Network Economics
-Introduction and rules
Patrick Loiseau
EURECOM
Fall 2012
Administrative information
• Instructor: Patrick Loiseau
– patrick.loiseau@eurecom.fr
– http://www.eurecom.fr/~loiseau/
• Course website:
– http://www.eurecom.fr/~loiseau/NetEcon/
• No office hour – but I am happy to receive you
in office 381
– Take appointment by e-mail
Goal
• Introduce some questions / solutions in
economics of networks and of the Internet
• Discuss some current research problems
• Use concepts learned in game theory
• Sometimes introduce more advanced game
theory topics
Philosophy
• Not exhaustive
• Not one textbook: I pick things I like from
different books / papers
• Chances to understand without attending the
class are low
• Enjoy!
Content
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Pricing of communication services
Incentives in P2P networks
Auctions and applications
Economics of network security
Economics of epidemics
Grading
• By groups of 2 (one group of 3 is accepted), choose a paper
– 2-4 pages summary due Jan 23rd, 23:59 – 50% of grade
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Understanding of the paper
Organization and clarity of the exposition
Good presentation, references
Proposing / analyzing relevant extensions / new ideas gives bonus (in that
case, you can exceed 4 pages (no page limit))
– 20 minutes presentation (+10 min questions) on the last class (Jan.
24th) – 50% of grade
• Understanding of the paper
• Clarity and synthesis of the presentation
– Summary/presentation need not be exhaustive (i.e., some parts of
the paper may remain uncovered)
• Grade individually modulated +/- 2 points
– Participation in class
– Involvement in the project (mostly evaluated by answers to
questions)
Papers list
• http://www.eurecom.fr/~loiseau/NetEcon/
Advice for the papers
• They are hard papers
• They will require to look at other papers to be
fully understood (excuses such as “we have
not seen that in class” will not be accepted)
• Read them early
• Search for additional references
• Come ask me questions
Paper selection process
• Make groups, read all papers abstracts
• Before choosing, take a closer look at the
papers that looks interesting to you
• Send me an email with the name of people in
your group and 2 choices of paper ordered by
preference by next class (Dec. 6, 8:45am)
• We will resolve conflicts (if any) at the
beginning of next class (Dec. 6, 8:45am)