********************************************************************** * * * Call for Participation * * * SUMMER SCHOOL ON COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL CHOICE Palacio Miramar, San Sebastian / Donostia, 18-22 July 2016 Application deadline: 5 April 2016 Website: http://tinyurl.com/comsoc-school-2016 ********************************************************************** Computational social choice is an interdisciplinary research area 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 rules or fair division procedures. On the other hand, it is concerned with importing concepts from social choice theory into computing. This summer school will provide an in-depth introduction to computational social choice, covering the topic from the perspectives of economics, mathematics, and computer science. The programme will consist of tutorials by seven leading researchers in the field, and also offer participants the opportunity to present their own work in a poster session. The summer school is organised by Ulle Endriss (Amsterdam), Elena Inarra (Bilbao), Annick Laruelle (Bilbao), and Jerome Lang (Paris), as an activity of COST Action IC1205 on Computational Social Choice (http://www.illc.uva.nl/COST-IC1205/), with additional support provided by the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation and the University of the Basque Country. ********************************************************************** TUTORIALS ********************************************************************** - Axiomatic Foundations of Voting Theory / Bill Zwicker (Union College) - Domain Restrictions in Voting / Edith Elkind (Oxford) - Strategic Behaviour in Voting / Reshef Meir (Technion) - Proportional Representation / Friedrich Pukelsheim (Augsburg) - Matching Theory / Katarina Cechlarova (Kosice) - Fair Allocation of Indivisible Goods / Nicolas Maudet (Paris) - Judgment Aggregation / Umberto Grandi (Toulouse) ********************************************************************** POSTER SESSION ********************************************************************** All participants are invited to present their own work during a poster session at the summer school. We are particularly interested in work in progress. If interested, you will need to submit a short abstract at the time you apply for the school. ********************************************************************** APPLICATION, COSTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS ********************************************************************** The summer school is specifically intended for PhD students conducting research or planning to conduct research in computational social choice or a related field, but Postdocs, advanced Master's students, and other interested individuals are also very welcome. Visit the summer school website to find out how to apply. We can accept up to 50 applicants. The application deadline is Tuesday, 5 April 2016. The registration fee is EUR 60, which thanks to the generous support of the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation will be waived upon request. This fee covers both the scientific and the social programme, as well as some meals. Participants need to finance accommodation and travel themselves. COST Action IC1205 will provide scholarships, which should cover most of your accommodation and travel expenses, for at least half of all accepted participants. Whether you are eligible for such a scholarship depends on your affiliation. Almost everyone studying or working in Europe is eligible, but unfortunately we cannot offer financial support (besides access to the heavily subsidised summer school itself) to participants from outside of Europe. Please refer to the website for the precise eligibility criteria. ********************************************************************** CONTACT ********************************************************************** For enquiries regarding local arrangements, contact Annick Laruelle at annick.laruelle@ehu.eus. For enquiries regarding your application, contact Ulle Endriss at ulle.endriss@uva.nl. Please send your application to cost.ic1205.school.2016@gmail.com, after having carefully studied the instructions given in the form. We will confirm receipt of your application within one week. Decisions will be made and communicated by 20 May 2016. **********************************************************************