CS880 - Algorithmic Mechanism Design Course

Feb 22: Short description of topic, goals and project team due (as part of HW1).
Mar 22: Up to one page report of progress, reference material, plans for the remainder of the semester. Before this date, please make an appointment with Shuchi to discuss potential topics and references.
May 3: Final project reports due.
May 5: Two projects (selected on the basis of the final reports) to be showcased during this lecture.

CS 880: ALGORITHMIC MECHANISM DESIGN
Course project

Projects should be done in teams of 2-3 people. You can choose to either research and survey a particular topic or work on an open problem in algorithmic mechanism design.

Deliverables: A project report of up to 10 pages; a 1 hour lecture/presentation delivered to the entire class.

Timeline: Each team is required to sign up for a 30 minute meeting with Shuchi on Oct 22 or 23 to discuss your project topic and plan. Your presentation will be scheduled in a one-hour slot during one of the lecture times between Nov 23 and Dec 14. Project reports are due by Dec 14.

Ideas for project topics

Non-truthful mechanism design and price of anarchy
Mechanism design without money
Inference and learning in mechanism design
Mechanism design for interdependent agents
Mechanism design for risk averse agents
Signaling and Mechanism design for selling data/information
Online or dynamic mechanism design