[Colloquium] CANCELLED!!: 1/31 Talks at TTIC: Alon Eden, Tel Aviv University

[Mary Marre via Colloquium]

*THIS TALK is CANCELLED!*

1/31 Talks at TTIC: Alon Eden, Tel Aviv University

*(Talk is Rescheduled for 2/18/19)*



Mary C. Marre
Administrative Assistant
*Toyota Technological Institute*
*6045 S. Kenwood Avenue*
*Room 517*
*Chicago, IL  60637*
*p:(773) 834-1757*
*f: (773) 357-6970*
*mmarre at ttic.edu <mmarre at ttic.edu>*


On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:31 PM Mary Marre <mmarre at ttic.edu> wrote:

> When:     Thursday, January 31st at *11:00 am*
>
> Where:    TTIC, 6045 S Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 526
>
> Who:       Alon Eden, Tel Aviv University*T**itle:     *Auction Design
> with Interdependent Values
>
> *Abstract:* Algorithms used in the context of strategic agents are known
> as Mechanisms. Mechanism design has been studied for years but many
> positive results require strong assumptions such as hyperrationality of the
> participants, simultaneous events, known priors, etc. Contrawise, negative
> results lump together many scenarios and are not informative. In this talk
> I will discuss more robust mechanisms - removing unreasonable assumptions
> when possible and doing a fine grained analysis of the ‘bad’ cases. As a
> case study, I will present results on auction design with correlated
> valuations.
>
>
> *Host:*  Yury Makarychev <yury at ttic.edu>
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>
>
>
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> Mary C. Marre
> Administrative Assistant
> *Toyota Technological Institute*
> *6045 S. Kenwood Avenue*
> *Room 517*
> *Chicago, IL  60637*
> *p:(773) 834-1757*
> *f: (773) 357-6970*
> *mmarre at ttic.edu <mmarre at ttic.edu>*
>
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