##master-page:HomepageTemplate #acl All:read #format wiki = Dr Simon Angus (Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) = [[PDFIcon]] [[TableOfContents(1)]] == Brief Bio == {{{ #!frame align=float:left,margin=10px ||attachment:angus-head-shot-apr08.png||<(|2>'''Dr SIMON ANGUS''' BA, BSci (Hons), PhD ''UNSW'' joined the [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/eco/ Department of Economics, Monash University], as a Lecturer in 2008 after working for two years as a lecturer in in the [http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/economics/Pages/default.aspx School of Economics, UNSW]. His [attachment:angus-phd.pdf PhD dissertation entitled, 'Economic Networks: Communication, Cooperation & Complexity'] extended a game theoretic analysis of network formation, and agent behaviour on dynamic, ad-hoc networks. He has a keen interest in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system Science of Complexity] arising from his diverse background across science and engineering, which has so far resulted in research projects spanning cancer tumor modelling, genetic and phenotypic evolution, and a novel analysis of the welfare implications of corporation fraud. In 2004 Simon was selected as one of 10 doctoral students to attend the [http://santafe.edu/ Santa Fe Institute (SFI)] (NM, USA) [http://zia.hss.cmu.edu/econ/cw04.html Graduate Workshop on Computational Social Sciences and Complexity], and was again selected to return to SFI in 2007 to attend the month-long [http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/CSSS_2007_Santa_Fe SFI Complex Systems Summer School]. He also has a strong interest in the scholarly approach to best-practice teaching and learning, having developed and implemented a [http://ssrn.com/abstract=1106362 novel lecture materials and delivery system] based on the powerful [https://bitbucket.org/rivanvx/beamer/wiki/Home LaTeX-Beamer system] whilst teaching undergraduate courses at the UNSW. He was the joint 2008 winner (with Judith Watson) of the UNSW Australian School of Business, Faculty Teaching and Learning Award for Innovations in Teaching and Learning, an awardee of the 2009 Monash Faculty of Business and Economics Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2010 was awarded a VC's Citation for Excellence in Teaching, and then in 2011 was recognised by the [http://www.altc.edu.au/ Australian Learning and Teaching Council] with a [http://www.altc.edu.au/award-outstanding-contributions-recipient-2011-dr-simon-angus Citation for Outstanding teaching]. He launched a new resource for Economics students, ''EconomicsNow!'' (http://www.econnow.com/) which features podcasts and articles on Economic Development, Climate Change and Economics thinking in general.|| ||''Simon, c.Apr 2008''|| }}} [[ImageLink(http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/logo.png, http://www.econnow.com/wp/)]] '''CV''' * [attachment:angus-cv-1304.pdf Download current academic CV (.pdf, Apr 2013)] {{{#!frame align=float:right,margin=10px ||||'''CONTACT INFORMATION'''|| ||'''Physical''' || Room E962 (East wing, 9th floor), Menzies Building, Clayton Campus, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne Australia || ||'''Electronic Mail''' ||[[MailTo(simon DOT angus AT monash DOT edu)]]|| ||'''Telephony'''||Phone: (+61 3) 9905 2429, Fax: (+61 3) 9905 5476, [http://countrycode.org/ Get your international calling code here]|| ||'''Post'''||Dept. Economics, Monash University, Clayton 3800, VIC Australia. || }}} '''Roles @Monash''' * ''Coordinator, Dept. of Economics Honours Program'', go [http://tinyurl.com/MonashEconHonours here for information, FAQs, and application details]. * ''Chair, Dept. of Economics Innovations and Quality in Education Group''. * ''Promoting Excellent Mentor'', providing feedback and mentoring to aspiring VC and ALTC teaching awardees. '''Role @[http://cityonahill.com.au City on a Hill] ''' (voluntary, part time) * Executive Pastor (Operations) = Research = Simon's research interests are eclectic due to his background, but currently fall roughly into areas such as: * Complexity Science * Networks * Game Theory * Computational Economics * Agent-based Social Simulation * Artificial life '''Publishing in ABM Journals Resource:''' * A listing (with an Australian "ERA" quality approach) to possible outlets that will publish ABM style papers: * ["TheShed/ReviewOfPublishingABM"] == Grants == 1. Faculty Pilot Research Grant: ''How was Australian Economic Behaviour affected by the Global Financial Crisis? Evidence from online search data'' ($11,000), Jan 2013. 1. Dept. Economics Grant: ''Mapping the industrial revolution'' ($9,600), Jan 2012. 1. ITL Innovations Grant: "Identifying Critical Activators in Online Discussion Forums" ($4,000), April 2011. 1. Matt Berryman (U.SA, Defense and Systems Institute): ''UniSA ARC Discovery Project Grant Development Scheme'' (for DP11), 'Modelling the economics of conducting insurgencies and terrorist campaigns' 1. ''Faculty Pilot Research Grant'' (2009) (with Brett Parris): An integrated climate-economy agent-based model of Bangladesh for the next 100 years 1. ''Monash Europe Travel Grant'' (2008-2009): to work with Dr Monika Piotrowska (Warsaw) on computational modelling of avascular tumours (see publications) 1. ''Faculty Educational Innovation Grant'' (2008-2009): to establish [http://www.econnow.com/ EconomicsNow!] . 1. ''Faculty New Staff Grant'' (2008-2009) == Selected Publications & Presentations == || OR: [http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=A2sjTawAAAAJ&hl=en Simon's profile at Google Scholar] || === Peer-reviewed Publications === '''Journal Articles''' ||8||attachment:ComplexityJ.png||'''Angus, S.D.''' and Newnham, A.] 'The Bit-Economy: An artificial model of specialisation and open-ended technology discovery', ''Complexity'', (forthcoming). [http://biteconomy.andrewhn.com/ Paper website (documented code available)]. [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (B)] || ||7||attachment:JTB_ii.png||'''Angus, S.D.''' and [http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~monika/index.php?siteID=msos Piotrowska, M.J.] 'A numerical model of EMT6/Ro spheroid dynamics under irradiation: calibration & estimation of the underlying irradiation-induced cell survival probability', ''Journal of Theoretical Biology'', '''320''':23–32, (2013). ([http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.11.035 citation/abstract]). [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (A*)] || || 6 ||attachment:haile.png|| '''Angus, S.D.''' and [http://au.linkedin.com/pub/ben-waterhouse/19/51b/96b Waterhouse, B.J.], 'Pacing Strategy from High Frequency Field Data: more evidence for neural regulation?', ''Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise'', '''43'''(12):2405–2411 (2011). [http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2011/12000/Pacing_Strategy_from_High_Frequency_Field_Data__.23.aspx citiation/abstract] [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (A*)] [citations*: [3]|| || 5 ||attachment:AppMat.png || '''Angus, S.D.''' and [http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~monika/index.php?siteID=msos Piotrowska, M.J.]; 'The onset of necrosis in a 3D cellular automaton model of EMT6 Multi-cellular spheroids', ''Applicationes Mathematicae'' '''37'''(1):69-88 (2010). [http://journals.impan.gov.pl/am/Inf/37-1-5.html citation/abstract] [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (C)]|| || 4 ||attachment:JTB.png|| [http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~monika/index.php?siteID=msos Piotrowska, M.J.] and '''Angus, S.D.'''; 'A quantitative cellular automaton model of ''in vitro'' multicellular spheroid tumour growth', ''Journal of Theoretical Biology'', '''258''':165-178 (2009) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.02.008 doi:citation/abstract] [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (A*)] [9]|| || 3 ||attachment:BJet.png|| '''Angus, S.D''' and [http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/Pages/JudithWatson.aspx Watson, J.], 'Does regular online testing enhance student learning? Evidence from a large first-year quantitative course', ''British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET)'' '''40'''(2):255-272 (2009). [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121641388/abstract citation/abstract] [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (A)] [14] [http://blog.questionmark.com/wheres-the-evidence-for-assessment Read John Kleeman's post on this article at questionmark.com]|| || 2 ||attachment:MatChem.png|| Lord, H.T., Quinn, J.F., '''Angus, S.D.''', Whittaker, M.R. and Davis, T.P.; `Microgel Stars via Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization -- A Facile Route to Macroporous Membranes, Honeycomb Patterned Thin Films and Inverse Opal Substrates', ''Journal of Materials Chemistry'', '''13''' (2003), 2819--2824. [http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=b304208c&JournalCode=JM Free PDF Download] [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (A)] [88]|| || 1 ||attachment:QVLS.png || '''Angus, S.D.''' and Davis, T.P.; `Polymer Surface Design and Infomatics: Facile Microscopy/Image Analysis Techniques for Self-Organizing Microporous Polymer Film Characterization', ''Langmuir'', '''18''' (2002), 9547--9553. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la026006e citation/abstract] [http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm (A*)] [15]|| * Citations updated: Apr 2013 via Scopus. '''Mimeos/Book Chapters''' ||1||attachment:PajekNets.png||Berryman, M.J. and '''Angus, S.D.'''; 'Tutorials on Agent-based modelling with NetLogo and Network Analysis with Pajek', Chapter 10 in R.L. Dewar & F. Detering (Eds), ''Complex Physical, Biophysical & Econophysical Systems'', World Scientific Reviews (Published March 2010). (ISBN: 978-981-4277-31-0) [http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7340.html Order/view here]|| ||2||attachment:phd.png|| '''Angus, S.D.'''; 'Economic Networks: Cooperation, Communication and Complexity', 2007, PhD Dissertation, UNSW). ([attachment:angus-phd.pdf Download, 1.8MB])|| '''Proceedings''' * '''Angus, S.D.''', Parris, B. and Hassani-M, B., 'Climate change impacts and adaptation in Bangladesh: an agent-based approach', Proceedings of the 18th IMACS World Congress, MODSIM09, p.207, 13-17 July, 2009. [http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/G4/angus.pdf Free PDF Download] * '''Angus, S.D.''' and Piotrowska, M. J., 'Towards a 3D Cellular Automaton Model of Multi-Cellular Spheroids', paper accepted to the [http://kkzmbm.mimuw.edu.pl/sprawozdania.php XIV National Conference Application of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine], Leszno, Poland 17-21 Sept. 2008. '''Other books''' * '''Angus, S.D.''', ''Speaking Across the Void World-views, presuppositions and why we must'', chapter 2 in [https://mosaicresources.com.au/titles/9781743241394 Disbelieving Disbelief: How the New Atheists make atheism unbelievable] edited by Phillip Brown, Mosaic Resources, Nov 2012. === Recent/Current Work === '''Submitted/In-review''' 1. 'Did recent world record marathon runners employ 'optimal' pacing strategies?' '''In prepration''' 1. (with Andrew Newnham), The '"BitEconomy": a computational model of technology & innovation'. 1. (with [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/virginie.masson Virginie Masson]), `Network Structure and Strategic Convergence in a Model of Neighbors versus Strangers'. 1. (with [http://abigailbrown.wordpress.com/ Abigail Brown]), 'The Social-welfare cost of fraud: evidence from an agent-based model'. 1. (with [http://users.monash.edu.au/~rsmyth/ Russell Smyth]), 'Did Dixon write more than his own judgements? Searching for judicial fingerprints on the High Court of Australia' (submitted, April 2011). 1. (with [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/eco/staff/cheng-wenli.html Wenli Cheng]), 'What does a money injection do to an Economy? A dynamic model of the Cantillon Effect' (submitted, May 2011). '''In the public domain''' 1. '''Angus, S.D.'''; 'The Power of Integration: Assessing a Recent Best-Practice Method for Large-Class Instructional Materials Generation & Presentation' (February 12, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1106362. [http://ssrn.com/abstract=1106362 SSRN Abstract/Download page] === Workshop and Seminar Organisation === 1. ''Instructor, organiser'' of the Agent-based and network modelling workshop (with Matt Berryman) at the ''ANU Complex Physical, Biophysical and Econophysical Systems Summer'' (ANU, 8-19 Dec, 2008) [http://complexsystems.net.au/wiki/ANUPhysicsSS2008 link] 1. ''Organising committee'', ''Complex Connections at Kioloa''(Kioloa Campus, ANU, 11-14 Nov, 2008) an COSNet ECR (and other) research collaboration workshop [http://complexsystems.net.au/wiki/OrgComplexConnectionsKiola link] 1. ''Founding member'' (with David Goldbaum and Valentyn Panchenko) of the ''Sydney Agents'' Agent-based modelling seminar series (UNSW, UTS, founded June, 2007) [http://complexsystems.net.au/wiki/SydneyAgents link] 1. ''Instructor, organiser'' of computing tutorials, COSNet & MASCOS ''Complex Systems: Beyond the Metaphor'' workshop (UNSW, Feb, 2007) [http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/news/2006/complexcourse.html link] === Selected Presentations given at Conferences, Workshops & Seminars === 1. '''Angus, S.''' and Newnham, A., 'Mapping the Industrial Revolution: A 'big-data' approach to inventions, innovation & technology in Europe & the US: 1750-1950', U Sydney Research Seminar, 13 Sep 2012. 1. [attachment:ConceptMaps_Dept_2011sepSlides.pdf.zip (.pdf.zip)] '''Angus, S.''', and Newnham, A., ''Everyone needs a map: educational mapping of units, disciplines, faculties and universities'', Department of Economics Teaching Week 2011 Research Seminar, 21 September, 2011. 1. [attachment:AngusParrissHassani-IEM_ACE2011.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D., Parris, B., and Hassani, M, 'Embracing Complexity in Economics Education: Experiences from a new unit in complex adaptive systems and agent-based modelling', [http://www.ace2011.org.au/ Australian Conference of Economists, ANU, 13 July 2011]. 1. [attachment:AngusNewnham-SydneyAgents2011.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D., & Newnham, A., 'The Bit-Economy: an artificial model of specialisation and open-ended technology growth', Sydney Agents seminar, UNSW, 26 May 2011. 1. [attachment:Angus-MonashEconomicsResearchSeminary.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D., 'Why is economics not an evolutionary science?', Department of Economics Wednesday Research Seminar, 6 October 2010. 1. [attachment:AngusParrisHassani-MODSIM09.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D., Parris, B., Hassani, B.M, 'Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Bangladesh', [http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/ 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation], Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009. 1. [attachment:AngusPiotrowska-Warsaw0906.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D., & Piotrowska, P.J., 'Challenges and Opportunities for ''Computational Oncology'' in Cellular Automata', [http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~biolmat/workshop_june2009.php Mathematical and Computational Approaches in Biology and Medicine, University of Warsaw, 15-16 June 2009, Warsaw, Poland]. 1. [attachment:angus-endo-nets-USYD-UADL-0904.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D.; 'Endogenous Cooperation Networks', invited seminars at University of Sydney (2 APril), and University of Adelaide (3 April) Departments of Economics. 1. [attachment:angus-endo-comm-BehaviouralWorkshopMonash-0806.pdf (.pdf)]Angus, S.D.; 'Learning to communicate: Communication networks and inductive reasoning', presented at the [http://pluto.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/BehaviouralEconomicsWorkshop/index.cfm Behavioural Economics Workshop, Monash University, June 2008]. 1. [attachment:brown-angus-SydAgents-0804.pdf (.pdf)] Brown, A. and Angus, S.D.; 'The Social-welfare cost of fraud: evidence from an agent-based model', presented at the [http://complexity.net.au/wiki/SydneyAgents Sydney Agents seminar series] (Apr 2008). 1. [attachment:watson-angus-QuantForum-pres-0802.pdf (.pdf)] Watson, J. and Angus, S.D.; 'Does regular online testing enhance student learning? Evidence from a large first-year quantitative course', presented at the ''2008 forum on the Quantitative Analysis of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Business, Economics and Commerce'', Feb 2008, Melbourne University, Australia. 1. [attachment:angus-geno-pheno-2007.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D.; 'Genotype or Phenotype? The conflation of two concepts in evolutionary game theory', presented at the [http://complexity.net.au/wiki/SydneyAgents Sydney Agents seminar series] (Oct 2007), and the Theory Workshop, School of Economics, UNSW. 1. [attachment:angus-ff-powerpoint-slides.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D.; 'Freedom from Powerpoint: An introduction to creating clear, structured, & efficient presentations & notes for conferences and lectures with LaTeX and Beamer', presented at the ''Faculty Seminar Series, FCE, UNSW'', Oct 2006, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. (webpage: InSilico/PresentationsAlaLatex) 1. [attachment:angus-endo-comm-ESAM06.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D.; `Endogenous Communication Networks with Boundedly Rational Agents', presented at the ''Econometric Society Australasian Meeting'', July 2006, Alice Springs, Australia. 1. [attachment:angus-coop-nets-NECSI06.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D.; `Cooperation Networks: Endogeneity and Complexity', presented at the ''6th International Conference on Complexity Science'', June 2006, Boston, MA, USA; and at ''Network Theory Working Group, meeting III'', June 2006, Canberra, Australia. 1. [attachment:angus-endo-comm-EconPhys05.pdf (.pdf)] Angus, S.D.; `Endogenous Cooperation Networks: a Complex Systems Approach', presented at ''Bonzenfries Colloqium'' (for young researchers) within ''Econophysics Colloqium 2005'', ANU, Canberra, Australia. === Public Activities === Simon: * '''Spoke''' at the Dept. of Economics Prize Night 2011 as the invited speaker, on the topic, 'The Pretence of Knowledge (after Hayek)'. Text of the speech is [http://users.monash.edu.au/~sangus/Angus_PretenceOfKnowledge.html here]. * '''Gave a seminar''' to the Monash University BUSECO [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/pal/index.html 'Peers, Ambassadors and Leaders (PAL)' program] seminar series: 'Picking the lowest fruit in our climate change response: solar cells for everyone?', 26 Oct 2011. [attachment:Angus-PALseminar_Oct2011.pdf (.pdf slides)] * '''Wrote a letter to The Age''' on 'Closing the Gap' between indigenous and non-indigenous health statistics, [http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/letters/any-fool-can-run-a-company-badly-20090302-8lkf.html?page=-1 published 3 Feb, 2009]. * '''Was interviewed''' on ABC Local Radio's (Sydney) [http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s1863321.htm? ''Sunday nights with James O'Loughlin''] on the topic, 'Are there solutions to the Global Financial Crisis ''and'' the Global Environment Crisis' (Jame's description of the ills of climate change), 2009. * '''Spoke''' at the [http://trans.worldvision.com.au/Stir/Default.aspx vGen Stir Session] (held at Monash Clayton) on the the Global Food Crisis and Climate Change, 4 Aug 2009. [attachment:angus-vGen-aug2009.pdf (.pdf slides)] * '''Was interviewed''' for 'Snapshots', a podcast program developed by Environment and Sustainability Masters students at Monash University. The interview is available as a podcast here: http://radio.monash.edu/podcast/snapshots. = Teaching = ||[[ImageLink(SAngusTeaching2011_2.png,width=200px)]]|| ||''Simon teaching 3rd years Complexity Science''|| ||''(c. Oct 2011)''|| == Awards == 1. Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2011) ([http://www.altc.edu.au/award-outstanding-contributions-recipient-2011-dr-simon-angus citation]). [attachment:Angus_ALTCstatement2011.pdf ALTC-AwardStatement2011 (.pdf)] [attachment:VC-ALTC2011-letter.pdf Congratulations from the VC (.pdf)] 1. Monash Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2010) [attachment:Angus_VCstatement2010.pdf VC-AwardStatement2010 (.pdf)] 1. Monash Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (2009) [attachment:Angus_DeanStatement2009.pdf Dean-AwardStatement2009 (.pdf)] 1. Australian School of Business (Faculty of BusEco at UNSW) Teaching Innovation Awards (2008) (jointly, with Judith Watson) === Misc === ''Research Presentation Skills Workshop'' * [attachment:presentation_skills_workshop.pdf slides here] ''Simon's advice on putting together teaching and learning grants:'' * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHD6aivTZMU Watch video prepared for Promoting Excellence team (Monash) here] ''Simon was interviewed for case-studies in collaborative teaching:'' * [http://monash.edu/eeducation/casestudies/guide-on-the-side.html check out, "The Guide on the Side"] === Other === 1. Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Teaching (2010), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University. == Talks on Teaching and Learning == 1. [attachment:DiscussionLogs_AandF_2011decSlides.pdf.zip (.pdf.zip)] '''Angus, S.''', "Blended Learning: a player's perspective", Department of Accounting and Finance Learning and Teaching Forum, 7 Dec 2011. 1. [attachment:ConceptMaps_Dept_2011sepSlides.pdf.zip (.pdf.zip)] '''Angus, S.''', and Newnham, A., ''Everyone needs a map: educational mapping of units, disciplines, faculties and universities'', Department of Economics Teaching Week 2011 Research Seminar, 21 September, 2011. 1. [attachment:CoolTools_2011febSlides.pdf (.pdf)] '''Angus, S.''', ''Clouding around with an iPad'', '2011 Accounting and Finance Cool Tools for Teaching and Learning', 10 Feb 2011, Caulfield Campus, Monash University). 1. [attachment:ATiEC_2010decSlides.pdf (.pdf)] '''Angus, S.''', ''Would the useful iPad Lecturing App please stand up?: Tablet PCs, iPads and other adventures at the bleeding edge'', 'Australasian Tablets in Education Conference', 10 Dec 2010, Caulfield Campus, Monash University). 1. [attachment:BERN_2010octSlides.pdf (.pdf)] '''Angus, S.''', ''Teaching awards: a player's perspective'', 'Business Education Research Network', 27 October 2010 (Innovative learning space, Monash, Caulfield) 1. [attachment:MoTiE_slides.pdf (.pdf)] '''Angus, S.''', ''Tablets in Economics: use and experiences'', 'Monash Tablets in Education' Forum, 26 May 2010 (Monash Club, Clayton). 1. [attachment:TeachingLargeClasses.pdf (.pdf)] '''Angus, S.''', ''Technology and Innovations for Teaching Large Classes'', Department of Economics -- 'Effective Teaching' Forum, 1 May 2009 Dept. Economics, Caulfield Campus. == Honours Supervision == I have been fortunate to work with some outstanding students, please have a read of their work below. ''NB: If you would like to contact the author, or discuss the work, please email Simon (address at top of the page).'' Simon's Honours Honour Role: * Penelope Mealy, 2012: Capturing realistic dynamics within an artificial model of technological progress: do neoclassical pricing assumptions matter? * Andrew Newnham, 2011 (Honours Research Project Prize 2011): The Bit-Economy: an artificial model of specialisation & open-ended technology discovery * [attachment:Honours_RochwergerJonathan-2010.pdf (.pdf)] '''Rochwerger, J.''' (2010) ''How should government investments be made to improve the socio-economic status of remote Indigenous communities in Australia? Should the Australian Government consider a change with its existing policy?'', Honours Thesis submitted October 2010, Department of Economics, Monash University. * [attachment:Honours_DuttaRavi-2010.pdf (.pdf)] '''Dutta, R.''' (2010) ''Analysing the Effectiveness of Service Providers in the Homelessness Sector'', Honours Thesis submitted October 2010, Department of Economics, Monash University. (jointly supervised with Rebecca Valenzuela ([[MailTo(Rebecca DOT Valenzuela AT buseco DOT monash DOT edu DOT au)]]) Thinking of doing a PhD? * I'm happy to hear from you. Please email me. Though you may want to read: * http://www.economist.com/node/17723223?story_id=17723223 == Units Taught == === Current Teaching Responsibilities === 1. (S1, 2009 -) [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/study/units/ECC2800/ ECC2800: Prosperity, Poverty & Sustainability (Handbook)] [attachment:ECC2800_2010_UnitGuide.pdf PPS Unit Guide (2010) (.pdf)] * A new unit (introduced S1, 2009) that deals with long-run growth, the determinants of poverty, poverty alleviation and the impact of climate change on developed and developing countries. It has no pre-requisites, so it is perfect for a non-BusEco student who is keen to get stuck into the big Economics issues shaping our times. 1. (S2, 2010 -) [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/study/units/ECC3860/ ECC3860: Integrated Economic Modelling (Handbook)] [attachment:ECC-ETC-3860_2010_UnitGuide.pdf IEM Unit Guide (2010) (.pdf)] * A new unit (to be introduced S2, 2010) that builds on the shorter six-week offering of ECC3855 (see below), teaching a Complex Systems perspective on the economy together with an agent-based modelling toolset. We deal head-on with the difficult modelling challenges of modern economics: the dual feedbacks from the 'macro' to the 'micro' ''and'' from the 'micro' to the 'macro'. The specific application example will be how to handle the economics of climate change, migration, conflict and growth. === Previous === '''Monash 2008''' 1. (S1, 2008) [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/study/units/ECC5650/ ECC5650: Advanced Micro Theory (Handbook)] * Post-graduate level micro -- proofs and propositions with sets. 1. (S1, 2008) [http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/study/units/ECC2810/ ECC2810: Globalisation and Economic Systems (Handbook)] * A critical look at the major organisational and ideological economic arrangements of the 20th C. including Stalinist and Leninist Russia, the Scandanavian welfare state, Japan's post-war boom, and of course, the contemporary market economy. For a taste, see [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/ The Commanding Heights documentary online]. 1. (S2, 2008) [http://users.monash.edu.au/~sangus/cgi-bin/mointeach.cgi/MonashU/ECC3855ComputationalEconomics/ProjectExhibit2008 ECC3855: Complex Systems & Agent-based Modelling (Pre-Honours topic)] * A primer in complex systems and agent-based modelling, run for 6 weeks in the pre-honours unit. See the excellent student projects here: [http://users.monash.edu.au/~sangus/cgi-bin/mointeach.cgi/MonashU/ECC3855ComputationalEconomics/ProjectExhibit2008 ECC3855 Project Exhibit] '''UNSW 2006-2007''' 1. ECON1201: Quantitative Methods A * An introductory maths unit focussing on Financial maths, Probability primer, Linear algebra (with an emphasis on using software), Linear programming, Calculus (up to constrained optimization in several variables). * With [http://www.economics.unsw.edu.au Judith Watson], we undertook a comprehensive review of 'QMA' including content, assessment and lecture delivery, some sampel fruit from this review process are given here: * The updated [attachment:angus-qma-course-outline-s2-06.pdf Course Outline (.pdf)]] * An [attachment:angus-qma-example-lecture-notes04.pdf Example lecture (.pdf)] * The corresponding [attachment:angus-qma-example-beamer04.pdf Example Slides (.pdf)] 1. ECONX: Game Theory and Business Strategy * A Game Theory primer including: Normal and Extensive form games; Nash, SPNE solution concepts; Mixed strategies and solutions; Evolutionary games; Bargaining; and Duopoly solutions. * ''What's Game Theory?'' Try a primer article written for ''ECHO'', the UNSW FCE students' society journal: [attachment:angus-article-game-theory.pdf Download (.pdf)] == Unit and Teaching Evaluation scores == ''In the interests of full disclosure, I'm publishing here my teaching evaluations. The unit evaluations are available to students and staff of Monash, but the teaching evaluations (which are voluntary) are not. However, I feel it is good practice to allow students to know what they are getting. Like any teacher, I have some weaknesses in teaching and some strengths. I care a lot about my teaching, and aim to improve.'' Note: Since there's now a lot of these links, I've summarised the Unit Evaluations across the years I've been at Monash for simplicity. The x-axis shows the questions that students are asked. The y-axis shows the median students give me, weighted by response rate across the various units and cohorts for a given year. I include the Faculty (BusEco) avg. median for comparison. [[ImageLink(SAngus-UnitEvals-summarypic.png,width=400px)]] === Evaluations === ==== Monash University (2008-- ) ==== '''''ECC3860/ETC3860 (Integrated Economic Modelling)''''' * '''2012, S2''': * Unit [attachment:ECC3860_2012-s2-unit.pdf ECC students (n=12/24) (.pdf)], [attachment:ETC3860_2012-s2-unit.pdf ETC students (n=3/5) (.pdf)] * Teaching [attachment:ECC3860_2012-s2-teaching.pdf ECC students (n=12/24) (.pdf)], [attachment:ETC3860_2012-s2-teaching.pdf ETC students (n=3/5) (.pdf)] * '''2011, S2''': * Unit [attachment:ECC3860_2011-s2-unit.pdf ECC students (n=13) (.pdf)], [attachment:ETC3860_2011-s2-unit.pdf ETC students (n=4) (.pdf)] * Teaching [attachment:ECC3860_2011-s2-teaching.pdf ECC students (n=13) (.pdf)], [attachment:ETC3860_2011-s2-teaching.pdf ETC students (n=4) (.pdf)] * '''2010, S2''' (first ever offering): [attachment:ECC3860_ETC3860-2010-s2-unit.pdf Unit (ECC/ETC3860) (.pdf)], [attachment:ANGUS_ECC3860-2010-s2-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] '''''ECC2800 (Prosperity, Poverty & Sustainability) (also coded ENV4060 and ENV5060 (2010), and APG4429 and APG5429 (2011-))''''' * '''2012, S1''' * ECC2800 students: [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2012-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)] [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2012-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] * APG4429 students: [attachment:ANGUS_APG4429-2012-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)] (no report for APG students for some reason ..) * APG5429 students: na. * '''2011, S1''' * ECC2800 students: [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2011-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)] [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2011-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] * APG4429 students: [attachment:ANGUS_APG4429-2011-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)] [attachment:ANGUS_APG4429-2011-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] * APG5429 students: [attachment:ANGUS_APG5429-2011-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)] [attachment:ANGUS_APG5429-2011-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] * '''2010, S1''' [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2010-s1-unit.pdf Unit (ECC2800 students) (.pdf)] [attachment:ANGUS_ENVx060-2010-s1-unit.pdf Unit (ENV4060/ENV5060 students) (.pdf)], [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800_ENVx060-2010-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] * '''2009, S1''' (first ever offering): [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2009-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)], [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2800-2009-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] '''''ECC2810 (Globalisation & Economic Systems)''''' * '''2008, S1''': [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2810-2008-s1-unit.pdf Unit (.pdf)], [attachment:ANGUS_ECC2810-2008-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] '''''ECC5650 (Micreconomic Theory)''''' * '''2009, S1''': class-sizes too small for evaluations * '''2008, S1''': class-sizes too small for evaluations ==== University of New South Wales (2006--2007) ==== ECON1202 (Quantitative Methods A) * 2007, S1: [attachment:ANGUS_ECON1202-2007-s1-teaching.pdf Teaching (.pdf)] = Other Activities = == Writing == Book chapters: * Angus, SD., 'Speaking Across the Void: World-views, presuppositions and why we must', in Brown, P. (ed), ''Disbelieving Disbelief: How the New Atheists make atheism unbelievable'', published nov 2012 by Mosaic Resources, Melbourne Australia; [https://mosaicresources.com.au/titles/9781743241394 book website here]. Op-ed, but didn't get published. * ["sangus/ZimbabweElections"] Zimbabwe's Elections: The spotlight's on you, Mr Rudd (May 2008) * ["sangus/HitchensDangerousIdeas"] Hitchens should reveal his own dangerous idea (Oct 2009) * ["sangus/CrimeRateNotTotal"] It's about Crime Rates, not total Number (Apr 2010) Miscellaneous * MiscNotes/SourdoughHowTo On Sourdough Bread making * ["MiscNotes/WhyIRun"] A reflection on running == Churching == 1. I am part of [http://cityonahill.com.au/ City on a Hill] -- a fantastic church that is all about knowing Jesus and making him known throughout Melbourne. Come and visit some time! 1. [http://www.manyrooms.org.au/ Many Roooms] -- I was part of a homeless project called Many Rooms, which so far has one operational 'room', called 'The Kitchen', which runs out of the North Melbourne Community centre every Saturday, feeding a hearty meal to the homeless. 1. [http://www.simeonnetwork.org.au/ The Simeon Network] -- the network to be part of on campus -- academics who are committed to knowing and sharing the one Truth that first inspired the foundation of the great 'uni-vers-ities'. ----