BEACH: Boston Economics and Computing Hub

Welcome to BEACH, the Boston Economics and Computing Hub. Our research tends to: (1) apply a computational lens to economic problems, such as asking for tractable or approximate solutions, (2) apply an economic lens to computing problems, such as incentivizing strategic agents to run an algorithm, or (3) investigate other questions at this intersection.

We are cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional, comprised of researchers in computer science, economics, operations research and management, business, data science, and more, from across Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, and Microsoft Research. Our calendar tries to capture the breadth of events going on in all of these different departments and universities across Boston related to computing and economics. To subscribe, click the google calendar link and press the "+" button in the lower right corner. To join our mailing list, send an email to boston-ec-hub+subscribe@googlegroups.com.

We are still building the list of Boston-based EC resources! If you know of a researcher, seminar, or event that should be added to this website (or you are listed on the website but want to update your photo or listed research areas), please send us an email at beachdirectors@gmail.com.

Computational Social Choice, Fair Division
BU
Business
Information Elicitation & Aggregation, Behavioral Experiments, AGT, ML, Multi-Agent Systems
Harvard
CS
Social Networks, Microeconomic Theory
BU
Econ
Algorithms Under Uncertainty
Northeastern
CS
Loss Function Design, Robust Mechanism Design
BC
CS
Democracy, Social Choice
MIT
PoliSci
CS
MIT
Management
Director
Algorithmic Mechanism Design & Game Theory, Algorithms, Microeconomics
BU
DS
MIT
Management
Harvard
Econ
CS
Market Design, Social Networks
MSR
CS
Harvard
Business
{responsible application, development, impact} of AI in Business and Society
BU
Business
DS
Harvard
Econ
Harvard
CS
Incentive-Aware ML, Social Computing, Online Learning, Mechanism Design
MIT
Management
Harvard
CS
Harvard
CS
Algorithmic Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Algorithms
Harvard
CS
Algorithmic Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Algorithms
BU
DS
ML, Labor Economics
Harvard
CS
DS
Mechanism Design, Decentralized Finance, ML
Harvard
CS
Mechanism Design, ML, LLMs
Harvard
AMath
Mechanism Design, Information Design, ML
Harvard
CS
Platform Economy, Market Equilibrium in Two Sided Market
Harvard
CS
ML, Game Theory, Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, AI for Social Impact
Harvard
CS