INFO 4220 - Networks II: Market Design

(crosslisted) CS 4852, ECON 3825

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Prerequisite: INFO 2040, CS 2800 or equivalent. Knowledge of basic probability and statistics expected. Satisfies track requirement for INFO majors and minors. Co-meets with INFO 6220.

C. Cheyre.

Networks II builds on its prerequisite course and continues to examine how each of the computing, economic, sociological and natural worlds are connected and how the structure of these connections affects these worlds. In this course, we will construct mathematical models for and analyze networked settings, allowing us to both make predictions about behavior in such systems, as well as reason about how to design such systems to exhibit some desirable behavior. Throughout, we will draw on real-world examples such as social networks, peer-to-peer filesharing, Internet markets, and crowdsourcing, that illustrate these phenomena.