Presentation: Delivered in French. Speakers: François Lévêque & Matthieu Glachant, Professors at Mines Paris PSL Title: Survivre à la chaleur : Adaptons-nous Abstract: Temperature records and the increasing frequency of extreme climate events are causing significant human losses and extensive destruction of infrastructure, production, and ecosystems. Adapting therefore seems essential. However, adaptation policies are often criticized […]

Speaker: Simon Finster, Postdoctoral fellow at CREST (ENSAE and Institut Polytechnique de Paris) in the Inria group FairPlay. Title: Equitable Auctions English presentation. Abstract: We initiate the study of how auction design affects the division of surplus among buyers. We propose a parsimonious measure for equity and apply it to the family of standard auctions for homogeneous goods. Our surplus-equitable […]