Moshe Babaioff
moshebab.bsky.social
Moshe Babaioff
@moshebab.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of CS at the Hebrew University.
Algorithmic Game Theory.
Economics and Computation.

https://sites.google.com/view/babaioff/about-me
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🚨 EC'26 website is now live! 🚨

Deadline for abstracts 2 Feb & for papers 9 Feb ⏱️ 1st round decisions 26 March 😥 Rebuttal period 21-25 April 🙅 Decisions by 18 May 🎯 Conference 6-10 July in Rome 🍕🇮🇹🍝.

Instead of tracks, there are 13 amazing track chairs!
ec26.sigecom.org/index.html
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
That is great!
Thanks to Kangning Wang for working with me on this

"A Geometric Analysis of Gains from Trade".

There is a very simple geometric proof that the "random proposer" mechanism gives a 4-approximation to first-best gains from trade. And some calculus gives the state-of-the-art 3.15-approximation.
August 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
EC is here! Check out two fairness talks (in non-fairness sessions) by Noam.

Fairness of trade mechanisms (Bilateral Trade):
On the Efficiency of Fair and Truthful Trade Mechanisms,
by Moshe Babaioff, Yiding Feng and Noam Manaker Morag
Tuesday's session on Mechanism Design (A), 13:30 (FISHER A)
On the Efficiency of Fair and Truthful Trade Mechanisms
We consider the impact of fairness requirements on the social efficiency of truthful mechanisms for trade, focusing on Bayesian bilateral-trade settings. Unlike the full information case in which all ...
arxiv.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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I'm so happy the excellent EC tutorials are available online:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Thanks Laura Doval for taking the lead on this (also thanks @yannaigonch.bsky.social and whoever was involved from @acmsigecom.bsky.social).
EC 2024 Tutorials - YouTube
Tutorials from the 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC'24), New Haven, CT, June 25–27, 2020.
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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Trying to imagine life post-EC-deadline? Mark your calendar for the fifth annual SIGecom Winter Meeting! March 6, 11am-5pm ET, focused on the interplay of Market Design and Generative AI!
Registration is free but required, sign-up below!
Registration: SIGecom Winter Meeting 2025
March 6, 2025 on Virtual Chair.
docs.google.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM