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 # CEF 2017 Workshop
 
 Code and teaching material for "Modeling with Julia -- with an Application to the New York Fed DSGE", a workshop at [CEF 2017](http://comp-econ.org/CEF_2017/index.htm).
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+## Software
+
+We assume that participants will have access to
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+* [Julia](http://julialang.org/)
+* [IJulia](https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl) and [Jupyter notebooks](https://jupyter.org/)
+* [DSGE](https://github.com/FRBNY-DSGE/DSGE.jl)
+
+For those using their own machines, it's possible install all of this (except DSGE.jl) and more in one go by installing
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+* [JuliaPro](http://juliacomputing.com/products/juliapro.html)
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+Make sure that you have the latest version, which is currently JuliaPro
+0.5.1.  A free version is now available.
+
+## Resources
+
+* [Cheat sheets](http://cheatsheets.quantecon.org/) for MATLAB and Python users
+* [Lectures](http://lectures.quantecon.org/) for learning Julia, or for economics concepts
+* [Discourse forum](http://discourse.quantecon.org/) for QuantEcon
+* [Discourse forum](http://discourse.julialang.org/) for Julia questions
+* [Julia Day](https://juliacomputing.com/blog/2016/11/01/Julia-Day-NY.html): videos with talks about Julia and finance
+
+## Contact
+
+* Abhi Gupta (New York Fed): [email protected]
+* Pearl Li (New York Fed): [email protected]
+* Erica Moszkowski (New York Fed): [email protected]
+* Chase Coleman (NYU Stern): [email protected]
+* Spencer Lyon (NYU Stern): [email protected]

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