minicourses TU/e code: 2E941 1 ECTS

			4-day minicourse on Algorithmic Game Theory Eindhoven, March 20 - 23, 2007
Prof. C. Papadimitriou University of Berkeley USA	Dr. A.J. Vermeulen Universiteit Maastricht The Netherlands	Dr. M. Uetz Universiteit Maastricht The Netherlands

Prof. Christos Papadimitriou obtained his degrees from Athens Polytechnic (BS in EE 1972) and Princeton (MS in EE, 1974 and PhD in EECS, 1976). After appointments at Harvard, MIT, Athens Polytechnic, Stanford, and UCSD, he joined the University of California at Berkeley in January 1996, where he is C. Lester Hogan Professor of EECS. His main interests are the theory of algorithms and complexity, and its applications to databases, optimization, AI, networks, and game theory. From his hand are the following books:

• Elements of the theory of computation
• Combinatorial optimization: algorithms and complexity
• The theory of database concurrency control
• Computational Complexity

Dr. Marc Uetz is Associate Professor at the Department of Quantative Economics at Maastricht University. In 2004, his dissertation "Algorithms for Deterministic and Stochastic Scheduling" whose defense earned him a PhD degree with honors from the TU in Berlin, was awarded the Tiburtius-Prize. His research interests are in the theory and practice of algorithms for solving combinatorial optimization problems, in particular scheduling pricing problems.

Dr. Dries Vermeulen is researcher at the Mathematical Economics Group of the Department of Quantitative Economics of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Maastricht. His research areas are mathematical economics and game theory, especially the design of efficient solution methods for the evaluation of supply chain configurations.

Contents
Over the past decade this new field has emerged in the interface between Theoretical Computer Science, Game Theory, and Networking. We shall read two or three chapters from a forthcoming book edited by Nisan, Roughgarden, Tardos, and Vazirani on this subject, focusing on the complexity of Nash equilibria and, depending on participants' interest, price of anarchy and/or algorithmic mechanism design and auctions.

Time and Place
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
March 20 - 23, 2007.

Admission fee
The admission fee for a minicourse is EUR 300 for university staff members and PhD students, and EUR 500 for people from industry. EIDMA and DIAMANT members receive a reduction of EUR 100 on these amounts. Registered Dutch EIDMA PhD students may attend free of charge. DIAMANT offers limited extra support for its members. Young mathematicians get priority, but otherwise the "first come, first serve" principle applies. To apply for this additional DIAMANT support please follow the instructions on the registration form. For undergraduate students special conditions apply.

Registration
You can register by sending a completed registration form to mrs. Rianne van Lieshout / mrs. Anita Klooster at eidma@tue.nl.
Deadline for registration is March 2, 2007.
Please note that your registration is only official after our written confirmation of its receipt.