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.

IMF Headquarters

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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