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Short Course: Exploring Complexity in Social Systems and Economics
Tuesday August 25 – Thursday August 27, 2015
Noyce Conference Room, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA


Time Activity

Tuesday, August 25
7:30am Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI
7:45-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-9:00am David Krakauer (President, SFI): Welcome and Introduction to the Santa Fe Institute
9:00-10:00am Melanie Mitchell: Introduction to Complexity
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30am-12:00pm Rob Axtell: Agent Computing as a Gateway to Complexity in the Social Sciences
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:30pm Aaron Clauset: Introduction to Networks
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm Aaron Clauset: Networks: Analyzing Their Large-Scale Structure
4:30-5:00pm Shuttle from SFI to Hotel Santa Fe
5:00-6:30pm At Hotel Santa Fe Reception / Buffet Dinner at Hotel Santa Fe - Amaya Restaurant
7:00-8:00pm Brian Arthur: Complexity and the Economy - Hacienda Room

Wednesday, August 26
7:30am Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI
7:45-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-10:00am Deborah Strumsky: Technological Change as an Evolutionary Process: A Complex Systems Perspective
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30am-12:00pm Mirta Galesic: How Interaction of Minds and Social Systems Shapes our Judgments
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:30pm Rajiv Sethi: Agent-Based Computational Economics
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm Scott Page: Confronting Complexity With Many Models
4:30-5:00pm Informal discussion/questions
5:15pm Shuttle from SFI to Hotel Santa Fe
Dinner on your own

Thursday, August 27
7:30am Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI
7:45-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-10:00am Geoffrey West: Is a Quantitative, Predictive Science of Cities and Companies Conceivable?
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30am-12:00pm Faculty Panel Discussion
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Adjourn
1:30pm Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe