http://www.bris.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/ News feed from Decision-making Research at the University of Bristol. en-gb Sat, 25 May 2013 09:33:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss decisions-research-webmaster@bristol.ac.uk decisions-research-webmaster@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/news-results.html http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2013/21.html Adnane Ez-Zizi and Benja Fallenstein recently travelled to Lancaster to attend a masterclass on Optimal Decisions for Stochastic Systems over Time taught by Richard Weber (Cambridge), a leading figure in Operational Research. The two-day course gathered 30 students and postdocs from a variety of different disciplines. Adnane and Benja share some impressions from their trip. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2013/21.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2013/20.html Kevin Lloyd's paper, with David Leslie, on context-dependent decision-making has been accepted to be published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. The paper presents a simple Bayesian clustering model which demonstrates several of the 'paradoxical' effects seen in animal learning Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:45:15 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2013/20.html Publication http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/19.html The decision-making group hosted a two-day conference on "Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of Decision-making". Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:00:57 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/19.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/17.html Benedict C. May, Nathan Korda, Anthony Lee and David S. Leslie's paper on Optimistic Bayesian Sampling in Contextual-Bandit Problems has been published in The Journal of Machine Learning Research. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:24:50 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/17.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/16.html Andreas Jarvstad and colleagues paper on Knowing When to Move On Cognitive and Perceptual Decisions in Time has been published in Psychological Science Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/16.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/15.html Project post-doc Andreas Jarvstad passed his PhD viva with no corrections on Friday 20 April. Congratulations! Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:41:10 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/15.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/14.html John McNamara has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:05:08 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/14.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/13.html Simon Farrell's paper on Temporal clustering and sequencing in short-term memory and episodic memory has been published in Psychological Review Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:34:41 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/13.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/12.html Welcome to Adnane Ez-Zizi, our fifth and final PhD student on the project. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:25:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/12.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/11.html David Wolpert and David Leslie's paper on Information Theory and Observational Limitations in Decision Making has been published in The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/11.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/9.html Welcome to Dr Gaurav Malhotra, the project's second post-doctoral researcher. Gaurav joins us from Marseille, having previously completed a PhD in Edinburgh. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2012/9.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/7.html The majority of the project staff have arrived, and the project kicks off in earnest Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:46:36 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/7.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/6.html Two excellent post-doctoral researchers have been recruited to the Decision-making in an Unstable World project at the University of Bristol. Dr Andreas Jarvstad will start in October 2011, and Dr Gaurav Malhotra will start in January 2012. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:13:10 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/6.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/5.html Two post-doctoral research associate positions are available to work in a newly established interdisciplinary Research Centre on Decision Making in an Unstable World, bringing together the Schools of Experimental Psychology, Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bristol. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/5.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/3.html The University of Bristol has received £1.6million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK (EPSRC) to establish a new centre for research into how decisions are made. This work will ultimately lead to better artificial decision making systems such as automatic stock market trading systems and early warning systems for disasters. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/decisions-research/news/2011/3.html News