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My interview with Bill Powers on AI Decision Makers
https://youtu.be/SnTf-iWUTpk Recorded June 2018, as part of a series on Machine Behavior, in conjunction with publication of a position paper in Nature on the topic.
Xintong Wang defends thesis proposal
(belated announcement) On 20 December 2018, Xintong Wang presented and successfully defended her thesis proposal: “Studies on the Computational Modeling and Design of Financial Markets”. The dissertation committee comprises: Michael Wellman [chair] Satinder Singh Baveja Uday Rajan David Pennock (Microsoft Research)
Mason Wright defends thesis
Congratulations to Mason Wright, on a successful thesis defense. And a special thanks to Mason’s thesis committee members: Grant Schoenebeck Demos Teneketzis Jenna Wiens
CFP: AIj special issue on Autonomous Agents Modeling Other Agents
Announcing a special issue of Artificial Intelligence, co-edited by Stefano Albrecht, Peter Stone, and Michael Wellman. Call for Papers deadline: 31 Dec 18
Megan Shearer Passes Prelim
Megan Shearer passed her prelim exam, based on her directed study project: Incentivizing Rider Time-Shift in a Multi-Leg Public Transportation System. Congratulations, Megan.
Erik Brinkman defends thesis
On Tue 20 Mar, Erik Brinkman successfully defended his thesis, “Understanding financial market behavior through empirical game-theoretic analysis”. Congratulations, soon-to-be Dr. Brinkman. Thanks to the thesis committee members: Jacob Abernethy (Georgia Tech) Scott Page Uday Rajan Arunesh Sinha
Asimov Debate on Artificial Intelligence
I had the privilege of participating in the 2018 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, on the subject of Artificial Intelligence, held at the American Museum of Natural History on 13 Feb. The event was hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and featured five panelists: John Giannandrea of Google; Helen Greiner of the iRobot Corporation and CyPhy Works; Ruchir Puri of IBM; Max Tegmark of the […]
Mason Wright Defends Thesis Proposal
Mason Wright successfully defended his thesis proposal last week: Stable Profiles in Simulation-Based Games via Reinforcement Learning and Statistics. Congratulations, Mason.
New project on market manipulation
Collaboration with Tucker Balch (Ga Tech), Uday Rajan (UMich), and Michael Barr (UMich), funded by NSF BIGDATA program. CSE news posting.