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Game Theory and Computer Science Prize of the Game Theory Society 2008

Following the call for nominations for the prize in February 2008 from the Society President, Peyton Young, Ehud Kalai chaired, at the request of Peyton Young, the prize committee that included Silvio Micali of MIT and Yoav Shoham of Stanford, to determine the Prize winner(s), and reports (July 21, 2008): Chairing ...

Election of GTS Officers 2008

(mailed to GTS members by Eric van Damme on Wed, 21 May 2008) Dear Members of the Game Theory Society, According to the Bylaws of our Society, elections for the Officers of the Society have to be held every two years. The Officers (the President, the past President, the Executive ...

David Gale (December 13, 1921 – March 7, 2008)

(mailed to GTS members by Bernhard von Stengel on Monday, 17 March 2008) UC Berkeley Press release and Obituary (March 18, 2008) David Gale, a charter member of the Game Theory Society, died on March 7, 2008, following a heart attack, in Berkeley, California. He was 86 and very ...

Renew your membership

(mailed to GTS members by Eric van Damme on Thur, 6 March 2008) Dear game theorist, Many of you already renewed your membership to the Game Theory Society. Thanks! In case you did not yet do so, I would like to remind you of that possibility. As a 2008 member ...

Outcome Council Elections 2008

(mailed to GTS members by Eric van Damme on Mon, 21 Jan 2008) The elections were announced on December 19, 2007 and January 15, 2008 was the final day on which people could vote. 108 members of the GTS voted, which is 35% of the GTS members. (In 2005, 32% ...