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Marketplace, Algorithms & Design On-line Seminar
A weekly on-line seminar series organized by Gagan Goal, Daniela Saban and Yash Kannoria. It is held on Thursday's at 11 am PST. More details can be found here.
In Memoriam: William H. Sandholm (1970-2020)
William Sandholm, known to many of us as Bill, and former council member of the Society, passed away on July 6th, 2020. At the time of his death he was the occupant of the Richard E. Stockwell Chair in Economics at the…
Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory
These are being organized by the University of Southhampton. A schedule can be found here. To view the seminars one must first register. They are held on Thursday's at 4 pm UK time.
Caltech Economic Theory: Online Seminar
Weekly on Wednesdays at noon pacific time. Live streamed here, where viewer questions are forwarded to the speaker. Each talk is accompanied by two or three "guests": experts in the subject matter who offer additional questions, perspectives and discussion points. See updates…
Penn State Economic Theory Webinar
The economic theory group at Penn State has started a Webinar series. The first meeting is Friday April 10th at 2 pm US EST. For details, see this link.
The Virtual Market Design Seminar
This is an open online alternative to seminars cancelled due to the COVID-19 that will cover all fields from market design. It is co-organized by Olivier Bos (Paris 2), Nicolas Fugger (Cologne), Vitali Gretschko (ZEW), Helene Mass (Bonn), Marion Ott (ZEW), Martin…
International Online Game Theory Seminar
Game theory groups in Israel and France are running a joint biweekly international zoom seminar series. It is co-organized by Xavier Venel (PSE-Université Paris 1), Ziv Hellman (Bar-Ilan University), and Eilon Solan and Galit Ashkenazi-Golan (Tel-Aviv University) The next seminar is April…
In Memoriam: Bezalel Peleg (1936-2019)
Bezalel Peleg was born in the town of Afula located in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine. According to the 1931 census, Afula contained 874 inhabitants and 236 houses. Peleg grew with town, leaving it for the Hebrew University by…
In Memoriam: Michel Balinski (1933-2019)
Has, after a long illness passed away. Though born in Geneva, he spent the early part of his life in France. The 1940 invasion of France propelled the Balinski family to the United States. He returned to France 40 years later where…
In Memoriam: Martin Shubik (1926-2018)
Martin Shubik, he of the Shapley-Shubik assignment game, and the Shapley-Shubik power index passed away on Wednesday August 24, 2018. As he passed into the `seventh age' of man he suffered a progressive muscle disorder characterized by muscle inflammation, weakness, and atrophy…