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AAIM 2009
International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM) is intended to provide a forum for researchers working in design and analysis of algorithms, game theory, and combinatorial optimization to present their newest results. In AAIM 2009 conference which … Read More
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Computer Science and the Future Credit Crunch
As the stock markets nosedive, the blame game between different groups continues. In an earlier entry, Kenneth Arrow’s point about the immense complexity of stock markets was highlighted. This complexity has been the subject of further investigations by complexity scientists … Read More
Tagged: computer science, Economics, Stock Markets
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Teachnonomics
Familiarity with different learning styles is important in giving business and academic presentations or courses. The concept of a scribe is an ancient tradition that not only ensured that the material taught was recorded, but also made the students active … Read More
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Economics and Computer Science
Joan Feigenbaum is one of the leading computer scientists researching at the intersection of economics and computer science. Although economists have thought about rationality, fairness, cooperation and incentives for a long time, they did not consider computational feasibility in their … Read More
Credit Crunch
It appears that the credit crunch will have an impact on job application patterns and for PhDs looking for jobs. This is not particularly good news for final year PhD students who are starting to explore various job possibilities. Some … Read More
Tagged: academic, credit crunch, finance sector, fiscal crisis, Research
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Trip to Liverpool
I was at Liverpool in early September for two back-to-back conferences/workshops. Both of the meetings were on interdisciplinary areas related to computer science and economics. The first meeting was on market based control and was funded by BAE, BT, HP … Read More


