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diff --git a/_posts/2024-08-08-africa-workshop.md b/_posts/2024-08-08-africa-workshop.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..07a59db --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-08-08-africa-workshop.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Africa summer course 2024" +author: Matt McKay +excerpt: QuantEcon has just delivered our Africa summer course +--- + +QuantEcon has delivered our Africa summer course in July/August 2024 across three universities in West Africa. Our aim is to bring the foundational skills required for working with more advanced computational economic models to a global audience. It was exciting for the team to be able to work with these talented students in West Africa. diff --git a/_posts/2024-11-02-smit-google.md b/_posts/2024-11-02-smit-google.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5fe851e --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-11-02-smit-google.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "QuantEcon RA working with Google Search" +author: Matt McKay +excerpt: QuantEcon RA is now working with the Google Search team +--- + +Congratulations to [Smit Lunagariya](https://in.linkedin.com/in/smit-lunagariya-356b93179) for your new role at Google search. Smit was a former QuantEcon research assistant and contributed extensively to the QuantEcon project. We hope you enjoy your new role in the machine learning team. diff --git a/_team-members/matthew.md b/_team-members/matthew.md index 9ee5e18..3de6fd8 100644 --- a/_team-members/matthew.md +++ b/_team-members/matthew.md @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ image: placeholder.png link: https://github.com/mmcky role: "Committee Members" --- -Matthew McKay is a post-doctoral researcher and lead developer at Australian National University with research interests in computational development economics and international trade. \ No newline at end of file +Matthew McKay is the chief technology officer at QuantEcon with research interests in computational development economics and international trade. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/pages/about.md b/pages/about.md index 3e0129b..b855394 100644 --- a/pages/about.md +++ b/pages/about.md @@ -5,30 +5,21 @@ menu_item: true --- # About -QuantEcon is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving economic modeling by enhancing computational tools for economists.  Our activities include +QuantEcon is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving economic modeling by enhancing computational tools for economists.  + +Our activities include * developing and facilitating the development of open source software for economic modeling, and * building open, collaborative platforms for sharing, discussing and documenting open source software -Development is centered on open source scientific computing environments such as Python, R and Julia.  - -QuantEcon is a [NumFocus](http://www.numfocus.org/) Fiscally Sponsored Project, currently funded primarily by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. +Development is centered on open source scientific computing environments such as Python, R and Julia and is hosted on [github](https://github.com/QuantEcon/).  -To learn more about our activities you can visit: -1. [Lectures](/lectures) -2. [Code Libraries](/code) -3. [Books](/books) -4. [Other Projects](/projects) +QuantEcon is a [NumFocus](http://www.numfocus.org/) and [PSL](https://psl-foundation.org/) Fiscally Sponsored Project. ## Contact Send feedback to [contact@quantecon.org](mailto:contact@quantecon.org) - -## Get Involved - -QuantEcon is developed by the community for the community and contributions are welcome. There are several ways you can get involved. - ## Join the Discourse forum You can reach out to the [QuantEcon team](/team) via the [Discourse forum](http://discourse.quantecon.org/). @@ -39,7 +30,9 @@ The forum is a good place to ask questions, get guidance on contributing to the QuantEcon is sponsored by [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/), a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and promotes world-class, innovative, open source scientific software. -Through NumFOCUS, QuantEcon can receive tax-deductible donations to help support ongoing development. Your donations will go towards: +Through NumFOCUS, QuantEcon can receive tax-deductible donations to help support ongoing development. + +Your donations will go towards: * developing and facilitating the development of open source software for economic modeling, and * building open, collaborative platforms for sharing, discussing and documenting open source software @@ -51,13 +44,7 @@ To support the QuantEcon project: ## Develop and contribute code -We welcome submission of algorithms and high quality code to [QuantEcon.py](/quantecon-py) and [QuantEcon.jl](/quantecon-jl) on all topics in quantitative economics. - -* Information on contributing to [QuantEcon.py](/quantecon-py) is found [here](/python-developers) - -* Information on contributing to [QuantEcon.jl](/quantecon-jl) is found [here](/julia-developers) - -Less experienced developers who wish to get involved can help improve documentation, work on smaller enhancements or report bugs and request features. +We welcome submission of algorithms and high quality code to [QuantEcon.py](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py) and [QuantEcon.jl](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.jl) on all topics in quantitative economics. ## Write a notebook @@ -67,31 +54,12 @@ If you’ve written code related to quantitative economics and want to share it QuantEcon develops and supports the following [lecture series](/lectures) for quantitative economics and datascience. -Bug fixes or small updates are welcome as pull requests (PR). Some PR requirements: +Bug fixes or small updates are welcome as pull requests (PR). + +Some PR requirements: -1. If possible, a PR should address just one lecture +1. A PR should address just one lecture 2. Python lectures should execute with the *latest* Anaconda environment. Please update and check prior to submitting your PR. -Information on contributing to the python lectures can be found [here](/contribute-lectures) - -## Resources - -If you’re new to open source development, here is some information to help you get started. - -Contributions to the QuantEcon library should follow the standard open source pattern in regards to forking the code libraries and sending pull requests on GitHub. - -## Using GitHub - -If you’re not familiar with GitHub workflows there are many useful tutorials available: - -* [The GitHub Guides](https://guides.github.com/) -* [Pull request etiquette](http://readwrite.com/2014/07/02/github-pull-request-etiquette) - -The following tutorial is helpful for more advanced understanding of git branching and the git model of version control: - -* [Git Branching Tutorial](https://learngitbranching.js.org/) - -*Additional Git Resources:* - -* [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com/) +Information on contributing to the python lectures can be found [here](https://manual.quantecon.org/intro.html)