Institut Polytechnique de Paris

IP Paris Seminar
Incentives and Computation

A research seminar at the interface of economics and computer science.

Location: BEM, Room 2011  ·  First session: Monday 12 October 2026

About the seminar

The seminar brings together researchers studying the interplay of incentives and computation to explore how strategic behavior shapes systems that are computed, learned, and run at scale. Talks span mechanism and market design, computational economics and finance, algorithmic game theory, distributed algorithms and cryptoeconomics, as well as related questions in agentic AI and alignment.

Sessions are open to faculty, postdocs, and PhD students across Institut Polytechnique de Paris, as well as to colleagues from other institutions. Everyone is welcome; no registration is required.

Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Title
12 October 2026 Jason Hartline Northwestern University Scoring rules and foundations of AI
16 November 2026 TBA TBA TBA

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Organizers

Contact

To join the mailing list, propose a talk, or ask about a session, write to julien.prat@ensae.fr.

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