All day
London, UK
Co-hosted by Willis Towers Watson
Summary:
In what situations are there absolute limits to prediction, and how are those limits determined? There is a relatively short list of high-level reasons that a system can be hard to predict: (1) the dynamics may be in some sense inherently unpredictable (e.g. chaotic), (2) the financial or energetic cost of measuring the system to sufficient accuracy may be prohibitive, (3) the computational problem of prediction may be difficult (e.g. NP-complete, or worse, uncomputable), even when provided with unlimited data, and/or (4) the state space itself may be unknown, as is the case in systems that adapt, evolve, or innovate.
This Topical / Business "Vitamin B" meeting reported out on a SFI scientific workshop, which convened researchers who work on the mathematical, algorithmic, and practical aspects of prediction. This practitioner-oriented meeting included members of the original scientific workshop, as well as relevant social scientists and decision-makers from ACtioN member organizations.
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Introduction
Introduction - Tim Hodgson, Willis Towers Watson, and Will Tracy, SFI
Fundamental Limits to Prediction
Fundamental Limits to Prediction - David Krakauer, President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Santa Fe Institute
Predicting the Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Viruses
Predicting the Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Viruses - Terry Jones, University of Cambridge
Limits to Prediction in Economics and Elsewhere
Limits to Prediction in Economics and Elsewhere - J. Doyne Farmer, University of Oxford and SFI External Professor
Language Evolution Is Predictable, up to a Point
Language Evolution Is Predictable, up to a Point - Mark Pagel, University of Reading and SFI External Professor
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Higgs: from quantum field theory to the No-Trade theorem
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Higgs: from quantum field theory to the No-Trade theorem - Simon DeDeo, Carnegie Mellon University and SFI External Professor
Outro - David Krakauer, President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Santa Fe Institute