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All lectures will be held at George Mason University, Arlington Campus, Founders Hall Room 126 unless otherwise noted
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Activity
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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| 7:45-8:30 am
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Check-in
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| 8:30-8:45 am
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Welcome and Introduction – Jim Olds and Melanie Mitchell
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| 8:45-10:00 am
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An Introduction to the Science of Complexity – Melanie Mitchell
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| 10:00-10:30 am
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Break
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| 10:30-12:00 pm
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Dynamics, Information Processing, and Scaling in Complex Systems – Melanie Mitchell
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| 12:00-1:00 pm
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Lunch Break
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| 1:00-2:30 pm
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Introduction to Networks – Aaron Clauset
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| 2:30-3:00 pm
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Break
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| 3:00-4:30 pm
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Social Networks, Contagion, and Crisis – Maksim Tsvetovat
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| 4:30-6:00 pm
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The Financial Crisis -- Paul Kupiec, Director, FDIC Center for Financial Research.
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| 6:00-7:30 pm
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Welcome Reception
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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| 7:45-8:30 am
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Coffee
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| 8:30-10:00 am
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Adaptation, Evolution, and Inference: Manifestations of the Invisible Hand – David Krakauer
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| 10:00-10:30 am
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Break
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| 10:30-12:00 pm
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Complex Systems Underlying Human Behavior – Nadine Kabbani
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| 12:00-1:00 pm
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Lunch Break
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| 1:00-2:30 pm
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Complex Systems Underlying Economic Policy: Neuroeconomics – Kevin McCabe
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| 2:30-3:00 pm
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Break
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| 3:00-4:30 pm
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Agent-based Models of Complex Systems for Policy -- Tim Gulden
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| 4:30-6:00 pm
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Modeling Economic and Financial Systems with Agents -- Rob Axtell
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| 6:00-7:30 pm
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Reception and meet-and-greet Founders Hall (Rm 125) with Michael Mauboussin (participants only)
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| 7:30-9:00 pm
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Public Lecture - "The Prime Directive, Sharks, and the Wisdom of Crowds" – Michael Mauboussin Founders Hall Auditorium (Rm 134) (reserved seating for participants)
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Friday, May 18, 2012
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| 7:45-8:30 am
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Coffee
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| 8:30-10:00 am
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Colloquy, Steven Pearlstein and Mitch Waldrop
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| 10:00-10:30 am
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Break
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| 10:30-12:00 pm
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Robustness and Resilience in the Financial System -- Rob Axtell
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| 12:00-1:00 pm
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Lunch Break
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| 1:00-2:30 pm
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Systemic Risk -- J. Doyne Farmer
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| 2:30-3:00 pm
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Break
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| 3:00-4:30 pm
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Wrap-up and Panel Discussion – Moderator, Steven Pearlstein, Panelists: Margaret Polski, J. Doyne Farmer
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| 4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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