NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Singapore

Chan Hau, Port Jefferson NY

Investigators

Abstract

This action funds Hau Chan of Stony Brook University to conduct a research project, entitled "Constructing social choice-based economic incentive for identifying near-optimal social outcome," during the summer of 2012 at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The host scientist is Ning Chen. The Intellectual Merit of the research project is to facilitate the interaction between game theory and computer science. This fusion allows researchers to solve game-theoretical problems involving social choice using advanced computer science techniques and algorithms more efficiently. The research seeks to develop an economic system, with budget constraints, that produces a near-optimal social outcome given the input of each individual in society. Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.