Distributed Computing Meets Game Theory

Explore the intersection of distributed computing and game theory in this lecture delivered at the 2024 Cooperative AI Summer School. Delve into the pioneering work of Joseph Halpern, the Joseph C. Ford Professor at Cornell University, as he shares insights from his extensive research in reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty, security, distributed computation, decision theory, and game theory. Discover how Halpern and his former student, Yoram Moses, revolutionized the approach to analyzing distributed protocols and multi-agent systems by applying reasoning about knowledge. Gain valuable insights from Halpern's vast experience, including his time as head of the Mathematics Department at Bawku Secondary School in Ghana, his work at IBM Almaden Research Center, and his role as a consulting professor at Stanford. Learn from a distinguished academic who has contributed significantly to the field with 5 patents, three books, and over 360 technical publications.