• Initial Conditions and the Big Push (Daniel Velasquez, CMC)

    Estella 1021 (Emmy Noether Room), Pomona College Claremont, CA, United States

    This paper examines how initial conditions shape the long-run impact of large temporary shocks on economic geography. Using WWII supply contracts in the United States, we show that temporary spending […]

  • In-Context Kernel Ridge Regression with Transformers (Mingsong Yan, UCSB)

    Estella 1021 (Emmy Noether Room), Pomona College Claremont, CA, United States

    Large language models (LLMs) can use examples provided in a prompt to make predictions for new queries without updating their parameters, a capability known as in-context learning. In this talk, […]

  • GEMS November 7th Session

    Shanahan 3481, Harvey Mudd College 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Robert Sanchez from Harvey Mudd College. Title: Going with the flow: The Mathematics of Fluid Motion Abstract: Why can the depth of […]