Audience

General (Suitable for students at JC Level and above)

Description

This lecture series will feature eminent local mathematicians or mathematics educators to share with the public some of their interests and ideas.

Speaker

Chen Ning, Nanyang Technological University

Dr. Chen Ning is an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University. He got his PhD from University of Washington and is an expert on Theoretical Computer Science and Algorithmic Game Theory. He is also an entrepreneur and has founded two startups.

Abstract

With the development of the Internet and its growing impact on every walk of life, a variety of new mathematical and computational models that involve human behaviour have been established. We will introduce the rapidly developing field Algorithmic Game Theory that combines incentive analysis in game theory with efficient computational tools of mathematics and computer science.

Date/Time

March 9 (Wednesday) 2016 / 4.30 – 5.30 pm

Venue

NUS, LT31

Registration

For catering purposes, we request all attendees to register. School teachers may do group registration for their students and teachers by choosing the “group registration” option and indicate the number of people attending the lecture in the online registration form.

Registration Fees

Free

Coordinator

Dr Tang Wee Kee
weekeetang@ntu.edu.sg