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  Microsoft Corporation REVIEW
Monday, May 14, 2012
                
 
 

Carnegie Mellon University – Microsoft Research
Center for Computational Thinking


Mind Swap on

The Interface Between Computer Science and Economics

Monday - Tuesday
May 14 – 15, 2012

Event Co-Chairs:

Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft Research, Microsoft New England and Microsoft New York
Avrim Blum, Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

MSR primary contact: Harold Javid   <harold.javid@microsoft.com> 206 660 5300
CMU primary contact: Dan Jenkins   <danjenkins@cmu.edu>  607 342 1588

 

Mind Swap Agenda

Monday, May 14th
Location: Gates-Hillman Centers (GHC) – Room 6115
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Informal Networking/Refreshments (optional)
1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Interface Between CS and Economics:

Welcome, Jeannette Wing, Head of the Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Introductory remarks, Jennifer Chayes & Avrim Blum

1:45  – 3:15 p.m.

Mind Swap Session 1

Short presentations:

Microsoft Research:

Moshe Babaioff – Silicon Valley
Nikhil Devanur – Redmond
Brendan Lucier – New England
Peter Key – Cambridge UK
Tie-Yan Liu – Asia

Carnegie Mellon Unversity:

Ariel Procaccia PDF
Toumas Sandholm
R Ravi
Rahul Telang
Isa Hafalir

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Mind Swap Session 2

Presentation of several Microsoft-relevant problems by:

Moshe Tennenholtz – Isreal
Markus Mobius – New England
Ishai Menache – Redmond
Nikhil Devanur Rangarajan – Redmond
David Pennock – New York City Paper

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Open time: wander about (room being prepared for dinner)
6:00 – 8:30 p.m. MSR-Hosted Networking Dinner:

Dinner Buffet (includes invited graduate students)
[note: dinner in room 6115]

Tuesday, May 15th

Location: Gates-Hillman Centers (GHC) – Room 6115

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 a.m

Mind Swap Session 3

Breakout groups for problems discussed Monday
Rooms: Gates 6115; 6121; 6501; 7101

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 – 12:30 p.m.

Mind Swap Session 4

Summaries for each breakout group and discussion

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Mind Swap Session 5

General discussion, thought-provoking ideas, and concluding thoughts

CMU Presentations will include:

Ariel Procaccia PDF
Tuomas Sandholm
Sherwin Doroudi
   (graduate student with Associate Professor Mor Harchol-Balter)
Laura Brandimarte
    (graduate student with Associate Professor Alessandro Acquisti)

3:00 p.m. Adjourn

See also Presentations and Executive Review


Mindswap Poster

TBA