Behavior, Computation, and Networks in Human Subject Experimentation (BCN)
Michael Kearns, U. Penn, and Colin Camerer, Cal Tech.

July 31 - August 1, 2008, La Jolla, CA
Participation by Invitation

This workshop is intended to bring together researchers from multiple communities (including computer science, economics, sociology and political science) who have an interest in larger-scale human-subject experiments (either performing them or modeling their outcomes).

The inspiration for doing this include the fruitful interactions that have occurred on theoretical topics between computer science and game theory; we believe that the introduction of a behavioral component to this interaction is a natural next frontier.

Specific themes and topics may include:

* Designing and executing behavioral/human-subject experiments on a larger and more complex scale than has been undertaken to date, including in networked interactions

* Richer statistical and computational models for collective/strategic/individual behavior derived from such experiments

* Examining how behavioral findings should influence, and be influenced by, algorithmic game theory