text_combined: joe mccauley papers vince promised couple references joe mccauley papers whether specific papers interest exactly say hand given uh drive create econophysics specialization within physics department thought could help drive towards direction could use us think would much like hear industry would like see specialization things discussed course offerings would basic physics courses mechanics nonlinear dynamics stat physics math methods various finance courses like options banking etc statistics math methods statistical physics could teach topics like brownian motion lognormal distributions fractals levy flights statistics large deviations interest comp science java c data structures algorithms monte carlo simulations etc setting sort exchange minimum could get summer interns program would also beneficial sides even better wider collaboration enron physics department could set message inform joe mccauley larry pinsky departmental chair person suggestions proceed send shirley contact information arrange visit beginning june thanks yannis