Pavithra Harsha

Doctoral Candidate
Operations Research Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E40-129
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone:+1-617-253-7412
email: <firstname> AT mit DOT edu

I am a doctoral candidate in the Operations Research Center at MIT. My advisers are Prof. Cynthia Barnhart and Prof. David C. Parkes.

Research Optimization, game-theory, auctions and mechanism design. I like modeling real-world problems and developing quantitative methods for decision making.
For my doctoral thesis, I have been exploring the use of market mechanisms (auctions and exchanges) for allocating landing slots at congested airports.
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Publications
  1. Pavithra Harsha, David Parkes, Cynthia Barnhart, "Activity rules for budget constrained bidders in ascending price combinatorial auctions", (submitted).
  2. Tad Hogg, Pavithra Harsha, Kay-Yut Chen, "Quantum Auctions", To appear in International Journal of Quantum Information.
  3. Pavithra Harsha, Vikram Gavini, Ramesh N. Babu, "Analytical approach for selection of optimal feed rate in efficient machining of sculptured surfaces", in Proc. International Conference on Manufacturing Automation, Honk Kong, pp 227-236, 10-12 December 2002.
Other Interests Gardening, collecting antiques, carnatic music, swimming
Other Links My ORC home page
My brother Prahladh's home page
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