Corporate Culture in the Laboratory
How would you identify this photo? An audience in a lecture hall or movie theater? It is actually a scene of people on motorbikes in downtown Saigon traffic. Many subjects in Colin Camerer's innovative lab experiments--which aim to reveal the impact that "endogenous cultural development" has on cooperative behavior--thought it was the former.

Taking Turing's Test
Imagine being told you would be playing online chess games against World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz (the successor to IBM's Deep Blue). Could you tell which was which? This is idea behind Caltech's Turing Tournament, in which contestants strive to design computer programs that can masquerade as humans.

Public Policy Research That Makes a Difference
Whether they're undertaking historical studies of naval blockades or investigating the allocation of airport landing rights, Caltech's researchers assist the development of public policy by contributing critical information to decision-makers around the world and at all levels of government.

Not Your Ordinary Business School Classes
The Business Economics and Management program goes beyond the standard business classes at top universities; by applying the scientific method to the study of business, Caltech researchers marry experimental science with studies in corporate strategy, market design, finance, accounting and law.