On December 11, 2017, Tobias Aufenanger (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg) will give a talk about "Machine Learning for Prediction Based Stratification in Economic Experiments" in the context of the SFB 901.                                                                                Abstract: This paper proposes a way of using observational pretest data for the design of experiments.  In particular, this paper trains a…

On November 27, 2017, Prof. Dr. Fethi Rabhi (University of New South Wales) will give a talk about "Big Data Analytics Has Little to do with Analytics" in the context of the SFB 901.                                                                                                   Abstract: As big data analytics is adapted across multitude of domains and applications there is a need for new platforms and architectures that support analytic…

The 4th CRC 901 advisory board meeting took place at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute on November 10, 2017.                                                                                                                       To get important suggestions, assessments and recommendations regarding the acceptance of the "On-the-Fly" approach by the economy and by society, we have set up the CRC 901 advisory board with high-profile personalities from…

The 13th SFB 901 Workshop will take place at the Welcome Hotel Meschede/Hennesee on October 5-6, 2017.

On September 4 - 8, 2017, the 11th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) will take place at the HNF in Paderborn. The joint meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering is an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to…

On August 7, 2018, Dr. Bart de Keijzer (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam) will give a talk about "Approximately Efficient Two-Sided Combinatorial Auctions" in the context of the SFB 901.                                                                                                            Abstract:  We develop and extend a line of recent work on the design of mechanisms for two-sided markets. The markets we consider consist of…

On July 5, 2017, the 5th SFB 901 seminar in the summer semester will take place.                                                                                                                                                               16:00 - 18:00 Title: On-the-Fly Machine Learning Organizer: Prof. Dr. Eyke Hüllermeier et. al. There will be given an "introductory talk" (roughly 20 minutes) followed by several "breakout discussion groups"…

On June 28, 2017, the 4th SFB 901 seminar in the summer semester will take place.   4:00 pm - 4:45 pm There will be given three parallel talks of different depth/levels on the research topics of subproject A1: Title: Exploiting locality with overlay networks (beginner level talk)  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christian Scheideler Title: Dynamic Models for Online Resource Allocation (intermediate level talk) Speaker: Björn Feldkord Title:…

On June 21, 2017 Alfonso Rodriguez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) will give a talk about "Adaptive, Hardware-Accelerated High-Performance Embedded Computing: the ARTICo3 Framework" in the context of the SFB 901.                                                                                                             Abstract:  Embedded computing platforms need to face scenarios with increasing application complexity and stringent…

On June 19, 2017 Dr. Jörg Frank (TU Dortmund) will give a talk about "Optimal Favoritism in All-Pay Auctions and Lottery Contests" in the context of the SFB 901.                                                                                  Abstract:  We analyze the revenue-enhancing potential of favoring specific contestants in complete information all-pay auctions and lottery contests with several heterogeneous contestants. Two instruments…