Economic Fitness and Complexity (EFC) is the recent economic discipline and methodology that makes use of and develops the modern techniques of data analysis to build Economic Models based on the science of Complex Systems to provide a sound scientific framework. It consists of a data-based and bottom-up approach that considers specific and concrete problems without economic ideologies. It acquires information from the previous growth data of all countries with methods of Complex Networks, Algorithms, Machine Learning and AI.
Speaker: Dr. Luciano Pietronero, President of Enrico Fermi Research Center
Dr. Luciano has a distinguished career in theoretical and condensed matter physics, holding prominent academic and research positions at institutions such as the University of Rome, the University of Groningen, and various international research centers. He is also the one who promotor of the collaboration between Sapienza University and CNEL for the introduction of the Economic Fitness Methods to optimize the industrial development of Italy. Now, Dr. Luciano as president of the Enrico Fermi Research Center in Rome. The center has established partnerships with organizations like SONY CSL and the IFC-World Bank, launched a specialized PhD program, and is focused on projects with significant social impact and international collaboration.
Host: Dr. WANG Min, Tenured Associate Professor, National School of Development, Peking University
WANG Min is Tenured Associate Professor National School of Development, Peking University. He serves as vice director at the Environment and Energy Research Center at Peking University and director at Centre for Development and Environment. He is also an associated editor for the Economists (quarterly issue). He received his BA and MA in Economics and Management, he received his PH.D. in Economics in the Iowa State University, USA in 2010.
His research interests include Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Economics, Climate Change, Public Policy, Macroeconomic Development.