Workshop: Computational Methods for Macroeconomic Modeling at Bank of Portugal
7 Oct 2025
QuantEcon instructor John Stachurski delivered a four-day workshop on Computational Methods for Macroeconomic Modeling at the Bank of Portugal from October 7-10, 2025.
The workshop explored recent advances in scientific computing driven by AI hardware and software, including parallelization, automatic differentiation, and just-in-time compilation. Topics covered included:
- Python fundamentals for scientific computing
- Markov chains and dynamic programming
- Introduction to JAX for high-performance computing
- Neural networks and deep learning applications
Workshop materials are available on GitHub.
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