Speaker: Shengwu Li (Harvard) Title: Credible Mechanisms Abstract: Consider an extensive-form mechanism, run by an auctioneer who communicates sequentially and privately with agents. Suppose the auctioneer can deviate from the rules provided that no single agent detects the deviation. A mechanism is credible if it is incentive-compatible for the auctioneer to follow the rules. We study the optimal auctions in which only winners […]
From April 29 to May 1, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a Conference on Algebraic Geometry, Representation theory and Mathematical Physics. This workshop is organized by Bong Lian (Brandeis) and Artan Sheshmani (CMSA) . The workshop will be held in room G10 of the CMSA, located at 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA. Videos Speakers: Dan Abramovich, Brown Roman […]
On May 2-5, 2019 the Harvard Mathematics Department hosted a Conference on Differential Geometry, Calabi-Yau Theory and General Relativity: A conference in honor of the 70th Birthday of Shing-Tung Yau. The conference was held in the Science Center, Lecture Hall C. Organizers: Horng-Tzer Yau (Harvard) Wilfried Schmid (Harvard) Clifford Taubes (Harvard) Cumrun Vafa (Harvard) Speakers: Lydia Bieri, University […]