Monday, December 26, 2011

Rationality in Jerusalem


CONFERENCE
The 20th Anniversary of the Center for the Study of Rationality
December 28-30, 2011
Program
                                                  Wednesday, December 28
Wise Auditorium, Edmond J. Safra Campus
9:30 – 10:00 Menahem Ben-Sasson, President – Opening Remarks
10:00 – 10:30 Menahem Yaari – Welcome
10:30 – 11:30 Ehud Kalai – “Learning and Stability in Small and in Large Games”
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:45 Edward Lazear – “Rationality in Policy Making”
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Alvin Roth – “Rationality and Irrationality in Market Design”
15:00 – 15:15 Break
Alumni Lectures in Elath Hall, Feldman Building, 2nd floor, Edmond J. Safra Campus
15:15 – 15:45 Florian Biermann – "Task Assignment with Autonomous and Controlled Agents"
15:45 – 16:15 Igal Milchtaich – "Representation of Finite Games as Network Congestion Games"
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:00 Ro'i Zultan –  "My Rational Journey from Psychology to Economics"
17:00 – 17:30 Nir Dagan – "A Coalitional Theory of Oligopoly"                                                  Thursday, December 29
Wise Auditorium, Edmond J. Safra Campus
10:00 – 10:15 Sarah Stroumsa , Rector – Opening Remarks
10:15 – 10:30 Avishai Margalit – "Edna Ullmann-Margalit's Contribution to the Study of Rationality"
10:30 – 11:30 Daniel Kahneman – "Cognitive Limitations and the Psychology of Science"
(talk in memory of Edna Ullmann-Margalit)
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:45 Sergiu Hart– "Risk and Rationality"
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Avi Wigderson – "Randomness"
15:00 – 15:15 Break
Alumni Lectures in Elath Hall, Feldman Building, 2nd floor, Edmond J. Safra Campus
15:15 – 15:45 Eilon Solan – "Attainability in Repeated Games with Vector Payoffs"
15:45 – 16:00 Oscar Volij – "Some Memories"
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 16:45 Uri Resnick –  "Rationality and Foreign Policy Planning"
16:45 – 17:15 Motty Amar – "Reputable Brand Names Can Improve Product Efficacy"
                                                  Friday, December 30
Wise Auditorium, Edmond J. Safra Campus
10:00 – 11:00 Hilary Putnam – "Naive Realism and Qualia"
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 Robert J. Aumann – "Who Are the Players?"

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