COST IC1205 Summer School: Computational Social Choice

San Sebastian (Palacio de Miramar), 18-22 July 2016

Organizers

• Ulle Endriss (University of Amsterdam)
  

• Elena Iñarra (University of the Basque Country)
  
• Jérôme Lang (University of Paris Dauphine)
  
• Annick Laruelle (IKERBASQUE and University of the Basque Country)

Description

Computational social choice is an interdisciplinary field of study at the interface of social choice theory and computer science, promoting an exchange of ideas in both directions. On the one hand, it is concerned with the application of techniques developed in computer science, such as complexity analysis or algorithm design, to the study of social choice mechanisms, such as voting procedures or fair division algorithms. On the other hand, computational social choice is concerned with importing concepts from social choice theory into computing. The objective of the summer school is to provide an in-depth introduction to the research area of computational social choice covering the topic from the perspectives of economics, mathematics, and computer science.

Tutorials (abstracts HERE)

• Axiomatic Foundations of Voting Theory (William Zwicker)

• Domain Restrictions in Voting (Edith Elkind)
• Strategic Behaviour in Voting (Reshef Meir)

• Proportional Representation (Friedrich Pukelsheim) 

• Matching Theory (Katarína Cechlárová)

• Fair Allocation of Indivisible Goods (Nicolas Maudet)

• Judgment Aggregation (Umberto Grandi)

Speakers

• Katarína Cechlárová (P. J. Safárik University, Slovakia)
• Edith Elkind (University of Oxford, UK)

• Umberto Grandi (University of Toulouse, France)
• Nicolas Maudet (University Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
• Reshef Meir (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

• Friedrich Pukelsheim (University of Augsburg, Germany)

• William Zwicker (Union College, USA)

Fee and grants

• The registration fee is 60€. Trainees can apply to the Fundation Urrutia Elejalde in order cover the fee.
• The COST action IC1205 “Computational Social Choice” offers grants to students coming from European countries participating to this action

Application

The application should contain:

•  the application form
• a CV
• (for Ph. D. students) a letter of recommendation from the PhD advisor
• (for those who wish to present a poster) an extended abstract (max 3 pages, including references)

The summer school will accept a maximal number of 60 participants.

Important dates  

• Deadline for Submission: April 5^th
• Notification of Acceptance : May 5^th
• Deadline for registration: May 31^th
• Summer school: July 18^th-22^th

Sponsors

• COST Action IC1205 “Computational Social Choice"
• Fundación Urrutia Elejalde 
• University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Practical information

• How to get to San Sebastian
• Palacio de Miramar location
• Location of the social dinner

Accommodation

• University residence Olarain
• University residence Manuel Agud Querol

Social Dinner

• Cofradía Vasca de Gastronomía

Schedule

Local Committee (University of the Basque Country)

• Elena Iñarra, Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I
• Annick Laruelle (Chair), Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I and IKERBASQUE
• Federico Valenciano Llovera, Departamento de Economía Aplicada IV

Participants

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