Saša Pekeč
Regular biography
Saša Pekeč is the Peterjohn-Richards Distinguished Professor of Business Administration in the Decision Sciences Area at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. His research interests include market design, optimization, auction theory, and mechanism design. He teaches courses such as AI for Managers, Applied Probability and Statistics, and Data-Driven Decision Making. Professor Pekeč is a board member and past president of the INFORMS Section on Auctions and Market Design, and serves on editorial boards for several scientific journals. He has published in Management Science, Operations Research, and other top academic journals. Additionally, he has consulting experience in finance, pharmaceuticals, retail, and technology, and serves on the Supervisory Board of Atlantic Grupa.
Scholar-generated biography
Saša Pekeč is a Professor of Decision Sciences at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, specializing in market design, combinatorial optimization, auction theory, mechanism design, and design and analysis of algorithms. His research explores the intersection of algorithmic methods and economic mechanisms to address complex decision-making problems. Pekeč's work includes the design of computationally efficient auctions, revenue-sharing strategies for media platforms, and the analysis of user behavior in service platforms. His publications also examine topics such as information aggregation in auctions, negative externalities in mechanism design, and the role of algorithmic approaches in network and scheduling problems. His research contributes to both theoretical and applied aspects of market and algorithmic design.