International Conference on Game Theory
The program is online : lot's of interesting talks.
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Dr. Adil Najam: New LUMS VC
So it's doubly official now. Just received an email from the LUMS Alumni office that Dr. Adil Najam will be joining LUMS at the position of Vice Chancellor from July 2011. Adil Najam, more widely known for his blog Pakistaniat.com seems well-suited to take up the leadership role at LUMS. The following is an excerpt from his profile: -------- Dr. Adil Najam will be joining LUMS at the position of Vice Chancellor from July 01, 2011. Dr. Najam is a leading authority on global public policy. He holds the Frederick S. Pardee Chair for Global Public Policy at Boston University. He also serves as the Director of the Pardee Centre for the study of the Longer-Range Future and is a tenured Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment. Earlier he served as a Professor of Negotiations and Diplomacy (2002-2007) at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has also taught at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and the Universi...
Barcelona
For those attending IJCAI 2011 (in Barcelona) AND also looking forward to exploring the city, The Guardian is focussing on Barcelona on their city guide website. Enjoy!
Algorithmic game theory lecture videos
A while ago, the The innovations in Algorithmic Game Theory workshop was advertized. Considering the excellent speaker list, I was hopeful that the videos of the lectures would be put online. The good news is that the lectures were videotaped and are online! Please click on the following links: http://iasmac31.as.huji.ac.il: 8080/groups/ innovationsinalgorithmicgameth eory/blog/ http://iasmac31.as.huji.ac.il: 8080/groups/ innovationsinalgorithmicgameth eory/blog/?startIndex=20 The server is really slow but the videos should work. [Hat tip to Paul Goldberg for pointing out the video links]