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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · 3d

On the market this year? Make sure you get included in the list of SIGecom job market candidates! Submit the google form by Oct 7 and you profile by Oct 12.

Vasilis Gkatzelis @gkatzelis.bsky.social · 8d

It is that time of year again to gather all the profiles of SIGecom job market candidates!

Share this with any job market candidate at the intersection of Econ, CS, and OR that you may know.

Candidates should complete the submission form (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...) by October 7th, 2025.

SIGecom Job Candidates 2025-2026

Just like in the last 10 years, this year there will be an article in SIGecom Exchanges profiling the current junior job market candidates from the SIGecom community. These profiles will include a res...

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Aug 15

Here's a sneak peak: "EconCS in Industry: Skills to Succeed as an Applied Scientist" by Nikhil R. Devanur, Renato Paes Leme, and Okke Schrijvers!

www.sigecom.org

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Aug 15

Checkout issue 23.1 of SIGecom Exchanges!

Includes:
- News from the SIGecom Execs and the 2025 Winter Meeting
- Letters on skills for industry, applications in blockchain, and more
- Plus a survey and annotated reading list

Thanks to Editors-in-Chief Irene Lo and Sam Taggart!

SIGecom Exchanges 23.1

www.sigecom.org

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢Excited to announce: EC'26

📅 When: July 6–10, 2026
🍝 Where: Rome, Italy

General Chair: Stefano Leonardi
PC Chairs: Alex Teytelboym (@t8el.bsky.social) & Matt Weinberg

Hope to see as many of you there! #ACMEC26

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks for a great #ACMEC25 everyone! See you next year in Rome!

In the mean time:
1) Make sure you’re a member of the SIG.
2) Make sure you’re on the SIG email list.
3) Propose special initiatives.
4) Check out SIGecom Exchanges, TEAC, and TheoretiCS!

ACM SIGecom

The ACM Special Interest Group on Economics and Computation encourages research and advanced applications at the interface between economics and computer science.

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jul 7

Kicking off the 26th Conference on Economics and Computation this morning at Stanford! Come learn about 206 fantastic new papers, and don’t forget to hashtag #ACMEC25. There’s virtual access to the conference as well!
ec25.sigecom.org/participatio...

Virtual Attendance - EC 2025

We will be streaming talks over Zoom for the main conference (7/7 – 7/9). If you are unable to attend in-person and would like to virtually participate over Zoom, please …

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jul 2

See everyone at #ACMEC25 on Monday, July 7!

And while you're there, join us July 8, 8-10pm in Stanford Econ Landau 139 for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon!

Feel free to contribute to the crowdsourced list of topics that need attention: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Edit-a-thon

Let's get together and create or edit Wikipedia pages for EconCS entries. Both new and experienced Wiki editors are welcome!

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jun 24

WINE 2025 will be held Dec 8–11 at Rutgers University!
📍 Rutgers, NJ, USA
📝 Paper submission deadline: July 3
🌐 wine2025.cs.rutgers.edu

Calls for tutorials & graduating bits coming soon—stay tuned!

WINE 2025 (Rutgers University)

WINE 2025: The 21st Conference on Web and Internet Economics.

wine2025.cs.rutgers.edu

ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jun 8

📢 Announcing the #ACMEC25 Preview Week!

This will take place *virtually* in ONE WEEK from Mon-Thurs June 16-19, featuring the mentoring workshop and six cutting-edge tutorials.

Details and registration: ec25.sigecom.org/program/tuto...

Preview Week - EC 2025

EC’25 will feature a Preview Week from Monday, June 16, 2025 until Thursday, June 19, 2025. The preview week will be a fully virtual event. The preview week will contain the …

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jun 5

Check out and register for this year's awesome line up of #ACMEC25 tutorials!

Alon Eden @aloneden.bsky.social · Jun 5

Vahideh Manshadi and I are chairing the #EC25Tutorials this year. They will take place June 17-19.
The program can be found here:
ec25.sigecom.org/program/tuto...
Registration (free!):
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Preview Week - EC 2025

EC’25 will feature a Preview Week from Monday, June 16, 2025 until Thursday, June 19, 2025. The preview week will be a fully virtual event. The preview week will contain the …

ec25.sigecom.org

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · May 22

Two opportunities at the ECGI for grad students & postdocs: (application deadline May 30):
- 12 minute spotlight talks docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- poster presentations docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can also fill out the interest form to be kept up to date: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ECGI'25 Interest

Please fill out this form if you'd like to be notified about updates to the EC GIW workshop (including applications, and schedule updates). Feel free to indicate interest even if you're not sure if yo...

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · May 22

In particular, check out the third EC Gender Inclusion Workshop (ECGI)! The goal is to create a space for the support and promotion of members of the EC community who belong to underrepresented genders, and is open to allies of any gender.
sites.google.com/view/ecgiw/h...

GIW @ EC

A workshop to celebrate and support members of the EC community from underrepresented genders. Attendance - Open to anyone from underrepresented genders and allies General interest form: Submit here...

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · May 22

Got too many papers? Check out EC's list of workshops taking place on July 10 at EC! Submission deadlines are coming up!
ec25.sigecom.org/program/work...

List of 10 EC workshops that can be found at the link

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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · Mar 10

Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Mar 6

Don't forget your bingo board! (Or make your own!)

Gen AI x Market Design Bingo Board for the SIGecom Winter Meeting.

ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today’s the day! 🎉 See you at 11 AM ET in the virtual venue (www.virtualchair.net/events/sigecom) but make sure you’ve registered first or you won’t be able to get in!

Registration: SIGecom Winter Meeting 2025

March 6, 2025 on Virtual Chair.

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Mar 3

📣 T H R E E D A Y S !
This Thursday! Make sure you're registered--it's required (but free)!
Further deets: www.sigecom.org/meetings/win...

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 28

Jokes by Claude. Allocated for free.

The SIGEcom Winter Meeting is in ONE WEEK and is also free, on the topic of Gen AI x Market Design, but registration is required! Sign up now! See you March 6!

Registration: SIGecom Winter Meeting 2025

March 6, 2025 on Virtual Chair.

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 28

Why did the LLM get rejected from the market auction?

It kept bidding with "hallucinated" money!

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 28

Why did the AI refuse to participate in the market design workshop?

It had too many "reservation prices" about the whole thing!

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 13

Hey SIGecom fam, what would YOU like to see in this year's #ACMEC25 tutorials? What topics do you want to learn more about? Reply here👇 and let us know!

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 12

The EC deadline is over. You can finally relax. Just kidding—Generative AI is coming for market design.

Join us March 6, 11am-5pm ET for the 5th SIGecom Winter Meeting to figure out what's happening before the AI does.

Registration & details below.

(Gen AI wrote this post.)

ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Jan 30

Trying to imagine life post-EC-deadline? Mark your calendar for the fifth annual SIGecom Winter Meeting! March 6, 11am-5pm ET, focused on the interplay of Market Design and Generative AI!
Registration is free but required, sign-up below!

Registration: SIGecom Winter Meeting 2025

March 6, 2025 on Virtual Chair.

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 9

Happy #ACMEC25 deadline to all who celebrate! Just over 40 hours left, you got this!

Can't wait to see all the hard work and clever ideas? On the PC? Get your bids in today!

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · Feb 9

P-C-B-I-D-S bidding!!! Let's go reviewers, you got this!

Aaron Roth @aaroth.bsky.social · Feb 8

EC 2025 (S)PC --- lets get ready for the Super Bowl! Every time there is a first down, bid on a paper. Field goal? Bid on two. Touchdown? Bid on 5 papers (10 if its the Eagles!) At the halftime show enter your topic preferences and conflicts. Lets go birds!

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Yannai A. Gonczarowski @yannaigonch.bsky.social · Feb 5

If you're on the PC/SPC of @acmsigecom.bsky.social #AcmEC25 and struggle with keeping track of your bids, GPT-4o provided a small script that if run in the Chrome console, counts for you how many papers you rated at each bid level so far (divided into three posts due to length reasons):

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