Game Theory Case Study

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What is your general impression of the meeting?

This meeting put together several experts in the field of dynamical systems and its connections with problems in social and life sciences. Game theory was particularly emphasized. For me, as a young scientist, it was an amazing occasion to be in touch with senior scientists working on my field on interest. As the organizer of a special session, I could also bring together specialists whose work is closely related to mine. One of the speakers in that session also submitted an article to the volume edited in ocassion of the meeting - it is always good to point out that, to have a volume of such an impact on the community as a by product of this meeting is a strong indicator of its scientific
First, every integrant of the group must interact with its leaders on a regular basis. Then, smallers cells within the group may conduct more independent research activities. It ensures some sort of energy conservation within the group. Also, there must be strategies aiming at the internationalization of the group members and its activites. Mathematics has no nationality, so it is important to take advantage of this fact. Above of all, a research group cannot be motivated by the number of papers or contributions it produces. On the other hand, it should be concerned with the quantum of difficult, genuinely original, problems its integrants have been attacking in an effective manner. It is unnecessary to say that prospecting and obtaining funding and research grants is critical.

How do you see the relation between travel and research?

Travel is critical for the advancement of research. Scientists must see their peers and interact with them on a regular basis. Trips to conferences, meetings and schools provide opportunities for us to do so. Though critical t the profession, our job is not to attend conferences - think about attending conferences as a concave paraboloid: there is an optimal number of trips and, beyond that, you may be running from working seriously or just pretending you have something to say.

Do you have an advice for students starting their
Brave in attacking the problem, in checking her solutions, in talk about her progresses or roadblocks. A perhaps more practical advice is to allocate as much time as possible to your research. Then, as soon as something comes up, write things down and talk about them with people (a thesis director is the most suitable person in this case). Avoid focusing on things that - although potentially interesting - are not related to your thesis work: you have a problem to solve and a thesis to write; everything else falls into the distraction