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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>****************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Structural Modeling Applications of Research on Technology (S.M.A.R.T) Workshop<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: August 17-18, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Venue: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chairs: Anindya Ghose, Param Vir Singh, Tong Tan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Website: www.smartconf.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>****************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Deadline for PhD Applicants to submit support letters: April 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The deadline for PhD students to submit their support letters for attending the SMART workshop is fast approaching. We will admit a total of 40 students only. Each student applicant will have to submit a short letter from her advisor supporting his/her case for attending the SMART workshop. Letters could be sent to <a href="mailto:psidhu@cmu.edu">psidhu@cmu.edu</a> or aghose@stern.nyu.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The requirements that a PhD student must satisfy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(a) must be in second year or later at the time of attending the workshop, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(b) should have taken PhD level Econometrics courses which include working with discrete choice models and coding the estimation procedure (rather than using Stata or any other pre-packaged econometrics software), <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(c) should have taken a PhD level game theory course, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(d) should have taken a course that involves stochastic modeling (should be proficient with probability calculations), <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(e) should be proficient in programming language (preferably Matlab, but R would also work)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If there are more than two students who apply from one school, we will ask the school to rank the students. Due to limited slots, we guarantee top 2 will be included, but depending on demand others may or may not be included in the workshop. A student who has already taken a structural course (and gets a recommendation from the instructor) or is using structural methods in his/her research will be given priority.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Workshop Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>