PHBS 2018 Winter Camp: When Python Meet Economics, What's
next?
SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- When python meet
economics, what's next? A satisfactory answer may be
found at PHBS 2018 winter camp. Peking University HSBC
Business School (PHBS) held its 2018 Winter Camp of
Quantitative Economics for excellent university students nationwide
from the end of January to the beginning of February. The camp is
hosted by PHBS Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and
Finance (SIQEF), with 2011 Nobel laureate in economics Thomas Sargent as the director. It intends to
offer rigorous training in Python programming, math, and economics
to undergraduate students who have the ambition to pursue a PhD. in
economics and finance.
This year's winter camp attracted 31 excellent students from key
universities nationwide, including Nankai University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, etc. 10 qualified
instructors and lecturers from New York
University, The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, PHB, etc. participated in the camp. A
full schedule of 12-day intensive training in Python programming
and its applications in economics is designed to inspire students
to reach new levels of both python programming and economics
research. Students focus on handing out tools for the first 5 days,
and then instructors teach economics-related topics.
Participants attended the welcome ceremony, where PHBS Dean Wen
Hai briefed on the history and principle of PHBS, and
announced PHBS UK Campus would officially open in 2018, a year
marking the 120th anniversary of Peking University. Professor
Sargent gave remarks on python and economics; this genial professor
briefly introduced python and suggested students learning the
knowledge one step at a time.
Students gave short self-introductions to express their zeal for
economics and appreciation for this winter camp as it provided them
a rare chance to present their research in English and engage in
face-to-face academic discussions with so many qualified
professors.
Such winter camp is designed to take students into the heart of
the China's most internationalized
and renowned business school. Located in Shenzhen, China's first Special Economic Zone,
Peking University HSBC Business School is at the cutting-edge of
China's economic reform and
management practices, provides the ideal setting for studying
advances in finance, economics and management.
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