David C. Parkes

David 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.  

 

 

 

Office hours

Generally weekly, 5p, Mon, Tue or Wed, write to aking  - at - seas.harvard.edu for sign up information.


 

Recent Publications

Working Paper

E. Soumalias, Y. Jiang, K. Zhu, M. Curry, S. Seuken, and D. C. Parkes,
E. Soumalias, Y. Jiang, K. Zhu, M. Curry, S. Seuken, and D. C. Parkes,
B. E. Lee, D. J. Moroz, and D. C. Parkes,
B. E. Lee, D. J. Moroz, and D. C. Parkes,
D. J. Moroz, D. J. Aronoff, N. Narula, and D. C. Parkes,
D. J. Moroz, D. J. Aronoff, N. Narula, and D. C. Parkes,

2025

A. Tacchetti et al.,
Deep mechanism design: Learning social and economic policies for human benefit.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 122, no. 25, p. e2319949121, 2025, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319949121.
A. Tacchetti et al.,
Deep mechanism design: Learning social and economic policies for human benefit.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 122, no. 25, p. e2319949121, 2025, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319949121.
M. Curry, Z. Fan, Y. Jiang, S. S. Ravindranath, T. Wang, and D. C. Parkes,
Automated Mechanism Design: A Survey”, ACM SIGecom Exchanges, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 102–120, 2025.
M. Curry, Z. Fan, Y. Jiang, S. S. Ravindranath, T. Wang, and D. C. Parkes,
Automated Mechanism Design: A Survey”, ACM SIGecom Exchanges, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 102–120, 2025.

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