Azarakhsh Malekian

Experience

• Research Affiliate
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Assistant Professor
  Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

• Postdoc
  MIT

Education

• University of Maryland College Park
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science

• Sharif University of Technology
  Bs., Computer Engineering

Selected Publications - Papers

A Dynamic Model of Crowdfunding
S. Alaei, A. Malekian, M. Mostagir

Efficient Computation of Optimal Auctions via Reduced Forms
S. Alaei, H. Fu, N. Haghpanah, J. Hartline, A. Malekian
Accepted with minor revision, Mathematics of Operations Research

Informational Braess' Paradox: The Effect of Information on Traffic Congestion
D. Acemoglu, A. Makhdoumi, A. Malekian, A. Ozdaglar
Operations Research, 2nd round review

Privacy-Constrained Network Formation
D. Acemoglu, A. Makhdoumi, A. Malekian, A. Ozdaglar
Accepted with minor revision, Games and Economics Behavior

Competitive Equilibrium in Two sided Matching Markets with General Utility Functions
S. Alaei, K. Jain, A. Malekian
Operations Research
2016

Network Security and Contagion
D. Acemoglu, A. Malekian, A. Ozdaglar
Journal of Economic Theory
2016

Bayesian Incentive Compatibility via Matchings
J. Hartline, R. Kleinberg, A. Malekian
Games and Economics Behavior
2015

On Random Sampling Auctions for Digital Goods
S. Alaei, A. Malekian, A. Srinivasan
ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation
2014

Improved Algorithms for Data Migration
S. Khuller, Y.A. Kim, A. Malekian
Algorithmica
2012

Energy Efficient Monitoring in Sensor Networks
A. Deshpande, S. Khuller, A. Malekian, M. Toossi
Algorithmica
2011

To Fill or not to Fill: The Gas Station Problem
S. Khuller, A. Malekian, J. Mestre
ACM Transactions on Algorithms
2011

Research and Teaching Interests

Network Economics, Information and Technology Management, Mechanism Design.