MITACS International Focus Period
Advances in Network Analysis and its Applications
Scope: A major idea underpinning modern research is
related to dynamic network analysis, whereby
interacting communicating entities process, exchange
and compute in order to attain optimal design
goals. Applications can be found in all social, scientific and
engineering areas: from wireless communication to network security,
from co-operative and large scale computing to
social networking, from financial analysis and risk assessment
to cyber-warfare and understanding of war.
Network and Internet Economics
SFU at
Harbor Center, Vancouver
(May 30- June 01)
Registration
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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Monday, May 30
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9:25-9:30 Introduction
Evangelos Kranakis
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9:30-11:00 Invited Tutorial I Part A
Network Economics: Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Dynamic Network Design
(slides)
Terry Friesz (Penn State University)
- 11:00-11:30 Break
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11:30-12:30 Open Problem Session
George Karakostas (Moderator, McMaster University)
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12:30-13:30 Lunch
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13:30-15:00 Invited Tutorial II Part A
Approximation of Cost-sharing and Utilitarian Mechanisms
(slides1)
Stefano Leonardi (Sapienza University of Rome)
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Tuesday, May 31
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9:30-10:30 Plenary Talk
The Economics of the next Great Telecom Revolution
(slides)
Andrew Odlyzko (University of Minnesota)
- 10:30-11:00 Break
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11:00-12:30 Invited Tutorial II Part B
Approximation of Cost-sharing and Utilitarian Mechanisms
(slides2)
Stefano Leonardi (Sapienza University of Rome)
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12:30-13:30 Lunch
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13:30-14:30 Plenary Talk
On the Spread of Innovations in Social Networks
Amin Saberi (Stanford University)
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14:30-15:00 Break
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15:00-16:30 Panel Discussion
How Smart Can A Grid Be?
Panelists
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Janice Cheam (Energy Aware)
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Jeremy Goldstrom (Pulse Energy)
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Dave Kaufman (Tantalus)
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Wednesday, June 01
- 9:30-10:30 Plenary Talk
The Dynamics of Resource Sharing in Networks
(slides)
Frank Kelly (University of Cambridge)
- 10:30-11:00 Break
- 11:00-12:30 Invited Tutorial I Part B
Network Economics: Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Dynamic Network Design
Terry Friesz (Penn State University)
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12:30-13:30 Lunch
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13:30-14:30 Plenary Talk
Playing Games by Thinking Ahead
(slides)
Adrian Vetta (McGill University)
- 14:30-15:00 Break
- 15:00-16:30 Open Problems and Research Announcements
Registration
Additional Events: The international focus period on advances in network analysis
and its applications consists of a sequence of workshops
(to be) held in British Columbia and Ontario in 2010-2011 on
important aspects of networks, including
Financial (Toronto), Security (Toronto),
Social (Vancouver), Biological (Vancouver), Wireless (Ottawa), and
Network Economics (Vancouver), as well as
Lectures and Tutorials in the School of Computer Science
at Carleton University.
Organizer:
Evangelos Kranakis