Algocracy Podcast
Uday Rajan and I appeared on the Algocracy and Transhumanism Project Podcast, hosted by John Danaher, to talk about our recent article on the ethics of automated trading.
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Bloomberg article about ASU Origins workshop on adverse AI outcomes
Last weekend I attended a very interesting meeting at Arizona State U, hosted by the Origins Project, devoted to discussions on potential adverse outcomes from AI, and how to avoid them. Bloomberg News ran an article describing it at high level. The article title was provocative enough for them to get linked by the Drudge […]
Wired article on hedge fund using private currency for crowdsouring
I’m quoted as a skeptic. An AI Hedge Fund Created a New Currency to Make Wall Street Work Like Open Source
FLI Feature Article
The Financial World of AI
Erik Brinkman Defends Thesis Proposal
Erik Brinkman successfully defended his thesis proposal today: Understanding Financial Market Behavior through Empirical Game-Theoretic Analysis. Congratulations, Erik.
Xintong Wang Passes Prelim
Xintong Wang passed her prelim exam, based on her directed study project: Spoofing the Limit Order Book: An Agent-Based Model. Congratulations, Xintong.
Frank Cheng Passes Prelim
Frank Cheng passed his prelim exam, based on his directed study project: Strategic Payment Routing in Financial Credit Networks. Congratulations, Frank.
JAAMAS Special issue on Autonomous Agents for ABM
Just published: the special issue of J. Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, on Autonomous Agents for Agent-Based Modeling. Co-editors: Virginia Dignum, Nigel Gilbert, Michael Wellman.
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!
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.
