Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

By Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham, Prof. Vimal Kumar | IIT Kanpur, IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 1047 | Exam registration: 182

ABOUT THE COURSE:
Games or ‘Strategic Interactions’ can be found in all walks of life. Examples of such scenarios are two firms competing for market share, politicians contesting elections, different bidders participating in an auction for wireless spectrum, coal blocks etc. Game theory provides a convenient framework to model and interpret the behavior of participants in such strategic interactions. Hence it can be applied to solve a wide variety of problems involving diverse areas such as Markets, Auctions, Online Retail, Cold War, Paying Taxes, Bargaining, Elections, Portfolio Management etc. Therefore, both undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals from diverse backgrounds such as Scientists, Engineers, Managers, Politicians and Political Scientists, Economists, Mathematicians etc will find the course content useful. Examples and exercises will be motivated by problems close to real life scenarios.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Students: Engineering, Management, Economics, Mathematics Professionals: Engineers, Scientists, Managers, Economists, Academicians, Policy Makers.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : This is a undergraduate core course required as a foundation to other courses in Microwave, Optical, and Antenna engineering.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Management Studies Economics Managerial Economics Operations
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	13 Sep 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	22 Sep 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Normal Games and Nash Equilibrium.

Week 2: Mixed Strategies.

Week 3: Sequential Games.

Week 4: Games with Incomplete Information.

Week 5: Auctions

Week 6: Repeated Games

Week 7: Cooperative Games

Week 8: Bargaining and Negotiation

Books and references

Nil

Instructor bio

Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham

IIT Kanpur

Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham received his Bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego, U.S.A. From April '07 to May'09 he was employed as a senior wireless systems engineer at Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, California, where he was a part of the Qualcomm CDMA technologies (QCT) division. His research interests are in the area of next-generation wireless cellular and WiFi networks, with special emphasis on various 5G technologies such as massive MIMO, mmWave MIMO, FBMC, NOMA, Full Duplex and others. He has contributed to the 802.11n high throughput wireless LAN standard and has published extensively in leading international journals and conferences. He was awarded the CAL(IT)2 fellowship at the University of California San Diego and the Upendra Patel Achievement Award at Qualcomm.

He is currently a Professor in the Electrical Engineering department at IIT Kanpur, where he holds the Arun Kumar Chair Professorship, and is also associated with the BSNL-IITK Telecom Center of Excellence(BITCOE). He has been twice awarded the P.K. Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellowship for excellence in research, the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) and the IIT Kanpur Excellence in Teaching Award. His popular video lectures for the NPTEL(National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) course on Advanced 3G and 4G Wireless Mobile Communications can found at the following YouTube link ( NPTEL 3G/4G ). He has also successfully conducted several Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on various topics such as Applied Game Theory, MIMO OFDM Wireless Systems, Probability and Random Processes, Signals and Systems, Principles of Communication Systems, which have been widely adopted and appreciated. A book authored by him titled Principles of Modern Wireless Communications Systems has been published by McGraw Hill Education and comprehensively covers several key aspects of modern wireless technologies.

Prof. Vimal Kumar

IIT Kanpur

Prof. Vimal Kumar received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California Irvine in 2008 and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering and M. Tech in Thermal Fluid Engineering under a dual degree program from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2003. After finishing his Ph.D. program in July 2008, he joined the Delhi office of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a multinational consultancy organization. He worked for one year as a Consultant/Economist in the Global Research Division of the firm. In June 2009, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur as Assistant Professor. In June 2015, he became Associate Professor, and in December 2019, he became a Professor. Currently, he is the head of the Department of Economic Sciences at IIT Kanpur. He is also a coordinator for NPTEL program at IIT Kanpur.

He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the class of 1982 research fellowship given by IIT Kanpur, the best research paper award for the year 2011 by the American Political Science Association, the

Social Science Merit fellowship from the University of California Irvine for years 2003 to 2008, and National Talent Search Scholarship (NTSE) from NCERT, India.

He has participated in 5 sponsored research grants and organized more than 15 workshops in Game Theory and Power System Economics. He has delivered more than 25 guest lectures.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 22 September 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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- NPTEL team