Computational Social Choice Group
We carry out research in Computational Social Choice,
broadly conceived, as well as in Multiagent Systems, Knowledge Representation, and Artificial Intelligence more generally,
and belong to the Theoretical Computer Science
research unit at the ILLC. The group regularly meets at the
Computational Social Choice Seminar.
Check out this flyer for an impression of what we do.
Members
- Ulle Endriss (head of group), since July 2005
- Simon Rey (PhD Candidate), since October 2019 (funding: VICI)
- Adrian Haret (Postdoc), since April 2020 (funding: TOP1 and VICI)
- Julian Chingoma (PhD Candidate), since October 2020 (funding: VICI)
- Jan Maly (Postdoc), since September 2021 (funding: FWF Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship)
- Federico Fioravanti (Postdoc), since February 2023 (funding: VICI)
Associate Members
Former Members
- Georgios Amanatidis (part-time Postdoc, 2020/2021), now Assistant Professor at University of Essex
- Stéphane Airiau (Postdoc 2008-2012), now Assistant Professor at Paris-Dauphine University
- Pierre Bisquert (Postdoc 2015/2016), now tenured research scientist at INRA Montpellier
- Suzanne Bloks (Research Assistant, 2019/2020), now PhD Candidate at Hamburg University
- Arthur Boixel (PhD Candidate, 2018-2022)
- Sirin Botan (PhD 2021), now Postdoc at University of New South Wales, Sydney
- Olivier Cailloux (Postdoc 2013-2014), now Assistant Professor at Paris-Dauphine University
- Weiwei Chen (visiting PhD Candidate, 2016/2017), now Postdoc at Sun Yat-sen University
- Umberto Grandi (PhD 2012), now Associate Professor at IRIT, University of Toulouse
- Ronald de Haan (Postdoc, 2017-2019), now Assistant Professor at ILLC
- Oliviero Nardi (Research Assistant, 2021/2022), now PhD Candidate at TU WIen
- Arianna Novaro (Postdoc 2020/2021), now Assistant Professor at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)
- Daniele Porello (Postdoc 2009-2012), now Associate Professor at University of Genova
- Zoi Terzopoulou (PhD 2021), now Assistant Professor at Saint-Etienne School of Economics
- Joel Uckelman (PhD 2009), now founder at Lightbox Technologies, Inc.
PhD Theses
Research Funding
- NWO VIDI Project on Collective Decision Making in Combinatorial Domains (2008-2012)
People: U. Endriss (PI), S. Airiau (Postdoc), U. Grandi (PhD Candidate)
Value: ~730kEUR (incl. UvA matching funds)
- ESF-NWO LogiCCC Project on Computational Foundations of Social Choice (2009-2011)
People: U. Endriss (PI), D. Porello (Postdoc)
+ several partner universities
Value: 200kEUR (to UvA)
- NWO Vrije Competitie Project on Aggregation of Preferences over Uncertain Outcomes (2011-2014)
People: U. Endriss (PI), S. Airiau (Postdoc and proposal coauthor), O. Cailloux (Postdoc)
Value: 223kEUR
- COST Action 1205 on Computational Social Choice (2012-2016)
People: U. Endriss (PI) + 32 European partner countries + partner institutions from 7 further countries
Value: ~670kEUR
- NWO TOP1 Project on Customisable Collective Choice (2017-2023)
People: U. Endriss (PI), Z. Terzopoulou (PhD Candidate), A. Boixel (PhD Candidate), R. de Haan (Postdoc), A. Haret (Postdoc), O. Nardi (RA)
Value: 666kEUR
- NWO VICI Project on Collective Information (2019-2025)
People: U. Endriss (PI), S. Bloks (RA), S. Rey (PhD Candidate), S. Botan (PhD Candidate), A. Novaro (Postdoc), J. Chingoma (PhD Candidate), A. Haret (Postdoc), F. Fioravanti (Postdoc), vacancy for 1 RA/Programmer
Value: 1,500kEUR
We also were involved in COST Action IC0602 on Algorithmic Decision Theory (2007-2011), which provided funding for networking amongst researchers in AI and decision analysis in Europe, and in the GloriClass research training site for Logic and Games at the ILLC (2006-2010). Individual group members furthermore have been supported by a variety of grant schemes, including two FWF Schrödinger Fellowships, a fellowship from the Guangzhou Elite Project, and an AgreenSkills Fellowship.