ERA Chair in Algorithmic Game Theory in Socioeconomics

Objectif

The AGATE project aims at intensifying relevant cutting-edge research and innovation in computer science and its intersectoral applications in Czechia and ERA by establishing, under the leadership of the world-class ERA Chair holder Michel Grabisch, a pocket of excellence in algorithmic game and decision theory in socioeconomics (AGATE). AGATE plays a prominent role in the current scientific revolution, so the first objective of the project is to create an excellent research group in AGATE domain (the AGATE Centre) through the scientific and managerial competence and expertise of the ERA Chair holder. The AGATE Centre will fill gaps in computer science research that the School of Computer Science of Charles University is currently experiencing even if being Czech leader in the field. Prof. Grabisch is the fundamental pivot feeding the Centre of scientific excellence and worldwide scientific network, attracting outstanding scientists and students, and fostering brain gain and brain circulation. Current scientific revolution in socioeconomics is driven by business applications as well as algorithmic decision making and fair control and logistics in public administration. For this reason, the second objective of the project is to build capacities in intersectoral exploitation of AGATE methods, and in synthesis of currently relevant research, innovation and applications. The AGATE Centre will make new linkages between academia and businesses, strengthen Czech human capital base in R&I with more entrepreneurial and better trained researchers and innovators, and significantly increase currently low intersectoral mobility of researchers of Charles University. The AGATE Centre will also focus on filling a nation-wide gap on all levels in using modern computational tools for public administration and decision making. The Centre will capitalize on excellence from across the continent by strengthening the position of Czechia in the research and innovation sphere.