The CMSS is pleased to announce the programme for its 5th Summer Workshop.
The Workshop will take place on 10-11 December 2013 at the University of Auckland. There is no registration fee for attending the Workshop — all are welcome.
FINAL PROGRAMME:
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DAY 1
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SESSION 1
Chair: Matthew Ryan
Approximate Implementation in Markovian Environments
Ludovic Renou (University of Essex) and Tristan Tomala (HEC, Paris and GREGHEC)
A Multi-Unit Dominant Strategy Double Auction
Simon Loertscher (University of Melbourne) and Claudio Mezzetti (University of Melbourne)
SESSION 2
Chair: John Hillas
Plasticity, Monotonicity, and Implementability
Juan Carlos Carbajal (UNSW) and Rudolf Müller (Maastricht University)
Fair Division with Random Demand
Jingyi Xue (Singapore Management University)
SESSION 3
Chair: Mark Wilson
Extension Theorems for the Price of Anarchy
Tim Roughgarden (Stanford University)
SESSION 4
Chair: Arkadii Slinko
Implementation of Communication Equilibria by Cryptographic Cheap Talk
Peter Bardsley (University of Melbourne) and Vanessa Teague (University of Melbourne)
One-Way Interdependent Games
Andrés Abeliuk (NICTA and University of Melbourne), Gerardo Berbeglia (NICTA and Melbourne Business School) and Pascal van Hentenryck (NICTA and University of Melbourne)
Experimental Design to Persuade
Anton Kolotilin (UNSW)
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DAY 2
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SESSION 1
Chair: Golbon Zakeri
Testing for Market Efficiency with Transactions Costs: An Application to Convergence Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Akshaya Jha (Stanford University) and Frank Wolak (Stanford University)
The Competitive Price of Stored Water
Andy Philpott (University of Auckland)
SESSION 2
Chair: Golbon Zakeri
An Equilibrium Model of a Congested Oligopolistic Electricity Market with an Imperfect Cap and Trade Market for CO2 Permits
Shmuel Oren (UC Berkeley)
Vertical Structure and the Price Effects of Mergers
Jim Bushnell (UC Davis)
SESSION 3
Chair: Simona Fabrizi
Inefficiency in the Shadow of Unobservable Reservation Payoffs
Madhav Aney (Singapore Management University)
Learning, Entry and Competition with Uncertain Common Entry Costs
Francis Bloch (Paris School of Economics), Simona Fabrizi (Massey University) and Steffen Lippert (University of Otago)
Ex-post Efficiency with Random Participation
Murali Agastya (University of Sydney) and Oleksii Birulin (University of Sydney)
SESSION 4
Chair: Steffen Lippert
Edgeworth Equilibria Separable and Non-Separable Spaces
Anuj Bhowmik (ISI, Kolkata)
Voting Manipulation Games
Arkadii Slinko (University of Auckland)
Welfare Implications of Strategic Voting
Mark Wilson (University of Auckland)
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Venues
All sessions will be held in Room 315 of the Arts 1 Building (building number 206).
Registration, morning and afternoon teas will take place in the foyer outside 315. Lunches will be served on the Level 6 airbridge in the Owen G. Glenn Building (building number 260).
Workshop Dinner
There will be a conference dinner on 10 December at Ima’s Bistro. The following map has directions from campus.
The dinner is free for presenters. Others wishing to join us for dinner should contact Matthew Ryan (m.ryan@auckland.ac.nz) to confirm availability of space and the attendance fee.
Accommodation
Popular hotels and serviced apartments in the vicinity of campus include:
ATE Symposium
Attendees may also be interested in the following event, taking place at the Albany Campus of Massey University on 12-13 December:
Thanks!
Finally, thanks to our generous sponsors:
ATE Research Network (Massey University)
Department of Computer Science (University of Auckland)
Energy Centre (University of Auckland)
Electric Power Optimization Centre (University of Auckland)
University of Auckland Business School