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Microeconomics and social systems applies social sciences techniques, including algorithmic game theory, economics, network analysis, psychology, ethnography, and mechanism design, to online situations. We explore how participants interact and model and build systems.

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Economics | Social Systems

GuruMine: a Pattern Mining System for Discovering Leaders and Tribes Amit Goyal; Byung-Won On; Francesco Bonchi; Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, ICDE, IEEE, 2009 [view abstract]
Online story scheduling in web advertising Anirban Dasgupta; Arpita Ghosh; Hamid Nazerzadeh; Prabhakar Raghavan, SODA 2009, 2009 [view abstract]
Ad Auction Design and User Experience Abrams, Z. ; Schwarz, M., Applied Economics Research Bulletin, Special Issue on Theoretical, Empirical, and Experimental Research on Auctions, 2008 [view abstract]
A Theory of Brinkmanship Conflicts and Commitments Schwarz, M.; K. Sonin, Journal of Law Economics and Organizations, 2008, 1 [view abstract]
On the Communication Requirements of Verifying the VCG Outcome Sebastien Lahaie; David C. Parkes, ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC), 2008 [view abstract]
An Expressive Auction Design for Online Display Advertising Sebastien Lahaie; David C. Parkes; David M. Pennock, National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2008 [view abstract]
Truthful stochastic and deterministic auctions for sponsored search Esteban Feuerstein; Pablo Heiber; Marcelo Mydlarz, LA-WEB, IEEE, 2008
Uncomfortable Adaptation and Mashed Convergence: The Evolution of Interactive Applications Les Nelson; Elizabeth F. Churchill, 2008 [view abstract]
A Site for SOAR Eyes: (Re)placing Cognition Elizabeth F. Churchill; Thomas Erickson and David W. McDonald, HCI Remixed, MIT Press, 2008
Media spaces: past visions, current realities, future promise Ron Baecker; Steve Harrison; Bill Buxton; Steven Poltrock; Elizabeth Churchill, CHI 2008, ACM Press, 2008 [view abstract]
(In)visible partners: people, algorithms, and business models in online dating Elizabeth Churchill; Elizabeth Goodman, Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC), Blackwell Publishing, 2008
Values, value and worth: their relationship to HCI? David J. Gilmore, Gilbert Cockton; Elizabeth Churchill; Sari Kujala; Austin Henderson; Monty Hammontre;, CHI 2008, ACM Press, 2008 [view abstract]
Useful computer security Elizabeth Churchill; Les Nelson; Diana Smetters, IEEE Internet Computing, 2008, 3 [view abstract]
Keep your hair on: designed and emergent interactions for graphical virtual worlds Elizabeth Churchill; Bob Moore, interactions, ACM Press, 2008, 3
Open, closed, or ajar?: Content access and interactions Elizabeth Churchill; Mark Vanderbeeken, interactions, ACM Press, 2008, 5
Maps and moralities, blanks and beasties Elizabeth Churchill, interactions, ACM Press, 2008, 4
Designing for digital archives Elizabeth Churchill; Jeff Ubois, interactions, ACM Press, 2008, 2
What's in a name?: idioms, metaphors, and design Elizabeth Churchill, interactions, ACM Press, 2008, 1
MapChat: Location-Centric Chat Elizabeth F. Churchill;Elizabeth S. Goodman;M. Cameron Jones, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2008 [view abstract]
Mashing up Visual Languages and Web Mash-ups M. Cameron Jones; Elizabeth F. Churchill; Michael B. Twidale, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE, 2008 [view abstract]

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