suggest programs for specialized interest

**urcher001** · 08-01-2012, 06:23 AM

My professional goal is to help construct a huge-scale, fine-grained simulation of the economy based on continually updated micro data, survey results, and any other available data.

The basic steps to doing so are:

-identify the necessary model and parameters
-find methods to enable and perform estimates of their values
-engineer systems to run and automatically update the simulation

Since this is a hefty task and my background is in biology and economics, not computer science, I figure I should focus on the first two steps. But this still leaves broad areas to focus on including macro, microeconometrics, survey research, experimental/behavioral, in addition to agent-based/complexity, which isn't really taught in the US. But that is very attractive, since the finished product will likely be a discrete event simulation.

Does anyone know of schools that would be friendly to my interests and a good fit?

Thanks in advance.

**anonecon** · 08-01-2012, 06:59 AM

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**urcher001** · 08-01-2012, 07:58 PM

Why'd you delete your response?

**TomRod** · 08-01-2012, 08:02 PM

I'd give either the UTexas econ or business econ PhD a look, and include in them a portfolio is scientific computing from the statistical and scientific computing department. Also, UTexas is looking to put together a big data center for poli sci/econ/etc., so this is up that ally.

I'd also see if Carnegie Mellon or Case Western Reserve has any programs that meet your goals.

I know I plug for UTexas a lot on this forum, but that's mainly because that is where my graduate experience is. Other departments may well suit your interests also.

**Humanomics** · 08-01-2012, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by TomRod

I'd give either the UTexas econ or business econ PhD a look, and include in them a portfolio is scientific computing from the statistical and scientific computing department. Also, UTexas is looking to put together a big data center for poli sci/econ/etc., so this is up that ally.

I'd also see if Carnegie Mellon or Case Western Reserve has any programs that meet your goals.

I know I plug for UTexas a lot on this forum, but that's mainly because that is where my graduate experience is. Other departments may well suit your interests also.

Plugging for Texas would seem exceedingly appropriate for a candidate who is so sure she wants to do computational.

Michigan does data hard too, and has Scott Page (he does some crowds and networks stuff, but is not a "creative macro" sort -- still, his presence at least suggests you should look through their faculty list).