Workshops

Fall 2015

Economics and Computation Boot Camp

Aug 24, 2015 to Aug 27, 2015

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All events take place in the Calvin Lab Auditorium.

Monday, August 24th, 2015
9:30 am–9:50 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:50 am–10:00 am		Opening Remarks
10:00 am–11:00 am		Approximating Competitive Equilibria: A History Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University
11:00 am–11:30 am		Break
11:30 am–12:30 pm		On Algorithmic Game Theory I Christos Papadimitriou, UC Berkeley
12:30 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm		Scarf's Lemma and Applications I Rakesh Vohra, University of Pennsylvania
3:00 pm–3:30 pm		Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm		Near-Optimal Equilibria I Tim Roughgarden, Stanford University

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
9:30 am–10:00 am		Coffee and Check-In
10:00 am–11:00 am		On Algorithmic Game Theory II Christos Papadimitriou, UC Berkeley
11:00 am–11:30 am		Break
11:30 am–12:30 pm		Scarf's Lemma and Applications II Rakesh Vohra, University of Pennsylvania
12:30 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm		Near-Optimal Equilibria II Tim Roughgarden, Stanford University
3:00 pm–3:30 pm		Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm		Lightning Talks Long-Term Visitors

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
9:30 am–10:00 am		Coffee and Check-In
10:00 am–11:00 am		Multi-Dimensional and Non-Linear Mechanism Design and Approximation I J ason Hartline, Northwestern University
11:00 am–11:30 am		Break
11:30 am–12:30 pm		Learning in Games I Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University
12:30 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm		Complexity and Algorithmic Game Theory I Constantinos Daskalakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00 pm–3:30 pm		Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm		Lightning Talks Long-Term Visitors

Thursday, August 27th, 2015
9:30 am–10:00 am		Coffee and Check-In
10:00 am–11:00 am		Multi-Dimensional and Non-Linear Mechanism Design and Approximation II J ason Hartline, Northwestern University
11:00 am–11:30 am		Break
11:30 am–12:30 pm		Learning in Games II Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University
12:30 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm		Complexity and Algorithmic Game Theory II Constantinos Daskalakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00 pm–3:30 pm		Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm		Lightning Talks Long-Term Visitors