Overview

The workshop is devoted to Fairness in Operations Research including topics such as fairness in social choice, optimization, and game theory.

Objective: The focus of the workshop is promoting discussions that induce collaborative work.

Dates: Arrival day is Saturday, June 15th (but attendees are welcome to arrive on Friday 14th) with a full program scheduled for Sunday to Thursday. Departure day is Friday, June 21st.

Location

The workshop takes place at the Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados. The institute, owned by McGill University, is only metres from the beautiful west coast beaches of the island.

Travel: Barbados is a safe place to travel. Bellairs is a 30 minute taxi drive from Grantley Adams International Airport on the south-east of the island.

Visas: Visitors from North America and most of Europe do not require a visa to visit Barbados. Nationals of some countries, e.g. Iran, do require a visa. Visas can take three or four weeks to be issued so please apply early.

Participants

Hannaneh Akrami (MPI Saarbrücken), Max Dupré la Tour (McGill), Thekla Hamm (Eindhoven University of Technology), Gregory Kehne (UT Texas), Pooja Kulkarni (Urbana-Champaign), Bundit Laekhanukit (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Alexandra Lassota (Eindhoven University of Technology), Vishnu Narayan (Tel-Aviv), Ndiamé Ndiaye (McGill), Prasanna Ramakrishnan (Stanford), Ulrike Schmidt-Kraepelin (Eindhoven University of Technology), Piotr Skowron (Warsaw), Krzysztof Sornat (IDSIA), Jamie Tucker-Foltz (Harvard), Abner Turkieltaub (UBC), Malte Tutas (Kiel University), Adrian Vetta (McGill).

Schedule

The Workshop Schedule.

Logistics

Accommodation: Lodging at Bellairs is spartan, usually two to a room, at a very modest daily rate of $60 to $80 US per person. Rooms are of the level of student dormitories. Do not expect the luxury of the incredibly expensive hotels on either side of the institute.

Food: Dinner is provided for the entire group at an additional cost. We tend to buy lunch from local vendors.

Discord: Discussions and local organisation will be done via Discord (contact Alex for details).

Currency: US currency is freely accepted on the island at a fixed rate of 2 Barbadian dollars per US dollar

Family Policy: To avoid distractions during the workshop, we request that family members join you either only the week before or only the week after the workshop, but not during the workshop.