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Events for November 06, 2008
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Practical Matters: Working in Industry
Thu, Nov 06, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - 01:20 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University Calendar
ISE 650 SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGGuest Speaker: Dr. Dana ShermanSenior Lecturer, USC Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems EngineeringTopic Area: Practical Matters: Working in Industry, Employment Rights, Intellectual Property, Taxes and Pension Plans, Employment Contracts
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 309
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Computing Game-Theoretic Solutions
Thu, Nov 06, 2008 @ 04:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. Vincent Conitzer, Duke University
Host: Prof. Milind TambeAbstract:
Computer scientists are increasingly confronted with settings where multiple self-interested parties (humans or software agents) interact, especially in the context of the Internet. Examples include auctions, exchanges, elections, and other negotiation protocols, as well as job scheduling, routing, and webpage ranking. In these settings, the optimal course of action for one agent generally depends on what the other agents do, resulting in a tricky circularity. Game theory provides various notions of how agents should act in such domains. However, especially from an AI perspective, these concepts become useful only when we can compute the solutions that they prescribe. In this talk, I will review several standard game-theoretic solution concepts, including dominance, iterated dominance, Nash equilibrium, and Stackelberg strategies. I will also discuss algorithms and complexity results for computing these solutions.Biography:
Vincent Conitzer is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics at Duke University. He received Ph.D. (2006) and M.S. (2003) degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and an A.B. (2001) degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. His research focuses on computational aspects of microeconomics, in particular game theory, mechanism design, voting/social choice, and auctions. This work uses techniques from, and includes applications to, artificial intelligence and multiagent systems. Conitzer received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2008), an Honorable Mention for the 2007 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, the 2006 IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award, the AAMAS Best Program Committee Member Award (2006), and an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship (2005). He is a co-author on papers that received a AAAI-08 Outstanding Paper Award and the AAMAS-08 Pragnesh Jay Modi Best Student Paper Award.Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Colloquia
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VMware Inc. Information Session
Thu, Nov 06, 2008 @ 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori (GFS) 106
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
