September 3 - 4, 2009
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Research Issues at the Interface of Computer Science and Economics
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Research Issues at the Interface of Computer Science and Economics will explore a range of issues where there is opportunity for research interaction between computer scientists and economists. It will be structured to facilitate discussions among people working in different discisplines, who may have different perspectives that can be usefully synthesized in approaching problems of shared interest.

We plan for the workshop to lead to the preparation of a report to the National Science Foundation outlining emerging opportunities in this area. Funding for the workshop is provided by NSF, and participants from NSF will be in attendance.

The central topics of the workshop are fundamental to current research in both computing and economics, and also have the potential to inform design and policy considerations on a range of issues. These topics include models of learning by computational agents in economic settings; research on the role of complex networks in economic systems; the welfare properties and stability of equilibria; the computational tractability of basic economic problems, and the design of computationally feasible mechanisms; and the role of information, trust, and reputation in markets.
Conference Contact:
Melissa L. Totman
Cornell University
mtotman@cs.cornell.edu
607.255.5331
Confirmed Participants
Participant Name (Affiliation)
Dirk Bergemann, Yale

Jon Kleinberg, Cornell

Avrim Blum, Carnegie Mellon

 Rachel Kranton, Duke
Larry Blume, Cornell

 John Ledyard , Caltech

Christian Borgs, Microsoft

 Nancy Lutz, NSF
Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft

 Jeff Mackie-Mason, University of Michigan

Costis Daskalakis, MIT

 Stephen Morris, Princeton

David Easley, Cornell

S. Muthukrishnan, Google

Joan Feigenbaum, Yale

Christos Papadimitriou, UC Berkeley

Lance Fortnow, Northwestern

David Parkes, Harvard

Sanjeev Goyal , Cambridge

Rafael Pass, Cornell

Joe Halpern, Cornell

Jennifer Rexford, Princeton

Jason Hartline, Northwestern

Yoav Shoham, Stanford

Nicole Immorlica, Northwestern

Gun Sirer, Cornell

Sampath Kannan, NSF

 Eva Tardos, Cornell

Anna Karlin, U. Washington

Rakesh Vohra, Northwestern
Michael Kearns, U. Penn Richard Yang, Yale

Tracy Kimbrel, NSF

 H. Peyton Young, Oxford
Bobby Kleinberg, Cornell

Travel Details

The workshop will be held at the Statler Hotel on the Cornell University Campus:

130 Statler Drive, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6901
Phone: 1.800.541.2501 or 607.257.2500
Fax: 607.257.6432 Email: statler_reserve@cornell.edu
The Statler Hotel provides an airport shuttle, complimentary to hotel guests.
Valet parking is also available.

Metered Parking on campus can be located following our Cornell Universtiy Campus Map

Driving? Directions
Flying? Airport Info.
Bus? Campus to Campus (NYC only)

Other Local Hotel Options:
Hilton Garden Inn
Holiday Inn
Homewood Suites
Best Western

Registration: - IS CLOSED.

Tentative Program

Wednesday September 2

7pm - 10pm: Reception in Duffield Hall - Wintergarden Atrium

Thursday September 3

8:45am - 9:15am: Opening Remarks

9:15am - 11:15am: Mechanism Design and Background

11:15am - 11:45am: Coffee Break

11:45am - 12:45pm: Incentives and Social Groups

12:45pm - 2:30pm: Lunch

2:30pm - 4:00pm: The Role of Networks

4:00pm - 4:30pm: Coffee Break

4:30pm - 5:30pm: Internet Applications

Friday September 4

8:30am - 10:00am: Models of Agents and Strategies

10:00am - 10:30am: Coffee Break

10:30am - 12:30pm: Design of New Markets

12:30pm - 2:00pm: Lunch

2:00pm - 3:00pm: Computation and Complexity

3:00pm - 4:00pm: Closing Panel on Further Directions

Funding for the workshop is provided by the National Science Foundation.

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