2/19/26
Mechanism design 1: The VCG Mechanism
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2/24/26
Mechanism design 2: Strategyproof approximation algorithms
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2/26/26
Fair division 1: Cake cutting
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3/3/26 Midterm exam
[ practice exam | solutions | midterm exam (with solutions) ]
3/5/26
Fair division 2: Rent division
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3/10/26
Fair division 3: Indivisible goods
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3/12/26
Matching 1: Online matching algorithms
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3/17/26
Spring break
3/19/26
Spring break
3/24/26
Matching 2: Kidney exchange
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3/26/26
Matching 3: Stable matching
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3/31/26
Matching 4: Random assignment
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4/2/26
Social networks 1: Cascade models
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4/7/26
Social networks 2: Influence maximization
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4/9/26
AI connections 1: Minimax Theorem via no-regret learning
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4/14/26
AI connections 2: Feature attribution
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4/16/25
AI connections 3: Fairness in machine learning
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4/21/26
AI connections 4: Virtual democracy
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4/23/26
Embedded EthiCS
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4/28/26
Brief talks by EconCS faculty
Speakers: Yannai Gonczarowski, David Parkes
[ video ]
TBA
Final exam
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