Nicole Immorlica
Researcher, Microsoft Research
Visiting Scientist, Program Organizer and Workshop Organizer
Dates of Visit: Aug. 17 - Sep. 16 and Nov. 28 - Dec. 9
Nicole's research lies broadly within the field of economics and computation. Using tools and modeling concepts from both theoretical computer science and economics, Nicole hopes to explain, predict, and shape behavioral patterns in various online and offline systems, markets, and games. Her areas of specialty include social networks and mechanism design. Nicole received her Ph.D. from MIT in Cambridge, MA in 2005 and then completed three years of postdocs at both Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA and CWI in Amsterdam, Netherlands before accepting a job as an assistant professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL in 2008. She joined the Microsoft Research New England Lab in 2012.
Program Visits
- Data-Driven Decision Processes, Fall 2022. Visiting Scientist.
- Graph Limits and Processes on Networks: From Epidemics to Misinformation, Fall 2022. Visiting Scientist, Program Organizer and Workshop Organizer.
- Online and Matching-Based Market Design, Fall 2019. Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer.
- Summer Cluster: Fairness, Summer 2019. Visiting Scientist and Workshop Organizer.
