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The 2010 Chicago-Argonne Institute on Computational Economics

The 2010 Institute on Computational Economics (ICE10) will be
held at the University of Chicago from July 19 to July 31, 2010.
ICE10 will be a two-week summer program for young scholars
interested in applying computational methods to economics.

ICE10 continues the format of ICE07, ICE08, and ICE09, with
lectures and tutorials on topics in numerical analysis, their
applications in economics, and their implementation in a variety
of software tools. Participants will work on and present group
projects, and will be able to speak with the lecturers about
their own work during "office hours".

To facilitate the hands-on computational experience at ICE10 and
the ability to use those tools after ICE10, software companies
and universities who distribute the state-of-the-art computational
software -- AMPL, Knitro (Ziena), Filter (Dundee), PATH (University
of Wisconsin), and SNOPT (Stanford OSL) -- have agreed to give
ICE10 participants licenses for their products free of charge until
the student finishes their Ph. D.

The aim of ICE10 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 will begin with 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. These tutorial sessions are presented by a mix of
computational scientists and economists - Ken Judd, Todd Munson,
Karl Schmedders and Che-Lin Su. ICE10 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 ICE10 participants'
presentations of group project results.

Graduate 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 ICE10. We will provide
housing for participants at no charge. Participants are responsible
for transportation costs and for their meals. ICE10 is funded by
the University of Chicago, the Computation Institute, the Stevanovich
Center for Financial Mathematics, and the Milton Friedman Institute,
and is hosted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

For more information on topics, speakers, life in Hyde Park and Chicago,
and application procedures, see

http://ice.uchicago.edu/

NOTE THAT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 2, 2010.

E-mail inquiries should be directed to Jennifer Pachon

mailto:[email protected]

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