This website (or pdf) will be home to some resources that will be useful for boot campers and instructors. Lecture notes and assignments for the econ course associated with boot camp will be posted here for convinient access. Students will receive printed copies of the math materials in class.
Boot camp is split into two courses: Math 513R and Econ 413R. The math class will be held each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00-10:00 AM and the economics class will be on the same days from 10:00-12:00 AM. There will also be lab class periods from 8:00-12:00 AM Tuesday and Thursday. Below is a tentative layout of the schedule:
| Date | Math Topic | Economics Topic | Lab Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr | Tue | Dynamic Programming | OLG | |
| 29-Apr | Wed | Dynamic Programming | OLG | |
| 30-Apr | Thur | Python Essentials | ||
| 1-May | Fri | Dynamic Programming | OLG | |
| 4-May | Mon | Inner Product Spaces | Policy Function Iteration | |
| 5-May | Tue | Standard Library, OOP | ||
| 6-May | Wed | Inner Product Spaces | DSGE | |
| 7-May | Thur | Profiling, Numerical Derivatives | ||
| 8-May | Fri | Inner Product Spaces | DSGE | |
| 11-May | Mon | Spectral Theory | Linearization | |
| 12-May | Tue | LU, QR, Decompositions | ||
| 13-May | Wed | Spectral Theory | Perturbation Methods | |
| 14-May | Thur | Least Squares, SVD | ||
| 15-May | Fri | Spectral Theory | Data Filtering | |
| 18-May | Mon | Convex Analysis | Asset Pricing | |
| 19-May | Tue | Data Structures | ||
| 20-May | Wed | Convex Analysis | Asset Pricing | |
| 21-May | Thur | Pandas | ||
| 22-May | Fri | Convex Analysis | Asset Pricing | |
| 25-May | Mon | Memorial Day | ||
| 26-May | Tue | Optimization Overview | VARs | |
| 27-May | Wed | Unconstrained Optimization | Numerical Integration | |
| 28-May | Thur | Newton’s Method, Integration | ||
| 29-May | Fri | Unconstrained Optimization | Numerical Integration | |
| 1-Jun | Mon | Linear Optimization | Distribution Fitting | |
| 2-Jun | Tue | Wrapping, Speed, Cython | ||
| 3-Jun | Wed | Linear Optimization | Distribution Fitting | |
| 4-Jun | Thur | Floating Point Issues | ||
| 5-Jun | Fri | Linear Optimization | SMM | |
| 8-Jun | Mon | Nonlinear Optimization | Parallel Computing | |
| 9-Jun | Tue | Eigenvalue Solvers | ||
| 10-Jun | Wed | Nonlinear Optimization | Parallel Computing | |
| 11-Jun | Thur | Markov Chains | ||
| 12-Jun | Fri | Nonlinear Optimization | Parallel Computing | |
| 13-Jun | Sat | St. Euler’s Day Feast | ||
| 19-Jun | Fri | All Homework Due |
We recommend that all users of this site stop by the Introduction page to get up to speed with a few things like how to submit assignments and making sure you are up and running with a suitable python distribution.
To navigate this site use the Table of Contents found at the bottom of this page. There you will see links to the introduction page, as well as links to the home page for the econ and math homework and the labs.