Welcome to the Moroccan Center for Game Theory.
Part of the University Mohammed 6 Polytechnique (UM6P, Rabat), the MCGT is an interdisciplinary laboratory dedicated to advancing scientific research, postgraduate education and applications of game theory.
Game theory, the science of strategic decision-making, lies at the intersection of mathematics, economics, and computer science. It provides a powerful framework for analyzing strategic interactions among rational agents and has found widespread applications across various domains.
In the realm of industrial organization, game theory offers invaluable insights into the behavior of firms operating in oligopolistic markets, where a small number of firms strategically compete for market share and resources. By modeling strategic interactions among these firms, game theory helps elucidate complex phenomena such as price competition, product differentiation, and collusion.
In computer science, game theory plays a pivotal role in market design, particularly in the context of online auctions and two-sided matching platforms. By leveraging game-theoretic principles, researchers and practitioners can design efficient and fair mechanisms for allocating resources, facilitating trade, and optimizing market outcomes in digital environments. Moreover, game theory has emerged as a cornerstone in the field of artificial intelligence, with applications spanning cyber security, multi-agent learning, and autonomous systems. In Political Science and International Relations: game theory provides insights into strategic decision-making among states, political parties, and other actors in the international arena. Within economics, game theory is applied in behavioral economics to study decision-making processes influenced by social and psychological factors. It is also used in auction theory to design and analyze various auction formats, such as first-price and second-price auctions. It is employed in biology to model and analyze the evolution of biological systems, including behaviors such as cooperation, competition, and altruism among organisms.
At the Moroccan Center for Game Theory, one of our primary objectives is to train a new generation of multi-disciplinary researchers equipped with a strong expertise in mathematical economics, algorithmic game theory and computational social choice. Our challenging PhD program, titled "Game Theory in Mathematics, Economics, and Computation," brings together leading international professors from all continents to impart cutting-edge knowledge and skills to our students.
The first year of our PhD program --the prédoc-- offers a possibility for the students to earn a Master 2 in applied mathematics in collaboration with the University Paris Dauphine-PSL (the cooperation agreement is currently being finalised).