P2P-ECON Workshop Technical Program

8:30 - 8:45: Introduction

8:45 - 10:15: Markets
(Session chair: Jeff Chase, Duke University)

• Self-Recharging Virtual Currency (pdf)
  David Irwin, Duke University
  Jeff Chase, Duke University
  Laura Grit, Duke University
  Aydan Yumerefendi, Duke University


• Addressing Strategic Behavior in a Deployed Microeconomic Resource Allocator (pdf)
  Chaki Ng, Harvard
  Philip Buonadonna, Intel Research Berkeley
  Brent N. Chun, Intel Research Berkeley
  Alex C. Snoeren, UCSD
  Amin Vahdat, UCSD


• An Asynchronous and Secure Ascending Peer-to-Peer Auction (pdf)
  Daniel Rolli, Institute of Information Engineering and Management, University of Karlsruhe
  Michael Conrad, Institute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe
  Dirk Neumann, Institute of Information Engineering and Management, University of Karlsruhe
  Christoph Sorge, Institute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe

10:15 - 10:45: Coffee break

10:45 - 12:15: Freeriders
(Session chair: John Chuang, UC Berkeley)

• Influences on Cooperation in BitTorrent Communities (pdf)
  Nazareno Andrade, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
  Miranda Mowbray, HPLabs, Bristol
  Aliandro Lima, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
  Gustavo Wagner, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
  Matei Ripeanu, The University of Chicago


• Incentives in BitTorrent Induce Free Riding (pdf)
  Seung Jun, Georgia Tech
  Mustaque Ahamad, Georgia Tech


• A New Mechanism for the Free-rider Problem (pdf)
  Sujay Sanghavi, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC
  Bruce Hajek, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC

12:15 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 Reputations
(Session chair: Ramesh Johari, Stanford University)

• Sybilproof Reputation Mechanisms (pdf)
  Alice Cheng, Cornell University
  Eric Friedman, Cornell University


• Avoiding Ballot Stuffing in eBay-like Reputation Systems (pdf)
  Rajat Bhattacharjee, Stanford University
  Ashish Goel, Stanford University


• Combating Peer-to-Peer SPAM and Decoys with Object Reputation (pdf)
  Kevin Walsh, Cornell University
  Emin Gün Sirer, Cornell University

3:00 - 3:30: Coffee break

3:30 - 4:30: Pricing and Structure
(Session chair: Ant Rowstron, Microsoft Research)

• Reputation-based Pricing of P2P Services (pdf)
  Radu Jurca, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  Boi Faltings, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)


• Reputation Premium and Network Structure in Electronic Peer-to-Peer Markets (pdf)
  Anindya Ghose, Stern School, New York University
  Panagiotis Ipeirotis, Stern School, New York University
  Arun Sundararajan, Stern School, New York University