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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.
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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…
Travis Martin
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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…
Elaine Wah
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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…
Michael Wellman
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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
Bryce Wiedenbeck
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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…
Bryce Wiedenbeck
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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…