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Jim Witkam

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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
jw at altreva.com

Tom Johnson

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 <jw at altreva.com> 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
> jw at altreva.com
>
>
> ============================================================
> 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
>

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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 tom at jtjohnson.com

"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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Jim Witkam

Introduction

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
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
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 <jw at altreva.com> 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
jw at altreva.com

============================================================
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 tom at jtjohnson.com

"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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Tom Johnson

Introduction

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 <jw at altreva.com> 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 <tom at jtjohnson.com>
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group<friam at redfish.com>
> *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 <jw at altreva.com> 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
> > jw at altreva.com
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > 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 tom at jtjohnson.com
>
> "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
>