March 20, 2012

the science of global economics

Speakers:
Prof Philip Treleaven, Director of the PhD Centre in Financial Computing, University College London
Dr Richard Olsen, Visiting Professor at the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents (CCFEA), University of Essex
Prof Edward Tsang, Director of the CCFEA, University of Essex

The SMC brought together three ‘financial scientists’ who argue that the way we approach economics is not only flawed, but that the conventional solutions we are throwing at our problems are making things worse. This briefing presented a highly experimental, evidence-based look at the very physics of finance.