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I am a Visiting Researcher and Walter Benjamin Fellow at the University of Oxford, where I work with Professor Paul Goldberg. My research is in algorithmic game theory, with particular interests in learning dynamics, equilibrium analysis and the computational complexity of equilibrium. I also work on auction theory, mechanism design and mathematical optimisation; my earlier research examined electricity market pricing and the efficiency of auctions.

I hold a BSc (Joint Honours) in Mathematics and Physics and a PhD in Mathematics from McGill University, and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. My PhD was supervised by Professor Adrian Vetta. Before joining Oxford, I held postdoctoral positions at the Technical University of Munich, with Professor Martin Bichler, and at CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes, with Professor Bary Pradelski and Professor Panayotis Mertikopoulos.

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Research

Publications

Journal articles, refereed conference papers, book chapters and reports. Publications are listed in reverse chronological order within each group.

Journal articles

  1. 2025

    Pricing Optimal Outcomes in Coupled and Non-Convex Markets: Theory and Applications to Electricity Markets

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay, Martin Bichler and Johannes Knörr

    Operations Research 73(1), 178–193, 2025.

    Conference version: “Pricing Optimal Outcomes in Coupled and Non-Convex Electricity Markets”, Proceedings of the 24th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, p. 59, 2023.

    Journal DOI Conference DOI arXiv
  3. 2023

    The Price of Anarchy of Two-Buyer Sequential Multiunit Auctions

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay and Adrian Vetta

    ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation 11(1–2), 1–26, 2023.

    Conference version: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web and Internet Economics, 147–161, 2020.

    Journal DOI Conference DOI arXiv

Conference papers

  1. 2026

    Gradient Dynamics in First-Price Auctions: Iterative Strategy Elimination via Cubic Potentials

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay, Weiqiang Zheng and Tao Lin

    Presented at the 27th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC), 2026.

    arXiv Conference listing
  2. 2026

    The Computational Intractability of Not Worst Responding

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay, Paul W. Goldberg, Edwin Lock, Panayotis Mertikopoulos, Bary S. R. Pradelski and Bassel Tarbush

    Presented at the 27th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC), 2026.

    arXiv Conference listing
  3. 2026

    First-Order (Coarse) Correlated Equilibria in Non-concave Games

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay

    Proceedings of the 58th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), 1800–1811, 2026.

    DOI arXiv
  4. 2025

    Semicoarse Correlated Equilibria and LP-Based Guarantees for Gradient Dynamics in Normal-Form Games

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay and Martin Bichler

    Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC), p. 91, 2025.

    DOI arXiv
  5. 2025

    On the Uniqueness of Bayesian Coarse Correlated Equilibria in Standard First-Price and All-Pay Auctions

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay and Martin Bichler

    Proceedings of the 2025 Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA), 2491–2537, 2025.

    DOI arXiv
  6. 2021

    Improved Two Sample Revenue Guarantees via Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay and Adrian Vetta

    Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT), 3–17, 2021.

    DOI arXiv Code (ZIP)
  7. 2021

    The Price of Stability of Envy-Free Equilibria in Multi-buyer Sequential Auctions

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay, Brendan Lucier and Adrian Vetta

    Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT), 18–33, 2021.

    DOI
  8. 2020

    Two-Buyer Sequential Multiunit Auctions with No Overbidding

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay, Brendan Lucier and Adrian Vetta

    Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT), 3–16, 2020.

    DOI arXiv

Book chapters and reports

  1. 2026

    Challenges in Designing Electricity Spot Markets

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay, Martin Bichler and Johannes Knörr

    In Irene Lo, Michael Ostrovsky and Parag A. Pathak (eds), New Directions in Market Design, Chapter 5, University of Chicago Press, 103–118, 2026.

    NBER Publisher
  2. 2021

    Electricity Market Design 2030–2050: Shaping Future Electricity Markets for a Climate-Neutral Europe

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay et al.

    White paper, Kopernikus SynErgie and OneNet, 2021.

    Full author list

    Mete Şeref Ahunbay; Amir Ashour Novirdoust; Rajon Bhuiyan; Martin Bichler; Shilpa Bindu; Endre Bjørndal; Mette Bjørndal; Hans Ulrich Buhl; José Pablo Chaves-Ávila; Helena Gerard; Stephan Gross; Lisa Hanny; Johannes Knörr; Clara Sophie Köhnen; Luciana Marques; Antonello Monti; Karsten Neuhoff; Christoph Neumann; Elena Ocenic; Marion Ott; Markus Pichlmeier; Jörn C. Richstein; Maximilian Rinck; Felix Röhrich; Paul Maximilian Röhrig; Alexander Sauer; Jens Strüker; Matteo Troncia; Johannes Wagner; Martin Weibelzahl; Philip Zilke.

    DOI Report (PDF)

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