At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor, Pulitzer Hall), the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers, data scientists, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python, C++, and the Open Source Initiative. The event will include a presentation, Question & Answer session, and post-event networking reception. All Columbia University students, faculty, postdocs, and administrators are welcome to register and attend these events. The Foundations for Research Computing program is…
Find out more »We measure and study visual salience in two-player games, in which players both prefer to match choices of locations or one prefers match and the other mismatch (hide-and-seek). Visual salience is predicted a priori from a computational algorithm based on principles from theoretical neuroscience and previously calibrated by human free gaze data. Salience is a strong predictor of choices, which results in a matching rate of 64% in two samples. Both seekers and hiders choose salient locations more often, though seekers also choose low-salience locations. The result is a “seeker’s advantage” in which seekers win about 9% of the games, compared to a mixed-Nash benchmark of 7%. A salience-perturbed cognitive hierarchy (SCH) model is estimated from the hide-and-seek data. Those estimated parameters accurately predict the choice-salience relation in the matching games.
Find out more »The 2nd Columbia Conference on Economic Theory (CCET) will be held at 142 Uris Hall, Columbia University (press for directions) on September 14-15, 2018. Organizers: Navin Kartik & Jacopo Perego Registration closed on September 1, 2018. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please e-mail Stephanie at sc3867@columbia.edu. Program: Friday, September 14th 9:00-9:55: Breakfast and Registration 9:55-10:00: Welcome Remarks 10:00-10:50 Andy Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania), "A Very Robust Auction Mechanism" (with Rich McLean) 10:50-11:05: Coffee Break 11:05-11:55…
Find out more »The Center on Capitalism and Society presents The Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump: Jobs, Wages, Trade, Growth, Health and Satisfaction September 17, 2018 Italian Academy, Morningside Campus, Columbia University (Luncheon and dinner at Faculty House) Click here to register 10:00am - 10:12am - Welcome remarks Edmund Phelps, Winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics and Director, Center on Capitalism and Society 10:15am - 11:00am - Competition and Trump Sandra Navidi (Chair) CEO, BeyondGlobalLLC Rana Foroohar, Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor, Financial Times Glenn Hubbard, Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School Matthew…
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