{"117911":{"#nid":"117911","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Thomas E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture: Lance Fortnow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing welcomes \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lance.fortnow.com\/\u0022\u003ELance Fortnow\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University, for its annual Thomas E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENo charge to attend, but RSVPs are requested. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fd10.formdesk.com\/collegeofcomputing\/noonan_lecture\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClick here to RSVP.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tsrb.gatech.edu\/directions.html\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EClick here for directions \u0026amp; parking information\u003C\/a\u003E for the Technology Square Research Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003ETraditional micro-economic theory typically assumes that individuals and institutions can completely understand the consequences of their decisions given the information they have available. These assumptions may not be valid as we might have to solve hard computational problems to optimize our choices. What happens if we restrict the computational power of economic agents? There has been some work in economics treating computation as a fixed cost or simply considering the size of a program. This talk will explore a new direction bringing the rich tools of computational complexity into economic models, a tricky prospect where even basic concepts like \u0022input size\u0022 are not well defined. We show how to incorporate computational complexity into a number of economic models including game theory, prediction markets, forecast testing, preference revelation and awareness. This talk will not assume any background in either economics or computational complexity.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2012-03-20 11:59:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:29","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-04-19T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-04-19T23:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-04-19T23:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-04-20 01:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-04-20 03:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-04-20 03:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"117901":{"id":"117901","type":"image","title":"Lance Fortnow","body":null,"created":"1449178256","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:56","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"Lance Fortnow","file":{"fid":"194275","name":"lance_fortnow.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lance_fortnow_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lance_fortnow_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":983237,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lance_fortnow_1.jpg?itok=cgOmq_J-"}}},"media_ids":["117901"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1051","name":"Computer Science"},{"id":"27561","name":"lance fortnow"},{"id":"12276","name":"noonan lecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mbankoff@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMargaret Bankoff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}