From theory to practice:
Behind the scenes on research deployments
July 6, 2026 @ EC'26
This workshop will focus on the practical realities of deploying algorithmic and economic systems from academic research, especially with government and non-profit partners. While economics and computer science have produced powerful tools for improving high-stakes societal systems, translating these advances into practice tends to involve complexities and challenges that are not often surfaced in academic literature.
The goal of this workshop is to create a forum for researchers to share candid first-hand experiences from deploying systems in practice. We aim to:
Identify common institutional, ethical, and operational challenges and lessons learned from real-world deployments
Discuss strategies for building and sustaining collaborations, both at the individual and institutional levels
Explore ways to better document and disseminate experiential knowledge from deployment work
Illustrate, especially to students, how to start engaging in this sort of work, including how to combine methodological progress with deployment work
This half-day workshop will tentatively include the following:
Introduction & goals of the workshop
Keynote talk
~15min talks
~5min flash talks
Roundtable discussions (e.g., better infrastructure for supporting deployment-focused research, advice for engaging with deployment-focused work, brainstorming problems that are practically applicable)
We will have a poster session during the other half of the day.
Visit the Participate tab to sign up for updates or for more information on our Call for Participation (talks and posters), open until May 22, 2026!