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Forthcoming Conferences & Workshops

Workshop, Spring 2012

Information and Econometrics of Networks

March 30-31, 2012, at American University

 

Forthcoming Summer Classes

Microeconometrics with focus on Panel Data and Discrete Choice: Theory and Practice
May 14-18 (Monday-Friday), 2012
Instructor: William Greene (NYU)
Location: Info-Metrics Institute, American University

Data Mining and Information: Theory and Practice
May 29-June 2 (Tuesday-Saturday), 2012
Instructor: Teddy Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon U)
Location: Info-Metrics Institute, American University

A Special Two Day Tutorial on Info-Metrics
July 9-10 (Monday and Tuesday), 2012
Instructor: Amos Golan
Location: Info-Metrics Institute, American University

Nonparametric Methods of Estimation: Theory and Practice
May (exact dates TBD), 2013
Instructor: Aman Ullah (UC Riverside)
Location: Info-Metrics Institute, American University

click here for more information on summer classes

 

Recent Conferences & Workshops

Workshop, October 2011: Philosophy of Information

October 3, 2011, at American University

Workshop, November 2011: Information Theory and Shrinkage Estimation

November 12, 2011, at American University

Announcement: Call for Papers

From August 13 - August 17 the Santa Fe Institute and Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos will jointly host a "Theme week" on combining information theory and game theory. Please see the Call for Papers Announcement and Program Overview for more information.

 

 

Spring 2012 Seminars

1. William Greene (NYU)
Date: TBD
Title: TBD

2. Richard Davis (Columbia U.)
(Monday, April 9, 2012)
Title: Detection of Structural Breaks and Outliers in Time Series


3. Sherman Robinson (IFPRI) - joint with Economics
(Wednesday, April 11)
Title: "Applications of Maximum Entropy Econometrics to Estimation Problems in Developing Countries"

4. Herman K. van Dijk (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Econometrics Department VU University Amsterdam)
(Thursday, April 26)
Title: "Is Simulation based Bayes Procedures for Three 21-st Century Key Research Issues"


Fall 2011 Seminars

Seminars take place in Kreeger 101 at 12 p.m. unless noted otherwise—see Campus Maps.

1. Victor Yakovenko (UMD) - joint with Economics
(Wednesday, September 14)
"Entropy maximization and distributions of money, income, and energy consumption in a market economy"

2. Teddy Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon) - joint with Economics
(Wednesday, November 2)
Title: "Bayesian Consensus"

3. Loran Grady Chollete (UiS Business School, Norway) - joint with Economics
(Wednesday, December 7)
Title: "The Market Premium for Dynamic Tail Risk"

 


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