Behavioral and Quantitative Game Theory Conference on Future Directions

Event Dates

May 14, 2010 - May 16, 2010

Location

Newport, Beach, CA, USA

Submission Deadline

Feb 15, 2010

In the last decade or so we have witnessed a resurgence of novel game theory applications and analysis in three main areas:

(i) Algorithmic games as viewed by the computer science community.

(ii) Behavioral/Psychological/Epistemic games that include significant experimental work.

(iii) Supply chain games (inventory/logistic networks, production, and yield management games, among others).

The main purpose of this workshop is to create a “meeting place” conductive to cross-pollination of ideas from game theory in operations management and logistics, behavioral game theory, and algorithmic game theory. Since these streams are quite new – all three emerged in the last decade or so – there is a very strong impetus for learning and exchange from one arena to another.

The increasing volume of academic research, as indicated by recent number of papers published in the top journals of each of the disciplines, clearly indicates both the interest and the need for a common workshop where the `hot’ topics will be exposed not just to the members of a particular discipline but across disciplines. While one may stake a claim for more coherence among participants and topics, empirical findings show that this may result in clustering and exclusion. Findings also show that heterogeneity ought to lead to a larger involvement with respect to broader interest and participation. Thus, this workshop’s mixing of three separate academic communities linked together by their common game-theory base ought to create a fertile environment that moves forward the academic frontiers of their individual disciplines.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions system open – January 1, 2010

Submission system closed – February 15, 2010

Conference hotel reservations open January 18, 2010

Conference hotel reservations closed April 16, 2010

Reviews begin – February 1, 2010

Reviews end – March 5, 2010

Authors notified – March 31, 2010

Registration opens – March 1, 2010

Early registration deadline – April 12, 2010

Conference dates – May 14 – 16, 2010

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Conference Co-Chairs

Moshe Dror, University of Arizona, USA

Greys Sosic, University of Southern California, USA

Organizing/Scientific Committee

Mariagiovanna Baccara, New York University, USA

Pierpaolo Battigalli, Bocconi University, Italy

Adam Brandenburger, New York University, USA

Colin Camerer, CAL Tech, USA

Yevgeniy Dodis, New York University, USA

Martin Dufwenberg, University of Arizona, USA

Eric Friedman, Cornell University, USA

Daniel Granot, University of British Columbia, Canada

Brit Grosskopf, Texas A&M, USA

Jason Hartline, Northwestern University, USA

Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University, USA

Cathleen Johnson, University of Arizona, USA

Ehud Lehrer, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Nimrod Megiddo, IBM, USA

Dov Monderer, Technion University, Israel

Herve Moulin, Rice University, USA

Rosemarie Nagel, Pompeu Febra University, Spain

Noam Nisan, Hebrew University, Israel

Thomas Palfrey, California Institute of Technology, USA

Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Justo Puerto, Seville University, Spain

Marco Scarsini, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy

Che-Lin Su, University of Chicago, USA

Garrett van Ryzin, Columbia University, USA

Vijay V. Vazirani, Georgia Tech, USA

Rakesh Vohra, Northwestern University, USA

Bernhard von Stengel, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Mark Walker, University of Arizona, USA

John C. Wooders, University of Arizona, USA

Myrna Wooders, Vanderbilt University, USA