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Advancing AI negotiations: A large-scale autonomous negotiation competition

Jun, 2026

Sinan Aral | Director, MIT IDE; Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Harang Ju | Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Research Papers The Importance of (Exponentially) More Computing Power

Jun 2022

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management and CSAIL

Shuning Ge

Gabriel F. Manso

Research Papers The Subversion Dilemma: Why Voters Who Cherish Democracy Participate in Democratic Backsliding

Jun 2022

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Professor, MIT Media Lab

Alia Braley
Gabriel Lenz
Dhaval Adjodah
Hossein Rahnama

Research Papers Global Survey on COVID-19 Beliefs, Behaviours and Norms

May 2022

Avinash Collis | Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Dean Eckles | Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Sinan Aral | Director, MIT IDE; Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Research Papers Here’s How to Make Deep Learning More Sustainable

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management and CSAIL

SILVIU-MARIAN UDRESCU

STEPHAN ZHANG

Research Papers Minimum-Wage Increases and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle

May 2022

Ekaterina Jardim

Mark C. Long

Robert Plotnick

Jacob Vigdor

Hilary Wething

Research Papers How Much Do Platform Workers Value Reviews? An Experimental Method

Apr 2022

David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School

Liane Scult

Siddharth Suri

Research Papers Is It Time for a Platform Magna Carta?

Apr 2022

Marshall Van Alstyne | Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Kai Zhu

Dylan Walker

Research Papers Do Incentives to Review Help the Market? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Airbnb

Mar 2022

Andrey Fradkin | Assistant Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School

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