Mete Şeref Ahunbay
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Mete Şeref Ahunbay

Google Scholar ID: lRwKRd8AAAAJ
Technical University of Munich
algorithmic game theoryauction theory
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Publications
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Gradient Dynamics in First-Price Auctions: Iterative Strategy Elimination via Cubic Potentials
2026
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The Computational Intractability of Not Worst Responding
2026
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Resume
Academic Achievements
  • Journal Publications:
  • - Solving Large-Scale Electricity Market Pricing Problems in Polynomial Time (European Journal of Operational Research, accepted 11th May, 2024)
  • - Pricing Optimal Outcomes in Coupled and Non-Convex Markets: Theory and Applications to Electricity Markets (Operations Research, accepted 17th April, 2024)
  • - The Price of Anarchy of Two-Buyer Sequential Multiunit Auctions (ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation, accepted 27th February 2023)
  • Conference Papers:
  • - Semicoarse Correlated Equilibria and LP-Based Guarantees for Gradient Dynamics in Normal-Form Games (EC'25)
  • - On the Uniqueness of Bayesian Coarse Correlated Equilibria in Standard First-Price and All-Pay Auctions (SODA'25)
  • - Improved Two Sample Revenue Guarantees via Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (SAGT'21)
  • - The Price of Stability of Envy-Free Equilibria in Multi-Buyer Sequential Auctions (SAGT'21)
  • - Two-Buyer Sequential Multiunit Auctions with No Overbidding (SAGT'20)
  • Outreach / Dissemination:
  • - Recent Challenges in Designing Electricity Spot Markets (NBER, 2023)
  • - Electricity Market Design 2030-2050: Shaping Future Electricity Markets for a Climate-Neutral Europe (Synergie)
Research Experience
  • Currently a postdoctoral researcher at CNRS in Grenoble, LIG, working with Prof. Bary Pradelski and Prof. Panayotis Mertikopoulos.
  • Starting January 2026, will be a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford with Prof. Paul Goldberg, funded by a Walter Benjamin Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
Education
  • BSc: Mathematics & Physics (Joint Honours) at McGill University
  • MSc: Economics at the London School of Economics
  • PhD: Mathematics at McGill University (supervised by Prof. Adrian Vetta)
  • First Postdoc: Technical University of Munich (with Prof. Martin Bichler)
Background
  • Research interests: (convex) optimization and its applications in the analysis of games, with an emphasis on learning dynamics (especially in auctions), efficiency of mechanisms. Previously worked on pricing in electricity markets.
Miscellany
  • Starting January 2026, will be a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, funded by a Walter Benjamin Fellowship from the German Research Foundation.