Algorithmic Game Theory and Computational Social Choice
(7 January - 8 March 2013)

Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Activities · Venue · Funding for Students/Young Scientists

 

Organizing Committee

 

Co-chairs

• Ning Chen (Nanyang Technological University)
• Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University)

Members

• Xiaotie Deng (University of Liverpool)
• Jerome Lang (Université Paris Dauphine)
• Chung-Piaw Teo (National University of Singapore)

 

Visitors and Participants

 

• Overseas visitors
• Local visitors
• Graduate students
• Registered local participants

 

Overview

 

The objective of the program is to bring together experts on algorithmic aspects of economics and group decision making in order to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in two burgeoning research areas, namely, algorithmic game theory and computational social choice. The two areas are closely related to each other, and share strong mathematical foundations. Our program is as a meeting point for researchers from different areas that study incentives and collective action, such as mathematics, game theory, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, economics, social choice, and operation research, and will expose the participants (and especially junior researchers) to a wide variety of tools, techniques, and modeling perspectives.

In addition to supporting a number of long-term visitors and short-term visitors, the program will include three workshops and one winter school..

For the winter school, several world-class experts will give tutorials on a number of active research directions in Algorithmic Game Theory and Computational Social Choice. The tentative topics are

• Algorithmic mechanism design
• Equilibrium computation
• Fair division
• Computational aspects of preference aggregation
• Social networks

 

The workshops will include presentations by world-class researchers and provide ample opportunities for new research collaborations.

Activities

• Research Collaborations: 7 Jan - 8 Mar 2013
• Mini-workshop on Mechanism Design: 10 - 11 Jan 2013
• Winter School and Workshop on Algorithmic Game Theory: 14 - 18 Jan 2013
• Winter School and Workshop on Computational Social Choice: 21 - 25 Jan 2013
• 2-Part Tutorial by Clemens Puppe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  Title: Propositionwise judgement aggregation and strategy-proof social choice
          The condorcet set: majority voting over interconnected propositions
  Date & Time: Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013, 9.15am - 12:45pm
  Venue: Executive Room 1, 3rd floor, Division of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
• Seminar: 26 Feb, 8 Mar 2013
  
  

Students and researchers who are interested in attending these activities are requested to complete the online registration form.

The following do not need to register:

• Those invited to participate.
• Those applying for financial support.

 

Venue

 

• IMS Auditorium
• Venue for the period 14 - 18 Jan 2013:
  Executive Room 2, 3rd floor, Division of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
• Venue for the period 12, 26 Feb 2013:
  Executive Room 1, 3rd floor, Division of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
• Venue for the period 8 Mar 2013:
  Room 35, 5th floor (#05-35), Division of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
  

 

Funding for Students/Young Scientists

 

The Institute for Mathematical Sciences has limited funds to cover partial support for travel and/or living expenses for students or young scientists interested in participating in the program. Interested applicants can complete the online form here.

  

For general enquiries, please email us at ims(AT)nus.edu.sg.

For enquiries on scientific aspects of the program, please email Edith Elkind at eelkind(AT)gmail.com.

 

Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Activities · Venue · Funding for Students/Young Scientists