Both of our visitors from Indonesia are returning home this week, and neither mentioned plans to be back in the Netherlands.
Cheers, Tom On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:37 AM, Jim Witkam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Tom. Incidentally, I actually stumbled upon their website once > before when searching for something complexity related. > Not sure when/if I will get to Indonesia but in case they are back in the > Netherlands I'd be happy to meet them. I have a cousin who is working as an > urban planner in Rotterdam. > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tom Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group<[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2008 7:50 PM > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Introduction > > Welcome, Jim. We just had two visitors in Santa Fe from Indonesia, both > of whom had studied in Amsterdam and one, especially, is quite interested in > Complexity and simulation modeling as they can be applied to urban > planning. And, as a result of their visit, Steve Guerin turned up this > institute in Bandung, should you be returning to the region. * > http://www.bandungfe.net/ > > *All the best, > Tom Johnson* > * > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Jim Witkam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, I've been on the FRIAM list for some time now but haven't > > introduced myself yet, so here goes: > > > > My background is in computer science and finance. For the last 5 years I > > have been an independent researcher and software developer in the fields > > of > > (agent-based) computational economics and evolutionary computation. > > Specifically I've been busy with agent-based simulation models of > > financial > > markets for the purpose of price forecasting. The complex behavior of > > financial markets has been a long time interest of me, as well as > > artificial > > intelligence and related computer science fields. My work can be found > > at > > www.altreva.com. > > > > Prior life experience includes an Msc in computer science from > > Universiteit > > Twente, 4 years as a consultant at Ernst & Young Treasury & Financial > > Risk > > Management, 1 year as marketing director of an AI software startup > > company, > > 1 year as manager at Ernst & Young Corporate Finance, 5 years of > > traveling > > and living in Sout-East Asia. > > > > I'm living in the Netherlands so unfortunately I won't be able to attend > > the > > FRIAM meetings on a regular basis but I hope to take part in the FRIAM > > community through electronic ways. > > > > Jim Witkam > > http://www.altreva.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > www.analyticjournalism.com > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. > To change something, build a new model that makes the > existing model obsolete." > -- Buckminster Fuller > ========================================== > > ------------------------------ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller ==========================================
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