Paul Goldberg
@paulwgoldberg.bsky.social
Professor of Computer Science, Oxford University. Research interest in Algorithmic Game Theory, also Computational Complexity.
Also interested in good urbanism & cartoons
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/paul.goldberg/index1.html
Also interested in good urbanism & cartoons
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/paul.goldberg/index1.html
Separately to my other reply, your post reminded me of a 1970s cartoon that I just managed to find online
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Separately to my other reply, your post reminded me of a 1970s cartoon that I just managed to find online
More when we have it
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
More when we have it
Best clickbait I've ever seen! (seen when opening a new tab in Firefox)
August 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Best clickbait I've ever seen! (seen when opening a new tab in Firefox)
I get tempted to fix the punctuation on these signs, which should really say "Cyclists: Dismount!"
July 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I get tempted to fix the punctuation on these signs, which should really say "Cyclists: Dismount!"
amusing New Yorker cartoon from 50 years ago
July 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
amusing New Yorker cartoon from 50 years ago
Yet another paper about fair division! We give a Ptime algorithm for sharing between 2 agents having "weakly well-layered" valuation functions (a class that contains "cancelable" valuations, missing from the diagram).
doi.org/10.1016/j.tc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tc...
June 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yet another paper about fair division! We give a Ptime algorithm for sharing between 2 agents having "weakly well-layered" valuation functions (a class that contains "cancelable" valuations, missing from the diagram).
doi.org/10.1016/j.tc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tc...
Anyway, here is the result of the Keynesian beauty contest that I conducted (thumbs up denotes winner, L gesture denote loser)
June 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Anyway, here is the result of the Keynesian beauty contest that I conducted (thumbs up denotes winner, L gesture denote loser)
It has been brought to my attention that the shirt I was wearing at jecco2025.gitlab.io bears a slight resemblance to the Bananas' pajamas (photo credit: Nicholas Teh)
June 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It has been brought to my attention that the shirt I was wearing at jecco2025.gitlab.io bears a slight resemblance to the Bananas' pajamas (photo credit: Nicholas Teh)
trying to update my details on my @timeshighered.bsky.social account, they know how to make me feel at home...
June 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
trying to update my details on my @timeshighered.bsky.social account, they know how to make me feel at home...
or as I sometimes tell myself, the first step towards getting this paper reviewed is to _print_ it, which I will now proceed to do.
June 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
or as I sometimes tell myself, the first step towards getting this paper reviewed is to _print_ it, which I will now proceed to do.
Finally, you can publish in a journal without previously in a conference! To paraphrase the caveman in Gary Larson's cartoon: With the amazing new "journal", you can publish your research findings WITHOUT having to travel.
May 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Finally, you can publish in a journal without previously in a conference! To paraphrase the caveman in Gary Larson's cartoon: With the amazing new "journal", you can publish your research findings WITHOUT having to travel.
Happy Europe Day, folks.
Here is an insightful article in The Economist from a few weeks ago, that helps explain the slow pace of recovery of the UK's relationship with Europe.
Here is an insightful article in The Economist from a few weeks ago, that helps explain the slow pace of recovery of the UK's relationship with Europe.
May 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Happy Europe Day, folks.
Here is an insightful article in The Economist from a few weeks ago, that helps explain the slow pace of recovery of the UK's relationship with Europe.
Here is an insightful article in The Economist from a few weeks ago, that helps explain the slow pace of recovery of the UK's relationship with Europe.
Here is a Charles Addams cartoon from 50 years ago. I'm afraid its message seems to have aged badly
May 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Here is a Charles Addams cartoon from 50 years ago. I'm afraid its message seems to have aged badly
April 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I support Europe's efforts to spend more on defence, but let us recall this warning from 50 years ago
March 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I support Europe's efforts to spend more on defence, but let us recall this warning from 50 years ago
Your occasional reminder that AI is going to put us all out of work
March 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Your occasional reminder that AI is going to put us all out of work
I don't know if this ought to reassure, anyway, here's a cartoon from the archives
March 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I don't know if this ought to reassure, anyway, here's a cartoon from the archives
I love the smell of coauthors-beavering-away-at-joint-work in the morning 😍
March 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I love the smell of coauthors-beavering-away-at-joint-work in the morning 😍
Amusing AI fail. On the positive side, Google did find the web page for the Nash equilibrium 75th anniversary symposium.
March 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Amusing AI fail. On the positive side, Google did find the web page for the Nash equilibrium 75th anniversary symposium.
I wish I was 30 years younger and about to embark on a new and promising academic caree....
No. No-no-no. Scratch that.
No. No-no-no. Scratch that.
January 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I wish I was 30 years younger and about to embark on a new and promising academic caree....
No. No-no-no. Scratch that.
No. No-no-no. Scratch that.
This from Keir Starmer in today's FT, rather reminiscent of the Once-ler's sales pitch in the The Lorax:
"I'm being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed. A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It’s a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat....
"I'm being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed. A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It’s a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat....
January 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This from Keir Starmer in today's FT, rather reminiscent of the Once-ler's sales pitch in the The Lorax:
"I'm being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed. A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It’s a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat....
"I'm being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed. A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It’s a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat....
Happy new year, folks!
Here's another 1970's cartoon by Charles Addams — at this point in time it gives a new meaning to the phrase "new year's resolution"
#NerdHumor
Here's another 1970's cartoon by Charles Addams — at this point in time it gives a new meaning to the phrase "new year's resolution"
#NerdHumor
January 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Happy new year, folks!
Here's another 1970's cartoon by Charles Addams — at this point in time it gives a new meaning to the phrase "new year's resolution"
#NerdHumor
Here's another 1970's cartoon by Charles Addams — at this point in time it gives a new meaning to the phrase "new year's resolution"
#NerdHumor
A seasonal cartoon that appeared in the New Yorker in 1973, by the illustrious Charles Addams
December 23, 2024 at 8:39 AM
A seasonal cartoon that appeared in the New Yorker in 1973, by the illustrious Charles Addams
slightly daft cartoon à propos, vaguely, of the time of year
December 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM
slightly daft cartoon à propos, vaguely, of the time of year