César Hidalgo (Toulouse School of Economics) – Economic Complexity: past, present, and future

For more than a decade, economic complexity has been a flagship application of machine learning methods to questions of sustainable growth and development. In this talk I will introduce the main methods used in the field, connect them to their related concepts in AI, and explore recent and upcoming research in economic complexity. I will conclude by discussing new research directions in the field including the use of economic complexity methods to questions of economic history and digital trade.