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Lafky at 23:06, 7 March 2009

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	I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments.		I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments. My website is at http://www.pitt.edu/~jml44.

	'''1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?'''		'''1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?'''

Jlafky@gmail.com at 18:47, 23 April 2006

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	I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments.		I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments.

Jlafky@gmail.com at 18:41, 23 April 2006

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	I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments.		I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments.

	1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?		'''1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?'''

	Economics (bits and pieces at least), Auction Theory, Reputation		Economics (bits and pieces at least), Auction Theory, Reputation
	building, Information sharing.		building, Information sharing.
	2. What do you want to learn?
			'''2. What do you want to learn?'''

	Information flow across networks, information sharing from the		Information flow across networks, information sharing from the
	perspective of other disciplines, network dynamics.		perspective of other disciplines, network dynamics.

	3. Do you have any projects that would benefit from interdisciplinary		'''3. Do you have any projects that would benefit from interdisciplinary
	approach?		approach?'''

	I have a project estimating optimal effort levels by firms in the		I have a project estimating optimal effort levels by firms in the
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	systems.		systems.

	4. Do you have any ideas for what sort of project you would like to attack this summer?		'''4. Do you have any ideas for what sort of project you would like to attack this summer?'''

	Point 3. above outlines one project. I would also like to build up		Point 3. above outlines one project. I would also like to build up
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	observed human subject experimental behavior.		observed human subject experimental behavior.

	5. What's your favorite "big problem"?		'''5. What's your favorite "big problem"?'''

	Why do individuals contribute to large collective activities even		Why do individuals contribute to large collective activities even
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	resource conservation, or massive protests as examples.		resource conservation, or massive protests as examples.

	6. If you were given the opportunity to see where we were in one hundred years with respect to progress on one problem/subject, what would it be?		'''6. If you were given the opportunity to see where we were in one hundred years with respect to progress on one problem/subject, what would it be?'''

	Pure mathematics		Pure mathematics

Jlafky@gmail.com at 18:38, 23 April 2006

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	1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?		1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?

	* Economics (bits and pieces at least), Auction Theory, Reputation building, Information sharing.		Economics (bits and pieces at least), Auction Theory, Reputation
			building, Information sharing.
	2. What do you want to learn?		2. What do you want to learn?

	* Information flow across networks, information sharing from the perspective of other disciplines, network dynamics.		Information flow across networks, information sharing from the
			perspective of other disciplines, network dynamics.

	3. Do you have any projects that would benefit from interdisciplinary approach?		3. Do you have any projects that would benefit from interdisciplinary
			approach?

	* I have a project estimating optimal effort levels by firms in the presence of consumer information sharing. The environment is not analytically friendly, and I am interested to learn what techniques are employed in other fields to estimate optimal outcomes in complex systems.		I have a project estimating optimal effort levels by firms in the
			presence of consumer information sharing. The environment is not
			analytically friendly, and I am interested to learn what techniques are
			employed in other fields to estimate optimal outcomes in complex
			systems.

	4. Do you have any ideas for what sort of project you would like to attack this summer?		4. Do you have any ideas for what sort of project you would like to attack this summer?

	* Point 3. above outlines one project. I would also like to build up a framework for simulations which can be easily modified based on observed human subject experimental behavior.		Point 3. above outlines one project. I would also like to build up
			a framework for simulations which can be easily modified based on
			observed human subject experimental behavior.

	5. What's your favorite "big problem"?		5. What's your favorite "big problem"?

	* Why do individuals contribute to large collective activities even when they personally have virtually no effect? Think of voting, resource conservation, or massive protests as examples.		Why do individuals contribute to large collective activities even
			when they personally have virtually no effect? Think of voting,
			resource conservation, or massive protests as examples.

	6. If you were given the opportunity to see where we were in one hundred years with respect to progress on one problem/subject, what would it be?		6. If you were given the opportunity to see where we were in one hundred years with respect to progress on one problem/subject, what would it be?

	* Pure mathematics		Pure mathematics

Jlafky@gmail.com at 18:34, 23 April 2006

2006-04-23T18:34:04Z

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I am a second-year economics PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on issues of reputation building and information sharing among agents. I have a long-term interest in building agent-based simulations of economic activity based on parameters gleaned from human subject experiments.

1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?

* Economics (bits and pieces at least), Auction Theory, Reputation building, Information sharing.
2. What do you want to learn?

* Information flow across networks, information sharing from the perspective of other disciplines, network dynamics.

3. Do you have any projects that would benefit from interdisciplinary approach?

* I have a project estimating optimal effort levels by firms in the presence of consumer information sharing. The environment is not analytically friendly, and I am interested to learn what techniques are employed in other fields to estimate optimal outcomes in complex systems.

4. Do you have any ideas for what sort of project you would like to attack this summer?

* Point 3. above outlines one project. I would also like to build up a framework for simulations which can be easily modified based on observed human subject experimental behavior.

5. What's your favorite "big problem"?

* Why do individuals contribute to large collective activities even when they personally have virtually no effect? Think of voting, resource conservation, or massive protests as examples.

6. If you were given the opportunity to see where we were in one hundred years with respect to progress on one problem/subject, what would it be?

* Pure mathematics