WALE 2022
Summary
The Workshop on Algorithms for Learning and Economics (WALE) brings together researchers from academia and industrial research working in the design of algorithms for economics and machine learning. The topics include: mechanism design, auctions design, market design as well as econometrics and statistical inference in the presence of malicious or strategic behaviors. The discussion will involve both the design of novel algorithms as well as computational limitations. There is a technical program of introductory talks given by pioneers in different areas followed by talks by participants of the workshop. In addition, there will be ample time for informal discussion and collaboration.
Details
WALE stands for Workshop on Algorithms for Learning and Economics. It was previously organized in 2019 and is a successor to the GREAT workshop organized in past years (see GREAT11, GREAT14, GREAT17).
It will take place on the beautiful island of Naxos which is the largest island of Cyclades and it is accessible by plane.
The workshop will last for 5 days with each day having a different theme. The tentative topics and daily schedule are listed below.
Schedule (June 13-17, 2022)
Talks Location: Ursulines School & Merchant Academy (map)
Dellaroka Street, Kastro
Organizer: Panayotis Metrikopoulos
- 02:30 p.m.
Buses start from Aegean Land Hotel to Ursulines School - 03:00 p.m.
Yang Cai
Costis Daskalakis
Manolis Vlatakis
- 04:30 p.m. Coffee break - 04:45 p.m.
Spotlight talks from students and postdocs.
- 06:00 p.m. Walk around the main city of Naxos - 10:30 p.m.
Buses start from main city to Aegean Land Hotel
Talks Location: Aegean Land Hotel
Plaka Beach, Plaka
Organizers: Ellen Vitercik , Yannai Gonczarowski
- 11:30 a.m.
Clayton Thomas
Michal Feldman
Jason Hartline
Yang Cai
Chamsi Hssaine
- 01:00 p.m. Light lunch break & Poster session 1
- 01:30 p.m.
Simina Brânzei
Moshe Babaioff
Noam Nisan
Eric Balkanski
Vangelis Markakis
- 04:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Trip around the island
Starting point: Aegean Land Hotel
Talks Location: Aegean Land Hotel
Plaka Beach, Plaka
Organizers: Hamsa Bastani , Chara Podimata
- 11:30 a.m.
Hamsa Bastani
Chara Podimata
Ellen Vitercik
- 01:00 p.m. Light lunch break & Poster session 2
- 01:30 p.m.
Jess Sorell
Meena Jagadeesan
Sumegha Garg
Sean Sinclair
Sam Taggart
Andreas Haupt
- 08:00 p.m. Wale Dinner
Location: Paradiso Taverna (map)
Talks Location: Aegean Land Hotel
Plaka Beach, Plaka
Organizers: Nika Haghtalab , Thodoris Lykouris
- 11:30 a.m.
Nika Haghtalab
Thodoris Lykouris
- 01:00 p.m. Light lunch break & Poster session 3
- 01:30 p.m.
Siddhartha Banerjee
Meena Jagadeesan
Rad Niazaden
- 10:00 p.m. Music
Location: on the beach close to Aegean Land Hotel
Talks Location: Aegean Land Hotel
Plaka Beach, Plaka
Organizers: Kira Goldner, Christos Tzamos, and Manolis Zampetakis
- 11:30 a.m.
Surbhi Goel
Kevin Leyton-Brown
Stratis Ioannidis
Short announcement by Bernhard von Stengel
- 01:00 p.m. Light lunch break - 01:30 p.m.
Shaddin Dughmi
Bo Waggoner
Nika Haghtalab
Confirmed Participants
Alexandros Hollender (Oxford)
Alexandros Tsigonias-Dimitriadis (TUM)
Ali Vakilian (TTIC)
Alkis Kalavasis (NTUA)
Andrea Celli (Bocconi)
Andreas Haupt (MIT)
Argyris Oikonomou (Yale)
Ariel Schvartzman (Rutgers)
Ariel Shaulker (Weizmann)
Aris Pagourtzis (NTUA)
Artem Tsikiridis (AUEB)
Barna Saha (UCSD)
Bernhard von Stengel (LSE)
Bhaskar Chaudhury (UIUC)
Bo Waggoner (U Colorado)
Carmine Ventre (King’s College)
Chamsi Hssaine (Cornell)
Chara Podimata (Harvard University)
Christos Tzamos (UW Madison)
Clay Thomas (Princeton)
Costis Daskalakis (MIT)
Daniel Schoepflin (Drexel)
Dimitris Fotakis (NTUA)
Divyarthi Mohan (Tel Aviv University)
Eden Saig (Technion)
Ellen Vitercik (Stanford/Berkeley)
Eric Balkanski (Columbia)
Federico Fusco (Sapienza University)
Francis Durand (AUEB)
Gabriele Farina (CMU)
Georgios Birmpas (Sapienza University)
Georgios Papasotiropoulos (AUEB)
Giannis Fikioris (Cornell)
Giorgos Christodoulou (AUT)
Giorgos Stamou (NTUA)
Guido Schaefer (CWI)
Hamsa Bastani (UPenn)
Ioannis Caragiannis (Aarhus)
Jason Hartline (Northwestern)
Jess Sorrell (UCSD)
Jordan Lekeufack-Sopze (UC Berkeley)
Katerina Sotiraki (UC Berkeley)
Kevin Leyton Brown (UBC)
Kira Goldner (Boston University)
Konstantin Zabarnyi (Technion)
Kostas Zampetakis (UCSC)
Kyriakos Axiotis (MIT)
Kyriaki Frangias (UC Berkeley)
Linda Cai (Princeton)
Mahsa Dalirrooyfard (LSE)
Mahsa Derakhshan (UC Berkeley)
Manolis Zampetakis (UC Berkeley)
Manolis Vlatakis (Columbia)
Matteo Russo (Sapienza University)
Max Fishelson (MIT)
Maxim Sviridenko (Yahoo!)
Meena Jagadeesan (UC Berkeley)
Michal Feldman (Tel Aviv University)
Mingchen Ma (UW Madison)
Mohammad Mahdian (Google)
Moshe Babaioff (MSR)
Natalia Kotsani (NTUA)
Neil Newman (UBC)
Nicos Protopapas (U. of Southampton)
Nika Haghtalab (UC Berkeley)
Nishanth Dikkala (Google)
Noam Nisan (HUJI)
Ophir Friedler (Outbrain)
Panagiotis Tsamopoulos (AUEB)
Panayotis Patsilinakos (NTUA)
Panayotis Mertikopoulos (CNRS)
Philipos Lazos (IOHK)
Pravesh Kothari (CMU)
Rad Niazadeh (U Chicago)
Rahul Savani (Liverpool)
Riccardo Baldeschi (Facebook)
Ron Kupfer (Harvard University)
Sahar Jahani (LSE)
Sam Taggart (Oberlin)
Sean Sinclair (Cornell)
Shaddin Dughmi (USC)
Shiri Ron (Weizmann)
Siddhartha Banerjee (Cornell)
Simina Branzei (Purdue)
Simon Mauras (Tel Aviv University)
Sophie Klumper (CWI)
Stathis Zachos (NTUA)
Stavros Ioannidis (King’s College)
Stephen McAleer (CMU)
Stratis Ioannidis (Northeastern)
Stratis Skoulakis (EPFL)
Sumegha Garg (Harvard University)
Surbhi Goel (MSR NYC)
Tasos Kyrillidis (Rice University)
Taylor Lundy (UBC)
Thanasis Lianeas (NTUA)
Themis Gouleakis (NUS)
Themis Melissourgos (Essex)
Thodoris Lykouris (MIT)
Thomas Archbold (King’s College)
Tomer Ezra (Sapienza University)
Vangelis Markakis (AUEB)
Vardis Kandiros (MIT)
Yang Cai (Yale University)
Yannai Gonczarowski (Harvard University)
Yifan Wu (Northwestern)
Yoav Kolumbus (HUJI)
Yuval Dagan (MIT)
Organization
Kira Goldner (Boston University), Christos Tzamos (UW Madison), and Manolis Zampetakis (UC Berkeley)
Local Committee
Natalia Kotsani (NTUA) and Thanasis Lianeas (NTUA)
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