Stefano Balietti
Stefano Balietti
Fellow at the Center for European Social Science Research at Mannheim University and a postdoc at the Alfred-Weber Institute of Economics at Heidelberg University
Lab Alumnus
My methodology brings together computer simulations and online behavioral experiments. I create virtual environments to study human behavior in large groups; I use bots to trigger specific conditions and artificial intelligence to determine optimal experimental designs (Bayesian methods and advanced machine learning).
My research interests encompass:
- incentives schemes for collective intelligence, in particular peer reveiw systems;
- optimal experimental designs, Bayesian optimization with Gaussian processes;
- inequality, perception thereof and its consequences;
- noise, efficiency and equality in coordination and public-good games;
- consensus formation and social influence;
- philosophy of science, in particular Paul Feyerabend's body of work.
I am also an active open source developer. I created a JavaScript platform for conducting real-time online group behavior experiments called nodeGame (http://nodegame.org).
Award: "Best Lightning Talk" award at SocInfo 2016 (see link below)
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