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Tim Roughgarden: How Computer Science Informs Modern Auction Design
Location: MS 04 - Zeeman Building
Tim Roughgarden, Stanford University
Abstract: Economists have studied the theory and practice of auctions
for decades. How can computer science contribute? Using the recent
U.S. FCC double-auction for wireless spectrum as a case
study, I'll illustrate the many answers: novel auction formats,
algorithms for NP-hard problems, approximation guarantees for simple
auctions, and communication complexity-based impossibility results.