Research > Social & Information Sciences
Overview
The interplay of algorithmic, economic, and social systems is now fundamental to a variety of new services and marketplaces, such as online and advertising auctions, social networks, electricity markets, cloud computing, and even privacy. Research on Algorithmic Economics at Caltech addresses this by bringing together researchers from economics, computer science, engineering, and mathematics in a truly interdisciplinary environment (it is sometimes hard to tell the computer scientists from the economists and vice versa). The goal of work in this area is to improve the basic sciences of complex markets and social/communication networks while helping to develop our understanding of the emerging interaction between the two.
Faculty
Kim Border, K. Mani Chandy, Federico Echenique, John Ledyard, Steven Low, Katrina Ligett, Charles Plott, Omer Tamuz, Adam Wierman
Related research groups & Centers > CMI, DOLCIT, Linde, RSRG, SISL, Theory group
Recent Research Talks
Tutorial on Differential Privacy - Katrina Ligett 12/17/13
Data Centers and Energy: Did we get it backwards? - Adam Wierman 10/7/14
Congestion and Competition in the Cloud - Adam Wierman 2/28/13
Mechanism Design: New Challenges - John Ledyard 2/7/13
Related Courses
Ec 11. Introduction to Economics.
CS 21. Decidability and Tractability.
CS 38. Introduction to Algorithms.
Ec 101. Selected Topics in Economics.
ACM/CMS 113. Introduction to Optimization.
ACM/CS 114. Parallel Algorithms for Scientific Applications.
Ma/CS 117 abc. Computability Theory.
Ec/CS 133. Electricity Markets.
Ec 135. Economics of Uncertainty and Information.
CS 138 abc. Computer Algorithms.
CS/CMS 139. Analysis and Design of Algorithms.
BEM/Ec 146. Organization Design.
CS/EE/CMS 144. Networks: Structure & Economics.
CS/EE 145. Projects in Networking.
SS/CS 149. Introduction to Algorithmic Economics.
CS 150. Probability and Algorithms.
CS 151. Complexity Theory.
CS/SS 152. Introduction to Data Privacy.
CS 153. Current Topics in Theoretical Computer Science.
PS/Ec 172. Game Theory.
Ec 181. Convex Analysis and Economic Theory.
SS 201 abc. Analytical Foundations of Social Science.
SS 202 abc. Political Theory.
SS 205 abc. Foundations of Economics.
SS 209. Behavioral Economics.
SS 211 abc. Advanced Economic Theory.
SS/Ma 214. Mathematical Finance.
SS 222 abc. Econometrics.
SS/CS 241. Advanced Algorithmic Economics.