Schedule

This schedule is subject to change as the semester progresses, but it will be kept up to date. Slides are linked from the lecture title. They will be made available on the day of the lecture.

Part 1: Game theory

wk	Date	Topic	Readings & Milestones
1	Tue, Jan 6	Course overview
1	Thu, Jan 8	Utility theory	S&LB §3.1
2	Tue, Jan 13	Game theory intro	S&LB §3.2–3.3.3
2	Thu, Jan 15	Further solution concepts	S&LB §3.4 Add/drop deadline: Jan 16
3	Tue, Jan 20	Further solution concepts & Computational issues	S&LB §3.4.5, 3.4.7, 4.1, 4.2.3, 4.6, Appendix B Assignment 1 released
3	Thu, Jan 22	Perfect-information extensive form games	S&LB §5.1
4	Tue, Jan 27	Imperfect-information extensive form games	S&LB §5.2–5.2.2
4	Thu, Jan 29	Repeated games	S&LB §6.1
5	Tue, Feb 3	Bayesian games	S&LB §6.3 Assignment 1 due
5	Thu, Feb 5	Social choice	S&LB §9.0–9.4 (excluding Arrow’s Theorem proof)
6	Tue, Feb 10	Mechanism design	S&LB §10.0–10.2 Paper presentation scheduling
6	Thu, Feb 12	Quasilinear mechanism design	S&LB §10.3–10.4 Assignment 2 released
	Tue, Feb 17	reading week, no class
	Thu, Feb 19	reading week, no class

Part 2: Behavioural game theory

wk	Date	Topic	Readings & Milestones
1	Tue, Feb 24	readings presentations	tbd Project talk scheduling
1	Thu, Feb 26	readings presentations	tbd
2	Tue, Mar 3	readings presentations	tbd
2	Thu, Mar 5	readings presentations	tbd Assignment 2 due
3	Tue, Mar 10	readings presentations	tbd Survey outline due
3	Thu, Mar 12	readings presentations	tbd
4	Tue, Mar 17	readings presentations	tbd
4	Thu, Mar 19	readings presentations	tbd

Part 3: Research surveys

wk	Date	Presentations	Milestones
1	Tue, Mar 24	project presentations
1	Thu, Mar 26	project presentations
2	Tue, Mar 31	project presentations
2	Thu, Apr 2	project presentations	Withdrawal deadline: Apr 3
3	Tue, Apr 7	project presentations
3	Thu, Apr 9	project presentations
	Thu, Apr 16	no class	Survey writeup due