Workshops: Special Focus on Algorithmic Decision Theory

由于信息技术和通信的进步，可供决策使用的信息数量空前，而且这些信息可以以前所未有的速度传播。与此同时，整合这些海量数据的过程令人望而生畏，尤其是考虑到现有的许多数据都是不完整和不可靠的。将举办三次活动，汇聚不同学科的学者(例如，计算机科学、经济学、决策理论和数学)，以探索开发算法方法的可能性，以解决由于可获得大量噪声数据而产生的信息汇总/决策问题，并将举办应用讲习班，以考虑如何将这些算法应用于特定领域(例如，保健、生态和港口安全)。它们是：1)第二届算法决策理论国际会议的会议，旨在确定涉及大量噪声数据聚合的具体研究项目/问题，以及会议后的小型工作组会议，以阐明这些项目。2)两个研讨会，一个是关于智能电网的算法决策理论，另一个是关于稳健端口的算法决策理论。这些活动的目的是在许多领域的研究人员中建立新的网络，并为解决决策者面临的许多重要决策问题提供新的方法和工具。

As a consequence of advances in information technology and communication unprecedented quantities of information are available for use in making decisions and this information can be transmitted at unprecedented speed. At the same time, the process for integrating these vast quantities of data is daunting and particularly so given that much of the data available is incomplete and unreliable. Three events bringing together scholars in a variety of disciplines (e.g., computer science, economics, decision theory and mathematics) to explore possibilities for developing algorithmic methods for addressing the information aggregation / decision making problem engendered by the availability of vast quantities of noisy data and applied workshops to consider how such algorithms might be applied in specific domains (e.g., health care, ecology and port security) will be conducted. These are:1) Sessions at the Second International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory aimed at identifying concrete research projects/problems involving aggregation of vast quantities of noisy data and and small working group meetings following the conference to spell out those projects.2) Two workshops, one on Algorithmic Decision Theory for the Smart Grid and one on Algorithmic Decision Theory for Robust Ports.These activities are intended to spawn new networks among researchers in many fields and provide new methods and tools for addressing many important decision problems that confront policy makers.