david pennock sdfbizteyahooinccom announcement call participation dimacs workshop information markets february 24 2005 dimacs center rutgers university piscataway nj httpdimacsrutgerseduworkshopsmarkets organizers robin hanson george mason university rhanson aatt gmuedu john ledyard california institute technology jledyard aatt hsscaltechedu david pennock yahoo research labs pennockd aatt yahooinccom presented auspices special focus computation socioeconomic sciences market designed information gathering forecasting called information market information markets used elicit collective estimate expected value probability random variable reflecting information dispersed across population traders degree market forecasts approach optimality practice least surpass known methods forecasting remarkable supporting evidence found empirical studies options markets commodity futures markets political stock markets sports betting markets horse racing markets market games laboratory investigations experimental markets field tests nearly cases market prices reveal reliable forecast likely unfolding future events often beating expert opinions polls despite growing theoretical experimental literature many questions remain regarding best design deploy analyze understand information markets including technical challenges social challenges workshop include talks information markets number distinguished invited speakers speakers cover range topics including mechanism design experiments analysis policy industry experience speakers include representatives academia industry government workshop feature research talks opinions reports industry experience discussion government policy perspective number fields including economics business finance computer science gamblinggaming policy see workshop program details httpdimacsrutgerseduworkshopsmarketsprogramhtml workshop feature tutorial session wednesday afternoon feb 2 2005 help new field get speed workshop include panel discussion policy analysis market aka terror futures rump session anyone requests time floor five minutes speak relevant topic participate rump session please email david pennock pennockd aatt yahooinccom registration fees preregistration deadline january 26 2005 please see website additional registration information information participation registration accomodations travel found httpdimacsrutgerseduworkshopsmarkets please sure preregister early tue 05 aug 2008 195742 0800 uai dimacs workshop information markets nj feb 24 2005