research
Optimization Theory
Game Theory & Mechanism Design
Privacy & Other Ethical Considerations
Optimization Theory
Game Theory & Mechanism Design
Privacy & Other Ethical Considerations
recent papers
Note: All orders are alphabetical (unless otherwise specified), as is the case for theoretical CS venues. Student author(s) will be indicated with (*). [C] indicates peer-reviewed conference papers. [P] indicates preprints and are not peer-reviewed yet.
[P] Data Sharing with Endogenous Choices over Differential Privacy Levels
Bassily R, Donahue K, Sen D*, Zhao A*, Ziani J. (2025). Under submission. (preprint)
[P] Fixed Points and Stochastic Meritocracies: A Long-Term Perspective
(contribution order) Pokharel G* (eq), Sen D* (eq), Das S, Ziani J. FAccT 2026. (preprint)
[P] When Should a Principal Delegate to an Agent in Selection Processes?
Fish B, Sen D*, Ziani J. Revise & Resubmit at FAccT 2026. (preprint)(poster)
[C] Incentivizing Desirable Effort Profiles in Strategic Classification: The Role of Causality & Uncertainty
Efthymiou V*, Podimata C, Sen D*, Ziani J. NeurIPS 2025. (preprint)(poster)(blog post)
[C] Differentially Private Graph Data Release: Inefficiencies & Unfairness
Fioretto F, Sen D*, Ziani J. AISTATS 2025. (paper)(poster)
[C] Equilibria of Data Marketplaces with Privacy-Aware Sellers under Endogenous Privacy Costs
Sen D*, Wang J, Ziani J. Extended abstract at ADT 2024. Full version at IEEE SaTML 2025. (paper)(poster)
For a complete list of my publications, please check out my Google Scholar page.
works@non-archival venues
[W] Data Sharing with Endogenous Choices over Differential Privacy Levels
Submitted to the Workshop on Theory & Practice of Differential Privacy (TPDP) 2026.
Also submitted to the ESIF Economics and AI+ML Meeting of The Econometric Society 2026.
[W] On Rider Strategic Behavior in Ride-Sharing Platforms (with Jay Mulay and Juba Ziani)
Accepted as a poster at the INFORMS Transportation Science & Logistics Conference (TSL) 2026. (paper)
[W] Incentivizing Desirable Effort in Strategic Classification
Accepted at the INFORMS Optimization Society Conference 2026.
Accepted as a poster at EC 2025.
Accepted at the Workshop on Human-AI Collaboration co-located with EC 2025.
[W] Centralization vs Decentralization in Hiring & Admissions
*primitive version of the paper 'When Should a Principal Delegate to an Agent in Selection Processes?'
Accepted at the Workshop on Human-AI Collaboration co-located with EC 2025.
acknowledgements
I am deeply grateful to the following people who have positively influenced my life/short academic career:
(In no particular order) Juba Ziani, Parinaz Naghizadeh, Arnob Ghosh, Varun Ramamohan.
Everyone I have worked with in alphabetical order (last name basis):
Srikanth Avasarala, Raef Bassily, Abhishek Bhatnagar, Nomesh Bolia, Sarah Cen, Augustin Chaintreau, Sanmay Das, Soham Das, Kate Donahue, Valia Efthymiou, Ferdinando Fioretto, Benjamin Fish, Arnob Ghosh, Kushagra Goyal, Swati Gupta, Christine Ling, Jay Mulay, Parinaz Naghizadeh, Chara Podimata, Gaurab Pokharel, Varun Ramamohan, Prasanna Ramamoorthy, Jingyan Wang, Jibang Wu, Haifeng Xu, Annuo Zhao, Juba Ziani.