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FuturICT and Social Sciences: Big Data, Big Thinking

Rosaria Conte, Nigel Gilbert, Giulia Bonelli, and Dirk Helbing (19 July 2011)

Imagine storing all the computational information produced in the world in just one year: you would have a pile of DVDs able to reach the Moon and back. How about all the data collected since the beginning of the computer era? The quantity is so huge that traditional units of measurement cannot cope. For this reason a few years ago computer scientists started talking about “Big Data”, referring to the gathering, formatting, analysing and manipulating of a massive amount of digital information. ...

Achilles' heels of current economic theories - The debate

Dirk Helbing, ETHZ, Switzerland (16 May 2011)

A guest editorial by Dirk Helbing (ETHZ, Switzerland) presenting an ongoing debate on the Achilles' heels of current economic theories. ...

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Call for papers: P2P Financial Systems International Workshop [URL]

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Call for papers: Call for paper - Econophysics Network and Econophysics Colloquium [URL]

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Call for papers: Econophysics Colloquium 2015 - Abstract Submission Closes on 15 May [URL]

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28 Sep 17 - 3rd International Conference on EconoPhysics (ICE2017)

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Research Fellow (Complex Networks & Stability) [URL]

posted by weisiguo, 17 August 2017

The goal of the CHANCE (Coupled Human and Natural Critical Ecosystems) project is to develop fundamentally new data science approaches to modeling large-scale networks. Leading researchers that are making advances in complex networks, graph theory, and control theory are welcomed to apply....

Data Scientist (Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning [URL]

posted by weisiguo, 17 August 2017

Fixed term contract for 30 months. Opportunity for permnant position at company afterwards. Employer: University of Warwick, UK Location: Ranplan (Company), Cambridge You will undertake research on a collaborative InnovateUK KTP Project, which is between the University of Warwick and RANPLAN, a start-up company in Cambridge. As the data scientist KTP associate, you will be employed by Warwick and based largely at the company. ...

New deadline for PhD scholarship applications at IMT Lucca - August 9th 2017 [URL]

posted by saraolson, 07 August 2017

The deadline for applications for PhD Scholarships at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca has been extended to August 9th 2017 at 3pm CEST. Of particular interest to the readers of this website is the "Economics, Networks and Business Analytics" track, which is embedded within the "Systems Science" PhD Program. Students will have the opportunity to carry out research within the School's research units that are active in the fields of Economics, Analytics, Network Theory, Statistical Physics, Financial and Economic Networks, Markets and Big Data....

International Scouting for Associate and Full Professor Position [URL]

posted by saraolson, 02 August 2017

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Lecturer (Teaching Assistant) - Kiel Univeristy [URL]

posted by mraddant, 19 July 2017

The Department of Economics at Kiel University is searching to fill the position of a Lecturer (Teaching Assistant) with special teaching responsibilities ...

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Persistent Intraday Correlations Create Skews in Daily-Scale Distributions

T. J. Mazurek

posted by t.j.mazurek, 19 September 2017

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