uchicago
(dot) edu )
Sincerely,
Lars Hansen, University of Chicago
James J. Heckman, University of Chicago
Kenneth Judd, Hoover Institution
Sven Leyffer, Argonne National Laboratory
Todd Munson, Argonne National Laboratory
