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Harvey Prize

Harvey prize nominations are open: 
  • 2022-2023 for "Outstanding contribution to peace in the Middle East, or to the economy or society"
  • 2023-2024 for "Science and Technology"
More information on the Harvey prize website ...

Kalai Prize 2024

The Kalai Prize 2024 for the best paper at the interface of game theory and computer science is awarded to:
The Unreasonable Fairness of Maximum Nash Welfare

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  • Ioannis Caragiannis, Professor of Computer Science, Aarhus University
  • David Kurokawa, Software engineer, Google
  • Herve Moulin, Donald J Robertson Professor of ...

7th World Congress of the Game Theory Society

Submissions to the 7th World Congress of The Game Theory Society are now open.  The world congress will take place at Peking University, Beijing, China, from August 19th to 23rd, 2024. Keynote speakers are:
  • Michihiro Kandori, University of Tokyo (President's talk)
  • Gabrielle Demange, Paris School of Economics (President-elect's talk)
  • Ariel ...

New Game Theory Blog

Professor Christoph Kuzmics has started a blog devoted to Game Theory. The intended audience is students.  ...

In Memoriam: David Schmeidler (1939-2022)

David Schmeidler, who served as President of the Society from 2014 to 2016, passed away on March 17th, 2022. In addition to his service to the Society, David was an important contributor to the advancement of the field. A two part summary of these contributions can be found here. Part ...