Workshop: Modern Computational Economics at the IMF
2 Dec 2025
QuantEcon instructors Chase Coleman and John Stachurski delivered a three-day workshop on Modern Computational Economics and Policy Applications at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C. from December 2-4, 2025.
Building on the 2024 workshop, this year’s course placed greater emphasis on AI and its implications for economic policy analysis. Topics included:
- AI pair programming for economists
- JAX for high-performance dynamic programming
- Data wrangling with Pandas and Polars
- Bayesian analysis and Gaussian processes
- Deep learning and reinforcement learning
Workshop materials are available on GitHub.
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