[dais-ita] Fwd: Next AIC seminar - 22nd May 2018 - Alberto Antonioni from UCL (Important - starts at 1pm)

[Stein S.]

This is relevant to several of you.

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From: Tran-Thanh L. <ltt08r at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:ltt08r at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Date: 18 May 2018 at 08:18:23 BST
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Subject: Next AIC seminar - 22nd May 2018 - Alberto Antonioni from UCL (Important - starts at 1pm)

Dear all,

We have Alberto Antonioni from UCL speaking at our next AIC seminar. Details are below (Note the unusual starting time):



Date & Time: Tuesday 22nd May 1-2pm
Venue: Bld 32/3077
Pizza: Yes!!

Title: The role of costly information and unreliable reputation in networked cooperative interactions: experimental evidence

Abstract: We all need to rely on cooperation with other individuals in many aspects of everyday life, such as teamwork and economic exchange in anonymous markets. In this seminar I will present two laboratory experiments which focus on the impact of information and reputation on human behavior when people engage cooperative interactions on dynamic networks. In the first study, we investigate whether and how the ability to make or break links in social networks fosters cooperation, paying particular attention to whether information on an individual’s actions is freely available to potential partners. Studying the role of information is relevant as complete knowledge on other people’s actions is often not available for free. In the second work, we focus our attention on the role of individual reputation, an indispensable tool to guide decisions about social and economic interactions with individuals otherwise unknown. Usually, information about prospective counterparts is incomplete, often being limited to an average success rate. Uncertainty on reputation is further increased by fraud, which is increasingly becoming a cause of concern. To address these issues, we have designed an experiment where participants could spend money to have their observable cooperativeness increased. Our findings point to the importance of ensuring the truthfulness of reputation for a more cooperative and fair society.

Bio: Dr. Antonioni is a postdoctoral research fellow at University College London. He is affiliated at the Carlos III University of Madrid and at the University of Zaragoza. He graduated in Mathematics (BSc 2008, and MSc. 2010) and he holds PhD degrees in Information Systems and in Mathematical Engineering.
His current research focus is on Evolutionary Game Theory, Complex Systems and Experimental Economics. His most relevant works have been published in journal venues such as Nature Scientific Reports, Physical Review Letters, eLife and Journal of Complex Networks. For more information please visit his homepage at: https://sites.google.com/site/antonionialberto/

Best regards,
Long

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Dr. Long Tran-Thanh
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Agents, Interaction, and Complexity Group,
Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ltt08r
tel: +44 (0) 2380593715

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