Foundation of Economics Science (for Computer Scientists)
Course Outline:
- Understanding Individual Choices using Machine Learning
- Data as a Good
- Taxation in the Age of Information Technologies
- Growth and Innovation
- Discrimination and AI Bias
- Networks and Social Media
- Blockchain & Bitcoin
Politics and Economics
Course Outline:
- Evaluating Empirical Research
- Interpersonal Utility Comparison
- Politics/Politicians
- Aims of Policy
- Polarization
- Rent Seeking and Lobbying
- Social Media
- Discrimination
- Conflict
Machine Learning Reading Group
Reading Group Outline:
- Text as Data
- Supervised Machine Learning
- Supervised Machine Learning Classifiers
- Machine Learning Basics
- Unsupervised Machine Learning
- Topic Models
A Primer in Social Media Research
Lecture Outline:
- Why Social Media Research is Relevant
- How to Collect Social Media Data
- Using Machine Learning for Social Media Research
- Examples of Social Media Research
