Economics of Information Week 1 Old Dominion University Department of Computer Science CS 791/891 Spring 2006 Michael L. Nelson <mln@cs.odu.edu> 1/11/06

Class Administration Important class URLs http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/teaching/cs891-s06/ http://list.odu.edu/listinfo/cs891-s06 http://ww.inforules.com/ “Information Rules” - Varian & Shapiro

Class Administration Class participation is 100% of the grade must be present must participate in the discussions Groups of 2 people each how you divide the responsibilities is up to you Please see me for a sign up sheet to pick your chapter / paper no emails!

Presentation Deliverables Slides augment the versions available from www.inforules.com as necessary 1 Page written summary pdf format I’ll post on the class website by Tuesday evening include 3 discussion questions to be reviewed after/during your presentation Practice presentation in my office the Monday or Tuesday before the scheduled presentation email me for an appointment