David C. Parkes
David C. Parkes
John A. Paulson Dean
George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science
Research Interests
Multi-agent AI, Bounded rationality, Machine learning and decisions, Multi-agent reinforcement learning, Intelligence architectures, Fair machine learning, Game theory, Algorithmic economics, Auction design, Market design, Mechanism design, Preference elicitation.
Ph.D. Students
Recent Publications
2026
N. Thach, H. Chan, D. C. Parkes, and K. R. Lakhani,
“Guiding Worker Self-Selection in Crowdsourcing Contests: An LLM-Augmented Algorithmic Approach”, In Proc. ACM Conference on Human-AI Complementarity and Alignment (HCOMP). 2026.
N. Thach, H. Chan, D. C. Parkes, and K. R. Lakhani,
“Guiding Worker Self-Selection in Crowdsourcing Contests: An LLM-Augmented Algorithmic Approach”, In Proc. ACM Conference on Human-AI Complementarity and Alignment (HCOMP). 2026.
G. Seo, X. Wang, and D. C. Parkes,
“Understanding strategic platform entry and seller exploration: A Stackelberg model”, In Proc. 35th ACM Web Conference (WWW), vol. 396-407. 2026.
G. Seo, X. Wang, and D. C. Parkes,
“Understanding strategic platform entry and seller exploration: A Stackelberg model”, In Proc. 35th ACM Web Conference (WWW), vol. 396-407. 2026.
G. Personnat, T. Lin, S. Hossain, and D. C. Parkes,
“Learning to play multi-follower Bayesian Stackelberg games”, In Proc. 14th Int Conf on Learning Representations (ICLR), vol. 105160-105189. 2026.
G. Personnat, T. Lin, S. Hossain, and D. C. Parkes,
“Learning to play multi-follower Bayesian Stackelberg games”, In Proc. 14th Int Conf on Learning Representations (ICLR), vol. 105160-105189. 2026.
S. Fish et al.,
“Generative social choice”, Journal of the ACM, vol. 73 (2), no. 1-11, 2026.
S. Fish et al.,
“Generative social choice”, Journal of the ACM, vol. 73 (2), no. 1-11, 2026.
Y. Jiang, D. C. Parkes, and T. Wang,
“Duality for optimal multi-item, multi-bidder auction design: Revenue certificates through deep learning”, Proc. 27th ACM Conf on Economics and Computation (EC’26), 2026.
Y. Jiang, D. C. Parkes, and T. Wang,
“Duality for optimal multi-item, multi-bidder auction design: Revenue certificates through deep learning”, Proc. 27th ACM Conf on Economics and Computation (EC’26), 2026.
T. Wang, Y. Pan, X. Yang, Y. Jiang, M. Tambe, and D. C. Parkes,
“LLM Active Alignment: A Nash Equilibrium Perspective”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.06836, 2026.
T. Wang, Y. Pan, X. Yang, Y. Jiang, M. Tambe, and D. C. Parkes,
“LLM Active Alignment: A Nash Equilibrium Perspective”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.06836, 2026.
