Chris Kiekintveld promoted to Assoc Prof w/ Tenure at UTEP
SRG alum Chris Kiekintveld has now been officially promoted to Associate Professor of Computer Science, with Tenure, at the University of Texas El Paso. Congratulations, Chris!
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Wellman Appointed to OFR Financial Research Advisory Committee
Michael Wellman was appointed for a 3-year term to the Office of Financial Research’s Financial Research Advisory Committee, effective July 2016. He participated in the 28 July meeting held at the Federal Reserve Building in New York City.
Travis Martin defends dissertation
Congrats to Travis Martin, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation on Monday (13 June 2016). Travis’s thesis comprises four studies in network science, and was co-advised (actually predominantly advised) by Mark Newman. The title: Theoretical tools for network analysis: Game theory, graph centrality, and statistical inference
Elaine Wah defends dissertation
Elaine Wah successfully defended her thesis on Thursday 10 March. The dissertation is titled Computational Models of Algorithmic Trading in Financial Markets and includes three case studies of simulation-based strategic modeling of financial market scenarios. Congratulations, Elaine.
My comments at the Michigan/OFR Financial Stability Conference
@UMengineering Michael Wellman: “Are trading algorithms a threat? Maybe.” #FinReg https://t.co/Z22I7fzChU pic.twitter.com/CHyxrhzJzw — Michigan CFLP (@UMFinReg) October 22, 2015
Elaine’s talk at the Financial Stability Conference last Wednesday
UM student Elaine Wah on high-frequency trading and frequent call markets: https://t.co/VEf2ujSw4Y #FinReg pic.twitter.com/EhwyX02lkV — Michigan CFLP (@UMFinReg) October 21, 2015
Bryce Wiedenbeck defends dissertation
Bryce Wiedenbeck successfully defended his thesis on Monday 1 June. The dissertation is titled Approximate Analysis of Large Simulation-Based Games and includes several new techniques that enable simulation-based game modeling methods to scale in the number of players, among other contributions. Congratulations, Bryce.
3d Annual AI Lab Mini-Symposium
Wednesday 20 May 2015, 1690 BBB A special symposium to present the latest research to come out of the Michigan AI Lab, and celebrate our research accomplishments. The program will comprise presentations by AI Lab grad students of research results presented at conferences over this academic year. All are welcome to attend. So that we can get […]
Bartley Tablante defends dissertation
Bartley Tablante successfully defended his PhD dissertation in the Dept of Economics yesterday. The dissertation, titled “Learning and Beliefs in Non-Centralized Markets”, comprises three papers: two focused on conditions for learning through distributed trade, and one on “Equilibria in a Market with a Front Runner”. Congratulations, Bartley.
Best Student Paper Award at AAMAS: Elaine Wah
The “Pragnesh Jay Modi Best Student Paper Award” at AAMAS-15 was awarded to Elaine Wah, for: Welfare Effects of Market Making in Continuous Double Auctions
