Blog post number 3 in our 12 days of HPC series from Economics!

During the month of December we’re featuring blog posts from researchers from across the University of Leeds showcasing the fantastic work they do using our High Performance Computing system. Follow us @RC_at_Leeds to keep up to date with our 12 days of HPC blog series.

What’s your name?

Kausik Chaudhuri

What department do you work in?

Economics

What research question are you trying to answer?

Role of board Structure on firm performance Does establishment size matter for job satisfaction? Network Model for UK house Price dynamics

What tools or technologies do you use in your research? (Programming languages, packages, APIs)

Stata Matlab Python

How does HPC help your research?

HPC is great. It helps to speed up running the program and obtaining results with large dataset quickly. On the other hand, at the same time, I am able to perform other works.

What is the potential impact of your research?

Blogs in the Conversation for wider audience

In your personal opinion what’s the coolest thing about your research?

Impact on policy