[DMANET] Call for Papers: Marketplace Innovation Workshop 2024 (fully virtual)

We invite researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to submit their work to the Marketplace Innovation Workshop (http://marketplaceinnovation.net). The workshop will run virtually on Gather.town (powered by Virtual Chair) over three days from May 20 to May 22, from 10:45am to 4:00pm EST. To fully take advantage of the online format and given the success of posters in virtual mediums as a highly interactive and effective means for ideas exchange in past iterations of the workshop, all accepted papers will have a dual format (a spotlight 5 minutes live talk and a 40 min poster session).

Submission Guidelines

- Submission Deadline: March 31, 2024
- Submission Format: ONE PAGE abstract
- Submission Link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MIW2024   

Call for Papers

This workshop aims to explore cutting-edge advancements in market design, technology, and participant strategies. We look for a mix of approaches including modeling, theoretical, and empirical, using a wide range of tools drawn from operations management, game theory, auctions and mechanism design, optimization, stochastic modeling, revenue management, econometrics, or statistics.  Whether you're a market operator or a participant, we encourage submissions that shed light on the following aspects:

- Market Design Insights: Share your research on effective market design, considering operational intricacies, engineering constraints, and technological factors. How can we create platforms that optimize outcomes for all stakeholders?
- Participant Perspectives: Introduce novel approaches to decision-making for market participants. From bidding strategies to feedback mechanisms, we're interested in innovative solutions.
- Emerging Trends: Highlight trends shaping the future of markets. Whether it's blockchain-based exchanges, decentralized platforms, or AI-driven technologies, we want to hear about it.
- Fairness and Welfare: Explore how market decisions impact fairness and overall welfare. Can we design markets that balance efficiency and equity?

Plenary Speakers

The workshop will also feature distinguished plenary speakers from academia and industry, including:

- Esteban Arcaute, Meta

- Eleanor Dillon, Microsoft Research
- Seema Jayachandran, Princeton University
- Irene Lo, Stanford University
- Marcelo Olivares, University of Chile
- Yiangos Papanastasiou, Rice University

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